State variations in women's socioeconomic status and use of modern contraceptives in Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

According to the 2014 World Population Data Sheet, Nigeria has one of the highest fertility and lowest contraceptive prevalence rates around the world. However, research suggests that national contraceptive prevalence rate overshadows enormous spatial variations in reproductive behavior in the country.

Objective

I examined the variations in women's socioeconomic status and modern contraceptive use across states in Nigeria.

Methods

Using the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey data (n = 18,910), I estimated the odds of modern contraceptive use among sexually active married and cohabiting women in a series of multilevel logistic regression models.

Results

The share of sexually active, married and cohabiting women using modern contraceptives wide

SUBMITTER: Lamidi EO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4530895 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature