Authors : A.I. Olugbenga-Bello , V.O. Oboro , M.O. Araoye and I.O. Musa
Abstract: Men have the responsibility for taking decision about family planning, even in situation where no spoken decision is made, men’s perceived wishes or objections may influence their wive’s actions. A defined male population used in this study is the intercity commercial drivers in Ilorin, Kwara state. To study the determinant of contraceptive practice among the intercity, commercial drivers based in Ilorin, Kwara state. This is a descriptive, cross-sectional survey that was carried out among the drivers in the 4 motor parks in Ilorin. Information was obtained using pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire. This study showed that 70% of the respondents did not practice any form of modern contraception and of those, who ever practiced contraception, only 5% ever used condom and slightly higher percentage had a history of use of pills and injectables by their wives. The major determinants of contraception observed in this study include education, type of marriage and desire for more wives. There was significant impact on use of contraception by age, religion, ethnicity or sex preference. Taxi-drivers in Ilorin has a poor utilization of modern contraceptive practice and this might be influenced by several factors, some of which were identified in this study to include poor or Arabic education, unmarried marital status, polygamy and the desire to be polygamous.
A.I. Olugbenga-Bello , V.O. Oboro , M.O. Araoye and I.O. Musa , 2009. Contraceptive Practices among Intercity Drivers in an Urban Settlement in North Central, Nigeria. International Journal of Tropical Medicine, 4: 55-58.