Ofonime Johnson
Determinants of Modern Contraceptive Uptake among Nigerian Women: Evidence from the National Demographic and Health Survey
University of Uyo Teaching Hospital
family planning key strategy control fertility among women study sought determine various factors influence modern family planning use nigeria study used data nigeria demographic health survey ndhs 2013 analysis carried using stata version 121 multivariate logistic regression used determine association various factors use modern family planning methods total 119386 women aged 1549 years participated study mean age respondents 359 81 years overall contraceptive prevalence rate modern methods 103 highest proportion use 267 south west lowest 27 north west predictors modern family planning use higher education or449 95 ci 410492 richest wealth quintile or371 ci 329419 south west or342 95 ci 315370 age 2549 years or155 95 ci 142169 urban residence or108 95 ci 103113 p 0001 highest predictors modern contraceptive use education wealth index indices poorest north western nigeria measures taken improve female literacy employment likely improve uptake modern contraceptives among women nigeria