TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title . . . . . . . . . i
Approval . . . . . . . . ii
Certification . . . . . . . . iii
Dedication . . . . . . . . iv
Acknowledgement . . . . . . . v
Table of Contents . . . . . . . vi
List of Tables . . . . . . . . vii
List of Figures . . . . . . . . x
List of Appendices . . . . . . . xi
Abstract . . . . . . . . xii
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study . . . . . . 1
Statement of Problem . . . . . . . 3
Purpose of the Study . . . . . . . 5
Research Question . . . . . . . 5
Research Hypothesis . . . . . . . 6
Significance of the Study . . . . . . 6
Scope of the Study . . . . . . . 7
Operational Definition of Terms . . . . . 7
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
Conceptual Review . . . . . . . 9
Concept of Family Planning. . . . . . . 9
History of the Family Planning . . . . . 10
Family Planning Methods . . . . . . 11
Health Benefits of Family Planning . . . . . 12
Factors that Affect Men’s
Involvement in Family Planning . . 14
Overview of Men that Practice
Family Planning, the
Methods and Services Available to
them . . . . 17
Family Planning Methods and
Services Available to Men . . 17
Nature of Men’s Involvement Men in Family Planning . . 19
Theoretical Framework Review . . . . . 24
Core Assumptions and Statements of
Health Belief Model
as Identified by Murphy (2003) . . . . . 25
Application of Health Belief Model
to Male Involvement in
Family Planning in rural
Communities . . . . 28
Empirical Review . . . . . . . 29
Summary of Literature Review . . . . . 36
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODS
Research Design . . . . . . . 37
Area of Study . . . . . . . . 37
Population of the Study . . . . . . 38
Sample . . . . . . . . 38
Inclusion Criteria . . . . . . . 38
Sampling Procedure . . . . . . . 39
Instrument for Data Collection . . . . . 39
Validity of the Instrument . . . . . . 40
Reliability of Instrument . . . . . . 40
Ethical Consideration . . . . . 41
Procedure for Data Collection . . . . . 41
Method of Data Analysis . . . . . . 42
CHAPTER FOUR
ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION OF RESULTS
Analysis of Presentation of Results . . . . . 43
CHAPTER FIVE
DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS
Discussion of Major Findings . . . . . . 55
Summary of the study . . . . . 58
Implication of the study to nursing
practice . . . . 59
Conclusion . . . . . . . . 60
Recommendation . . . . . . . 61
Limitation of the Study . . . . . . 62
Suggestion for Further Studies . . . . . 62
References . . . . . . . . 63
Appendix . . . . . . . . 67
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the
respondents . . . . . . 43
Table 2: Percentage of men
who get involved in practicing
family planning . . . . 44
Table 3: Factors affecting men’s involvement in family
Planning . . . . . . 45
Table 4: Nature of men’s involvement in family planning. . 48
Table 5: Method of family
planning adopted mostly by men in these
communities . . . . . . 50
Table 6: Association between men’s involvement in family
planning
and their age . . . . . 51
Table 7: Association between men’s involvement in family
planning
and their level of education . . . 51
Table 8: Association between men’s involvement in family
planning
and their occupation . . . . 52
Table 9: Association between men’s involvement in family
planning
and their religion . . . . 52
LIST OF FIGURES
Health belief model . . . . . . . 27
LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix I: Sample of the Questionnaire for
Data
Collection . . . . . 67
Appendix II: Informed Consent Form . . . . 71
Appendix III: Showing the population of different
communities
and proportion studied. . . . 72
Appendix IV: Determination of sample size with total population . 73
Appendix V: Reliability
Appendix VI: Identification Letter from the Department
Appendix VII: Application for Ethical Approval
Appendix VIII: Letter of Ethical
Approval
Appendix XI: Application for Permission from Enugu East Local Government
Chairman
Appendix X: Approval from Enugu East Local Government Chairman
ABSTRACT
Men involvement in family
planning would increase its recognition, acceptance and practice by people
especially within the rural communities.
This is because in rural communities in Nigeria including Enugu, men are
still the gate keepers in our families who control power and major decision
making. Some of them decide whether
their wives will practice family planning or not and the methods to be adopted. This implies the men seem to have the
finally say on the number of children the family should have, the spacing,
maternal health and general level of reproductive health in the family. In
Nigeria male involvement in family planning from previous studies is low,
pregnancy and delivery problems are treated as women affair. Though men do not
carry pregnancy, they are the initiators of the process and therefore should be
involved in family planning for better success. The purpose of the study was to
examine Male involvement in family planning in some selected rural communities
in Enugu East Local Government Area in Enugu State, Nigeria. The target population of the study were 3320
men. Sample size was 360 men. The instrument
for data collection was a researcher developed questionnaire which was also
used as an interview guide for illiterate subjects. Data were analysed using descriptive
statistics such as frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviation. Statistical analyses was done using the statistical
Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17.
Chi-square inferential statistics was used for testing the hypothesis at
0.05 level of significance. Results showed there was a significant association
between male involvement in family planning and socio demographic variables
(age, educational level, occupation and religion). Other findings revealed that less than half
of the respondents (46%) got involved in family planning practice in the rural
communities studied. There were low mean
response values of 2.21, 2.11 and 2.25 to the nature of men’s involvement in
family planning. The main factors that affected their involvement were
inadequate knowl
