Knowledge and attitude of adult men towards childlessness in Southern Nigeria
Authors:
Aina Folasade
Publication Type: Journal article
Journal: Actasatech
ISSN Number:
0
Downloads
17
Views
Abstract
Childlessness has been a social issue of great concern in the society because of its negative effect on individuals, family and the society at large. These effects may have personal, social, emotional or political significance which include broken home, depression and domestic violence. This study investigates the knowledge and attitude of adult men towards childlessness in Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Idi Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State. This descriptive cross-sectional study utilised a validated questionnaire. Reliability of the questionnaire was done through Cronbach Alpha measure. A coefficient of 0.75 was obtained. A total enumeration sampling method was adopted to include 300 adult men attending general outpatient department in FMC, Abeokuta. However, a total of 218 gave informed consent and were the ones used as for the study. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics at P<0>