Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Married Women in Nigeria towards Family Planning

This study was to investigate the knowledge, attitudes and practices of married women in Nigeria towards family planning. Specifically, the researcher investigated the differences between married women on the bases of religion, types of family planning and educational status. A questionnaire tagged “knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of family planning” (KAPFP) designed by the researcher was used to obtain data from the respondents. The questionnaire which consisted of 31-items was administered to 246 respondents which were drawn by using simple random sampling technique from the population. Nine null hypotheses were generated to find out significant differences of family planning with respect to knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of the respondents on the bases of religion, family types and educational status. The data were analyzed using frequency count, simple percentages and inferential statistical procedures, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and t-tests. Based on the findings, three hypotheses were significant while six were not significant. Hence, family planning providers, policy makers, doctors, nurses and administrators should enlighten both married men and women on the importance of family planning.