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Table 2 Women’s reasons for desiring family planning as indicated by male and female respondents

From: Women’s perceptions and reflections of male partners and couple dynamics in family planning adoption in selected urban slums in Nigeria: a qualitative exploration

Reasons women may desire family planning

Ibadan

Kaduna

TOTAL

Males

Females

Males

Females

 

om

um

ym

Uf

Ofc

Yfc

yfn

ofn

Om

ym

Um

uf

yfn

ym

yfc

Ofn

 

Child spacing

0

2

0

0

0

1

2

3

6

0

5

1

1

0

4

1

26

Children development

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

4

0

1

0

0

1

0

1

9

Family Economy

1

2

2

3

1

4

2

1

1

2

1

0

1

1

0

3

25

Family decision

0

1

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

5

Health problems

0

1

0

0

1

2

1

1

0

0

0

3

3

0

2

2

16

Imitate friends

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

1

0

0

5

Others reasons

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

2

Personal Career development

0

1

1

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

Satisfy male partner sexual desires

0

1

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

7

Want no more child

0

0

1

1

0

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

7

TOTALS:

1

10

8

5

2

10

7

7

11

7

8

6

6

4

6

8

106

  1. Keys: om = old married males, ym = young married males, um = unmarried males, uf = unmarried females, ofc = older married females current users, yfc = young married females current users, ofn = old married females non-users, yfn = young married females non-users.
  2. Note: The numbers in the cells (0–5) are the number of quotations from each of the FGD sessions per coded themes.