Factors Affecting Family Planning Services In Rural Areas Among Women
[A CASE STUDY OF NSIT IBOM]

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY 

The purpose of this study was to assess the child bearing decisions made by women in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. 

The specific objectives of the study include; 

The objectives of the study were to:

 1. Identify the pattern of family planning  among women in Nsit Ibom  Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State. 

2. Identify the extent of women’s participation in family planning decisions in Nsit Ibom  Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom  State

 3. Determine the factors that influence women’s family planning  decisions in Nist Ibom  Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

 The research was guided by the following questions as: 

1. What is the pattern of child-bearing among women in Nsit Ibom  Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State?

 2. To what extent do women in Nsit  Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State participate in child-bearing decision making?

 3. What are the factors that influenced decisions made by women during Family planning in Nsit Ibom  Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State?

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

 The study is to help in finding the reasons for women’s participation or not in family planning  decisions of their families that, to some extent, inform the pattern of childbirth which results in fertility differentials in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom  State. This will help address the issues related to women’s empowerment and their reproductive autonomy in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom  State. Findings from this study will add to the existing literature on pattern of Family planning and how decisions about Family planning are taken in Nsit Ibom local government, Akwa Ibom state  Nigeria. The result of the study will also assist planners and administrators of the town to adopt strategic plans that will help raise the level of consciousness of the women in the town with regard to their child bearing. The study will also serve as the source of information to students and the basis of further research into women’s reproductive decisions.

 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 

The study was delimited to the birth patterns and Family planning decisions of women in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom  State, the factors that influence women’s Family planning  decisions and the extent to which they have the autonomy to participate in the Family planning decisions of their families. This study is delimited to all women within the age of 15 and 49 years who will be present in the area during the period of the study and will be willing to participate in the study.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

FAMILY PLANNING; the practice of controlling the number of children one has and the intervals between their births, particularly by means of contraception or voluntary sterilization