Social Cultural Factors Affecting The Use Of Family Planning

The social-cultural factors affecting the use of family planning in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, the objective or aim of this study is to proffer solution to those social-cultural factors that is still affecting the use of family planning in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. One of such is the norms that are the rules that determine what should or should not be done. The researcher saw that Oredo Local Government does not have a norm that promotes the use of family planning. The populations of the study were making up of three hundred and eight two people selected from six communities or wards in Oredo Local Government Area. The instrument used for the collection of data was the questionnaire. The researcher hereby recommend health workers to teach the family planning users on the proper way of using family planning methods, particularly the modern contraceptive methods so that careless causalities would be prevented, the government also has a role to play in educating its populace on the ills of having children they cannot adequately cater for.