Factors Affecting the Utilization of Family Planning Among Women of Child Bearing Age in Nguru Local Government Area of Yobe State

Abstract

This paper is aimed to find out factors affecting the utilization of family planning among women of child bearing age in Nguru local government area of Yobe state. Three objective and three research question were drawn for the study and survey research design was adapted cluster sampling techniques was used to select three hundred respondents from six major wards in Nguru local government area of Yobe state. Data collection was through self-structure questionnaire. The data collected were analyzed using frequency count and percentage. The findings reveals that socio economic factor is the major factor affecting the utilization of family planning among women of child bearing age, abandoned children is the major consequence of rejecting/non acceptance of family planning among couple. The research further reveals that community health program is the most effective way to educate couples on the importance of family planning. Based on the findings of the study,  it was recommended among other things that government at all levels should lay more emphasis on community health program to educate couples on the benefit of family planning among women of child bearing age in Nguru local government area Yobe state.