Correlates of Spousal Communication on Fertility and Family Planning among The Yoruba of Nigeria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2986110 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kola’ Oyediran (0000-0002-4856-7829, The author was a doctoral student at the time of preparing this article but now an independent Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist residing in Ibadan, Nigeria. All correspondence relating to this paper should be directed to Kola’ Oyediran, c/o Professor U. C. Isiugo-Abanihe, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Email address), Kola A Oyediran (University of Ibadan), Uche C Isiugo-Abanihe (University of Ibadan), Akinrinola Bankole (0000-0003-3220-9477, Director of International Research, Guttmacher Institute, New York.) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 441-460 |
| Publication date | 2006-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/jcfs.37.3.441 |
| OpenAlex | W2587885713 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 4 |
The paper examines the correlates of husband-wife communication on fertility and family planning among the Yoruba-speaking people of south-western Nigeria. The study was undertaken in Ogbomoso and Iseyin towns in Oyo State, and both quantitative and qualitative data were collected. The results reveal that husband-wife discussion about reproductive issues is fairly high in the study areas, with 59.2 percent and 66.4 percent of couples reporting spousal communication on family size and family planning respectively. The logistic regression models indicate that differences in spousal communication on desired family size and contraceptive use are associated with personal attributes such as demographic and social backgrounds of individuals and couples, including spousal age gap, joint educational attainment, religious affiliation of partners, type of marriage, frequency of couples' exposure to radio and television as well as association membership. The major obstacles to spousal communication on fertility-related issues are cultural opposition and ignorance about modern norms and values
Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Family planning · Fertility · Ignorance · Logistic regression · Political science · Population · Research methodology · Sociology · Spouse · Wife · Yoruba · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 0,64 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |