Assessment of illiterate mothers’ perceptions on birth control and the control measures practice in Zamfara State, Nigeria
Home Economics Department Federal College of Education (Technical), Gusau, Zamfara State, Nigeria.
Research Article
Global Journal of Engineering and Technology Advances, 2021, 08(02), 062–067.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gjeta.2021.8.2.0125
Publication history:
Received on 25 July 2021; revised on 26 August 2021; accepted on 28 August 2021
Abstract:
This study sought to assess the perceptions illiterate mothers on birth control and the control measures practice in Zamfara State using some selected Local Government Area (LGA) as case study. The descriptive survey research design was adopted. The study population consisted of all nursing but illiterate mothers in Zamfara State. Four hundred (400) illiterate mothers were selected sampled out of the study population using stratified simple random sampling technique. Two research questions and four null hypotheses were formulated and tested at the 0.05 levels of significance. The study made use of questionnaire as research instrument. The instrument was subjected to face and content validity by three (3) medical practitioners from Federal Medical Centre Gusau. The data collected from the study were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and Standard deviation) and the t-test statistical analysis was used to test the null hypotheses. Findings from the study revealed that there was a statistically significant difference between the Pre-test findings and the findings after being exposed to measures to be taken in birth control; There was a statistically significant difference between the Pre-test findings and the findings after being exposed to factors that contribute to their not utilizing some birth control measures and advised on the way forward.
Keywords:
Perceptions; Illiterate Mothers; Birth Control; Control Measure Practices
Full text article in PDF:
Copyright information:
Copyright © 2021 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article. This article is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Liscense 4.0