Examining the Influence of Intimate Partner Violence on Fertility Planning Status of Couples

Evidence from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey

Bibliographic Data

ID8250317
AuthorsTosin Olajide Oni (0000-0001-8084-5254, Obafemi Awolowo University, corresponding author), David A Okunlola (0000-0003-1597-1494), Abuja Nigeria Viable Knowledge Masters (Ruhr University Bochum), Oluwaseyi Ismail Oladele (Ruhr University Bochum)
Year2021
Volume29
Pages644-659
Publication date2021-08-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Population and Social Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2465-4418 • E-ISSN: 2465-4418
PublisherInstitute for Population and Social Research (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.25133/jpssv292021.039
OpenAlexW3194352112
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited6

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is associated with women’s poor reproductive health outcomes. This study examined the influence of IPV on couples’ fertility planning status (FPS). Couples’ data from Nigeria’s Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) conducted in 2018 were used. A weighted sample of 4,650 couples was analyzed from the domestic violence module of the NDHS. Complementary log-log (cloglog) models were fitted to estimate the effects on FPS. The results showed that in marital relationships where husbands were older than wives, there was a 28% higher likelihood of planned fertility than couples where husbands were younger or within the same age range (Exp.B.=1.28; CI=1.10, 1.50). Couples who practiced the same religion had a 25% higher likelihood of planning their fertility than those practicing different religions (Exp.B.=1.25; CI=1.07, 1.47). Couples with no IPV had a 13% higher likelihood of planning their fertility (Exp.B.=1.13; CI=1.04, 1.24). IPV, poverty, and child sex preference had significant negative influences on couples’ FPS. Couples should be advised against all forms of IPV, and they should be made to understand that IPV jeopardizes their reproductive intentions. Specific enlightenment programs dissuading child sex preference may also be targeted at them

Domestic violence · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Family planning · Fertility · Marital status · Poison control · Population · Poverty · Reproductive health · Research methodology · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology