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SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS, FAMILY PLANNING INFORMATION, HOUSEHOLD DECISION MAKING AND CONTRACEPTIVE USE IN NORTH EASTERN NIGERIA
Most of the world population growth is from developing countries and Nigeria is a major player in this, with a total fertility rate (TFR) of 5.5 and very low modern contraceptive use of 15%. This study, therefore, examines the relationships between socio-demographic factors, exposure to family planning information and household decision making and contraceptive use among married women in the North-East region of Nigeria. Out of a total of 38,948 women data set, this study extracted and used 5309 sample size for women aged 15-49 in the North-East region from the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) and analyzed at three levels; univariate (frequency distribution), bivariate (Chi-square) and multivariate (binary logistic regression) using SPSS version20.0 . This study distinguished between direct and indirect effects of explanatory factors to contraceptive use at 0.05, 0.01 and 0.001 significant level. The major factors considered in this study to influence contraceptive use are state of residence, education, religion, wealth status, number of living children, Number of co-wives, husbands education, exposure to family planning information and household decision making ,However the findings of this study revealed that only state of residence, wealth status,
number of living children and family planning information from health facilities had direct relationships with contraceptive use in the North Eastern region . The study
recommend that policy and program intervention to increase uptake of contraceptive in the region will have to be state specific to maximize results, and within the states,
program intervention will need to customize activities according to wealth status ensuring that the poor and poorest sub-groups are given adequate information for
informed choice and decision to use contraceptives in the North-East region of Nigeria .With respect to exposure to family planning information, and considering the
fact that majority of the women (68.4%) and their husbands (58%), had no formal education , the most viable programming strategies will be to provide more easy access to health facility-based information to elicit increased contraceptive use in the long-run.Finally, further studies will do well to examine the variations of socio-demographic
factors and household decision making within states in other to further maximize uptake of contraceptive use. .Finally, further studies will do well to examine the variations of socio-demographic factors and household decision making within states in other to further maximizFinally, further studies will do well to examine the variations of socio-demographic factors and household decision making within states in other to further maximize uptake of contraceptive use. .e uptake of contraceptive use.
On the Application of Martingale theory to Investment Strategy
Most often than not, an investor holding stock
must decide whether to sell or keep holding the stock. This
investment strategy over the years appears to be an easy task
to take. In the investment parlance, it is called the Broker’s
Common Sense (BCS). We have shown in this paper that the
so-called BCS strategy is backed with advanced
mathematical (probabilistic) phenomenon; we used the
martingale theory to describe the strateg
Key Determinants of Contraceptive Use Among Married Women in North-Eastern Region of Nigeria
This paper examines the key determinants of contraceptive use in the North-Eastern part of Nigeria. It
employed 5309 sub-sample of married women representing the North-East region of Nigeria from the 2013 nationally
representative Nigeria Demographic and Health survey. It employed logistics regression statistical techniques in the
analysis. Results present direct and indirect effects of predictors of contraceptive use. Predictors that had direct effects on
contraceptive use were; state of residence, wealth status, number of living children, and told about family planning (FP)
from health facility, while those with indirect effects were; education, religion, type of employment, husband/partner’s
education, heard about FP from TV last few months, and person who usually decides on household purchases, and person
who decides on visit to family/relatives had joint direct effect (Nagelkerke R2, explained variation = 38%). The odds of
contraceptive use varied significantly by state of residence, while the odds increased with; higher wealth status, among
respondents told about FP at health facility, and decreased significantly among those who husbands/partner decides on
respondent’s visit to family/relative. These findings are crucial to policy and programs geared to increase contraceptive use
in the north-east region of Nigeria