Abstract:

Nigeria is faced with high fertility, maternal and child mortality, and a rapid population growth rate. The uptake of modern methods of contraception is crucial to reduce the high fertility rate, halt population growth, lessen child mortality, and enhance maternal health. This study assessed partners' socio-economic and demographic asymmetries as barriers to modern contraceptive use among young married women in Nigeria. This study used data for 5,772 young married women aged 15-34 years from the Nigerian Demographic and Health Survey 2018. Frequency distributions and binomial logistic regression were carried out using STATA v12. Findings show that 20.4% of young married women use modern contraceptives. Respondents whose partners desire more children were less likely to use modern contraceptives (AOR= 0.712, CI 0.603-0.840). Also, contraceptive use is less likely when the respondent's partner is more educated than the respondent compared to if both have the same level of education (AOR= 0.721, CI 0.607-0.857). Differences in partners' fertility desires and educational status are associated with the use of modern contraceptives among married women aged 15-34 years in Nigeria.

摘要：

尼日利亚面临着高生育率、孕产妇和儿童死亡率以及人口快速增长的问题。采用现代避孕方法对于降低高生育率、阻止人口增长、降低儿童死亡率和增强孕产妇健康至关重要。这项研究评估了伴侣的社会经济和人口不对称性作为尼日利亚年轻已婚妇女使用现代避孕药具的障碍。这项研究使用了 2018 年尼日利亚人口和健康调查中 5,772 名年龄在 15-34 岁的年轻已婚妇女的数据。使用 STATA v12 进行了频率分布和二项式逻辑回归。调查结果显示，20.4% 的年轻已婚女性使用现代避孕药具。伴侣想要更多孩子的受访者不太可能使用现代避孕药具 (AOR= 0.712, CI 0.603-0.840)。还，当受访者的伴侣受教育程度高于受访者时，与受教育程度相同的伴侣相比，使用避孕药具的可能性较小 (AOR= 0.721，CI 0.607-0.857)。尼日利亚 15-34 岁的已婚妇女使用现代避孕药具的情况与伴侣生育意愿和教育状况的差异有关。