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YEAR: 1992

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Nigerbus family planning monitor, February 1992.

AUTHORS

Wehmann PF

SOURCE

[Unpublished] 1992 May. [7] p.

ABSTRACT

This document summarizes the major findings of the February 1992 Nigerbus family planning survey that included

4014 respondents (1988 women and 2026 men) selected from rural and urban areas throughout Nigeria. The study

has two parts. In Part I, 7 questions being asked in previous surveys are considered. These 7 questions pertain to

the respondents approval to use family planning/child spacing methods; major reasons for not approving family

planning/child spacing; contraceptive usage and the method chosen within the last 2 months; and knowledge about

the Nigerian national family planning symbol. Part II consist of 12 questions, which were asked for the first time in

the February 1992 Nigerbus survey. The 12 questions pertain to the number of times the respondents participated in

the research survey; respondents personal view of family planning/child spacing; knowledge on the availability of

family planning/child spacing that are used to prevent pregnancy; and knowledge on the available types of family

planning/child spacing methods and their sources. Follow-up questions were asked to those respondents who

mentioned radio and televisions as sources of information on family planning. The corresponding answers are listed

after each question asked. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 1589-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Nigerbus family planning monitor, February 1992.", is(are)

Wehmann PF. The source of this article is "[Unpublished] 1992 May. [7] p.". This article was published in 1992 in

English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 1589-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN:

11589

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