KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF FEMALE YOUTHS TOWARD FAMILY PLANNING
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents Pages
COVER PAGE i
TITLE PAGE ii
CERTIFICATION iii
APPROVAL PAGE iv
DEDICATION v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vi
TABLE OF
CONTENTS vii-ix
LIST OF
FIGURES x
LIST OF
TABLES xi
LIST OF
APPENDICES xii
ABSTRACT xiii-xiv
CHAPTER I – INTRODUCTION
Background of
the study 1-3
Statement of
the problem 3
Purpose of
the study 3-4
Significance
of the study 4
Scope of the
study 5
Research
questions 5
Hypotheses 6
Assumption of
the study 6
CHAPTER II – REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Ø Conceptual framework 7-11
Ø Theoretical framework 11-15
Ø Review of related empirical studies. 15
History of family planning 15-17
Knowledge of family planning 17-18
Modern methods of family planning 18-22
Traditional methods of family
planning
Religious groups on family planning
Socialization on family planning
Economic status on family planning
The right of female youths to family
planning 22-24
The benefits of family planning 24-25
Ø Summary of literature reviewed. 25
CHAPTER III – METHODOLOGY
Research
design 26
Area of the
study 26-27
Population of
the study 27
Sample and
sampling techniques 27
Instrument
for data collection 28
Validation of
the instrument 28
Reliability
of the instrument 28
Administration
of the instrument 28
Data analysis
techniques 29
CHAPTER IV – PRESENTATION AND
INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS
Hypothesis 1 36
Table 7 36
Interpretation 37
Hypothesis 2 37
Table 8 37
Interpretation 38
Hypothesis 3 38
Table 9 38
Interpretation 39
Hypothesis 4 39
Table 10 39
Interpretation 40
Hypothesis 5 40
Table 11 40
Interpretation 41
Hypothesis 6 41
Table 12 41
Interpretation 42
CHAPTER V – DISCUSSION OF RESULTS,
SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS,
RECOMMENDATIONS
Discussion of results 43-45
Summary of the study 45-47
Conclusions 47
Implications of the findings 47-48
Recommendations 48
Limitations of the study 48
Suggestions for further studies 48-49
REFERENCES 50-53
APPENDICES 54-59
LIST OF FIGURES
Figures Pages
Fig 2.1:
Conceptual framework on family planning 8
Fig 2.2: Theoretical framework 12
LIST OF TABLES
Tables Pages
Table 1:
Descriptive analysis on knowledge of family planning. 30
Table 2: Descriptive analysis on modern methods of
family planning 31
Table 3:
Descriptive analysis on traditional methods of family planning. 32
Table 4:
Descriptive analysis on influence of
religion on family planning. 33
Table 5:
Descriptive analysis on influence of socialization on family planning 34
Table 6:
Descriptive analysis on influence of economic status on family
planning 35
Table 7: Chi
–Square analysis on knowledge of family planning 36
Table 8: Chi
–Square analysis on modern methods of family planning. 37
Table 9:
Chi-Square analysis on traditional methods of family planning. 38
Table 10:
Chi-Square analysis on influence of religion on family planning. 39
Table 11:
Chi-Square analysis on influence of socialization on family
planning. 40
Table 12:
Chi-Square analysis on influence of economic status on family
planning. 41
LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendices
Pages
Appendix A: Questionnaire on knowledge and attitude of female youths
toward
family planning in College of
Education, Ikere, Ekiti State. 54
Appendix B:
Letter collected from school authority for population of the study
used for the research 58
Appendix C:
Calculated reliability statistics using Pearson’s Product
Moment Correlation (PPMC). 59
ABSTRACT
The study investigated the knowledge
and attitude of female youths toward family planning in college of education
Ikere Ekiti State. In Nigeria, most of the youths do not do family planning, as
a result of this female youths get unwanted pregnancy and involving in abortion
.This has resulted in the dumping of children and sudden death of many youths
through abortion. The purpose of the study was to find out if female youths of
college of education Ikere Ekiti have knowledge of family planning, the
attitude of female youths of college of education Ikere toward the use of modern
methods of family planning, the attitude of female youths of college of
education Ikere toward the use of traditional methods of family planning, if
religion group have influence on the attitude of female youths
of college of education Ikere
toward family planning, if socialization
will have influence on the
attitude of female youths in college of education Ikere toward family planning
and if economic status will have influence on the attitude of female youths in
college of education Ikere toward family planning.
The research design for the study was
survey design of the descriptive research. The sample size of three hundred
(300) respondents was used for the study. The respondents were female students
of college of education Ikere Ekiti state. All the five schools were purposively
selected for the study; sixty (60) students were selected from each school
using simple random sampling technique. The instrument used for the study was a
36 –items structured questionnaire. A test re-test method was employed to
ascertain the instrument using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation. A
coefficient 0.95 was obtained at 0.05 level of significant. Descriptive
statistic involving frequency counts and percentages were used to answer
research questions .The generated hypotheses were tested using Chi-Square
(x2).All the hypothesis were tested at
0.05 level of significance.
The findings of the study revealed
that female youths
of College of Education Ikere will not significantly have knowledge of family
planning, female youths of College of Education Ikere will not have significant
attitude toward the use of modern methods of family planning, female youths of
College of Education Ikere will not have significant attitude toward the use of
traditional methods of family planning, religious groups will not significantly
have influence on the attitude of female youths of College of Education Ikere
Ekiti towards family planning, socialization will not significantly have
influence on the attitude of female youths of College of Education Ikere towards
family planning, economic status will not significantly have influence on the
attitude of female youths of College of Education Ikere towards family
planning.
The study concluded that the
respondents have knowledge about family planning. Respondent do not have
significant attitude toward modern method of family planning .There was
significant attitude among the respondents toward traditional methods of family
planning. Religion group do not influence the respondents toward family
planning. Socialization has influence on female youths toward family planning.
Economic status has influence on the attitude of female respondents toward
family planning. The researcher recommended that health educators should
recommend family planning program in order to achieve the desired behavioural
change toward family planning. Government should employ the health worker to
reduce the cost of family planning so that youths can have access to family
planning at cheaper price.
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