FAMILY PLANNING PRODUCTS’ USAGE INHIBITORS: EVIDENCE FROM RURAL RESIDENTS IN A TYPICAL DEVELOPING COUNTRY
Keywords:
Family Planning Products, Rural Women, Usage, Inhibitors, Reproductive ageAbstract
Family planning (FP) is embedded in Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) as a critical
mechanism for the attainment of SDGs 3.7 and
5.6 that focus on curtailment of population
explosion, and maternal and child mortality rates.
In many developing Sub-Saharan African
countries, inhibitory factors concerning the usage
of family planning products especially among
under-served rural dwellers remain poorly
understood. Thus, this paper seeks to deepen and
provide contemporary understanding regarding
those barriers that frustrate the uptake of family
planning products among rural dwellers of
reproductive age. Data were generated with a
self-administered questionnaire from 250
respondents. Convenience and judgemental
sampling procedures were used to recruit
respondents. Structural Equation Modelling
(SEM) using Analysis of Moment Structures
(AMOS) serves as the analytical tool regarding
the hypothesized paths in the research model.
Findings from the study reveal that access to FP
knowledge/information has a negative-significant
effect on the usage of family planning products,
additionally, religion and cultural norms,
experience and fear of side effects, and quality of
reproductive healthcare services have a positive
significant inhibitory influence on the usage of
family planning products. Management and
policy implications of those findings were
examined and directions for future
research/actions were suggested
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