The Important Of The Family Planning On Women Of Child Bearing Age (15-49)
[A CASE STUDY OF MOBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OTUN EKITI, EKITI STATE.]

CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
    In this chapter, we shall discuss on the research design, setting, sample, sampling technique, instrument 3 pilot study, reliability, validity), procedure for data collection and analysis.
3.1    Research Design
    A descriptive survey method was wed since the population of the study is large and can not be examined
3.2    Setting
    The research was conducted a Moba Urban, Moba Local Government in Otun ekiti State.
    The study areas lies almost at the equator and so is characterized by the tropical climate.
    Moba Local Government Area is one of the Local Government Area in Otun Ekiti State.
Geography and Historical Background
    Otun Ekiti is the headquarter of Moba Local Government Area in Ekiti State. It is located to the North of Ekiti State. It is a modal town which shares boundary with kwara state to the North of Osun state to the west. Tradition has it that the Oore emerged from the Okun Moba (Moba sea) in the present coastal area of Lagos with a calabash containing water in his hand beads around his neck and a breaded crow on his head. It is also a fact of history that the people of Otun under the leadership of Oore have settled in different places at different times, including Moba hear Mushin in Lagos and passing through Ile-Ife before they finally settled at their present location.
    Some of the places they passed through after Ile-Ife included Akure Oke, Olodun, and Irole before moving to the present site over 400 years ago.
    The movement from Ipole (about six kilometers away) to settles at the present site was due to the extent that newly born children were dying for lack of water. This was during the time of Oore Owafouran. He ten consulted the Ifa oracle and was asked to move to the present site where water is in constant supply and very reliable.
    As a result of the importance which the then Oore attached to commerce, the first thing that was done after locating to the present site was to determined. All these were done through consultation with the Ifa oracle, for which oore way was very popular.
    It should be noted that the migration of Oore and his people from one location to  the other as stated above were not due to conquered by any community or subjugated under any kingdom of old Otun was neither under the old Oyo empire nor under Benin Kingdom. It was never under the control of Ibadan warrior who dominated most of the areas the present south west of Nigeria
HEALTH FACILITIES:- There are about six health centress in the Moba Local government, in Otun Ekiti state to provide health care services for the people in the area
Occupation:- Traditionally the people of OTUN are mainly traders farmers and fisherman.
    There are also educated ones that are public and private services workers also the business sphere has been booming. This has attracted so many people from other part of the country to the areas which also added to the population explosion in the area.
RELIGION:- Ekiti people are still having two religious worshippers – the traditional worshippers and the Christianity through the traditional religious worshipper area very few and Christianity is almost taking over the area.
3.3    SAMPLE
    A total number of one hundred and twenty women of child bearing age (15-45yr) were selected from three health facilities in the area. Irrespective of social status educational and religious backgrounds.
3.4    SAMPLING TECHNIQUES      
    The major health facilities being Moba Local Government in Otun Ekiti state were used then lucky dip method was used in picking the third health facility out of the 5 health centres in the area. Making it 3 health facilities