-
An Investigation Into The Attitude Of Women Towards Family Planning Programme
CHAPTER ONE -- [Total Page(s) 4]
Page 4 of 4
-
-
-
Limitation of the Study
The limitations to this study
include reluctance of some participants to supply, the observed
limitation during this study include the personal information, caused
unusual delay. However the participants were assured of confidentiality
by researcher hence they were able to participate in the research.
Delimitation of the Study
The
research was delimited to three small communities namely; Ikosi/Isheri,
Ketu and Oworoshoki in kosofe local government area in Lagos State.
Thirty (30) respondents were selected from each Local Government Area
thereby making up the sample size to be ninety (90). The respondents
were market women and Health care workers in each of the Local
Government Area of Lagos State
Operational Definitions of key Terms
Attitude: This is a tendency to hold certain beliefs about and to feel in certain ways towards persons, object or ideas.
Family:
Family is a group of people held together by birth, marriage, or
adoption or by common residence or close emotional attachment.
Family
Planning: This is the arrangement, spacing and limitation of children
in a family, depending upon the wishes and social circumstances of the
parents. Family planning is the planning of when to have and use birth
techniques to implement such plans.
Health: A state of physical, mental, social and emotional well-being of an individual.
Educator: An individual that facilitates the acquisition of knowledge.
Contraceptive: An agent used to prevent conception.
Vagina: This is the canal lined with mucous membrane which leads from the vulva to cervix uteri.
Conception: The act of becoming pregnant by the fertilization of an ovum.
CHAPTER ONE -- [Total Page(s) 4]
Page 4 of 4
-
-
ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study investigated the attitude of women towards family planning programme in Lagos State in Ikosi/Iheri Local Government Area of Lagos State. The purpose of this research was to find out the influence of family size, socio-economic status of families, marital status and religion on the health care users and market women attitude towards family planning. Four questions and hypotheses were stated for the study, the research design was survey in nature. The study employed a descriptive survey ... Continue reading---
