ABSTRACT
One of the main aims of family planning is to ensure that optimal level of population is guaranteed vis a vis the social economic conditions which poses little or no threat to sustainable development. This requirement is particularly heightened by several development and health institutions hinged most times on the basis of future projections about the ecosystem.
However, family practices and methods strongly recommended as one of the solutions to humanity growth is still not achieving the desired objectives. Thus, this study therefore empirically ascertained family planning methods and practices among married women using Egor Local Government Area of Edo State as its sample space.
This study employed a descriptive research design, which is a fact-finding approach. The participants were all married women in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State who were between the ages of 15-49 and the sample size was 363. The random sampling techniques was adopted in the selection of the subjects of the study and a questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection. It adopted percentage frequency and measures of central tendency data analysis and one sample t-test parametric framework in confirmation of the stated hypothesis.
Findings from our analysis indicate that family planning methods, information sources of family planning, attitudes and cultural beliefs and other key factors that range from educational level to earned income, all pose significant influences on family planning.
As a result, the study suggests that rational, robust, vigorous, and long-term policies and actions be developed to ensure that family planning gains are sustained. Also that relevant authorities should through appropriate institutions ensure adequate mechanism that stimulates proper knowledge of family planning and eradicate attitudes and beliefs that could de-optimize family planning benefits.
