Myths, misinformation, and communication about family planning and contraception use in Nigeria

Myths, misinformation, and communication about family planning and contraception use in Nigeria

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Background: This paper examines myths, misinformation, factual information, and communication about family planning and their effects on contraceptive use in Nigeria. Methods: A nationally representative sample of 20,171 respondents from two waves of a multiround survey (one in 2003 and the other in 2005), was analyzed at the bivariate level using Chi-square tests and at the multivariate...
 
Published at Open Access Journal of Contraception
Pages 11
Published in 2011
 
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Augustine Ankomah, Jennifer Anyanti, Muyiwa Oladosu
Oladosun Muyiwa » Muyiwa Oladosun joined Covenant University as Senior Lecturer/Coordinator, Demography and Social Statistics, in January 2015. Before joining Covenant University, he was the Managing Director/Principal Consultant at Covenant Friends International Consultants (former MiraMonitor Consulting Ltd.), USA/Nigeria between 2002-2014; Senior Research Associate with The Guttmacher Institute, USA,... view full profile
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