Infertility is a global problem particularly in the developing countries. It is estimated that one in three couples is affected in countries within central Africa according to a report 1 . Infertility is common in gynecological clinic consultations in Nigeria. The African society places passionate premium on procreation in any family setting. The woman's place in marriage remains precarious till confirmed through child bearing. In the society, a woman has to prove her womanhood through motherhood. ...
Tópico(s): Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
2009 - | The Internet Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Ghana and Nigeria recently joined a number of countries that have incorporated fully-funded defined contribution pension programmes into their national social security arrangements. Contemporary analyses of pension reforms, however, continue to focus on middle-income countries in Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe, as well as on Member States of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, thereby marginalizing recent pension policy reforms in sub-Saharan African countries. ...
Tópico(s): Global Health Care Issues
2011 - Wiley | International Social Security Review
A total of 12 708 live births registered between 1965 and 1975 in Igbo Ora, a rural area in southwestern Nigeria, were examined for seasonal variation using trigonometric regression analysis. The monthly number of registered births showed a significant seasonal pattern with a peak in May and corresponding minima in November. The extent of the seasonal variation above and below the annual mean was about 7%. There has been no significant shift in both the month of peak occurrence and the magnitude ...
Tópico(s): Child Nutrition and Water Access
1986 - Oxford University Press | International Journal of Epidemiology
Janet Sunday Petters, P. N. Asuquo,
This study investigated the work role attachment and retirement intentions of public school teachers in Calabar, Nigeria. It was motivated by the observation that most public school workers lack plans for retirement and as such do not prepare for it until it suddenly dawns on them. Few empirical studies were reviewed. Questionnaire was the main instrument used for data collection from a sample of 200 teachers. Independent t-test was used to test the stated hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. ...
Tópico(s): Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
2008 - | Studies on Home and Community Science
Kolawole Azeez Oyediran, Uche C. Isiugo-Abanihe,
The study examines the effect of husband-wife communication about fertility and family planning on fertility desires among marital dyads in the Yoruba towns of Ogbomoso and Iseyin in Oyo State Nigeria. About 66% of the couples have discussed contraceptive use and 59% have discussed number of children. This is a fairly high level of spousal communication on family life issues which is an important precondition for a sustainable decline in fertility. A high level of spousal agreement on fertility ...
Tópico(s): Global Maternal and Child Health
2002 - | African Population Studies
This study is aimed to assess the level of awareness and perceptions of Assisted Reproductive Technology among women attending fertility clinics in Osun State South West Nigeria. A total of 257 women attending gynecology clinics in Osun State teaching hospitals (LAUTECH and OAU Teaching Hospitals) were recruited through systematic sampling technique, using a pre-tested, semi-structured, interviewer administered questionnaire. Only 46% of the respondents were aware of ART. About 73.5% of those that ...
Tópico(s): Family Dynamics and Relationships
2014 - OMICS Publishing Group | Gynecology & Obstetrics
Findings based on a retrospective fertility survey of 531 women in polygynous marriages and 1141 women in monogamous unions conducted in 16 traditional Ngwa Ibo villages in eastern Nigeria supported the contention that polygyny reduces fertility; for polygynous wives both the age specific fertility rates and the mean parity for all age categories was lower than for monogamous wives. Since the mean parity for women aged 45-49 was 6 for polygynous women and 8 for monogamous women it is apparent that ...
Tópico(s): Family Dynamics and Relationships
1977 - Wiley | Journal of Marriage and Family
Data from the 1978 World Fertility Survey (WFS) and the 1991 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) for Cameroon and the 1981-82 WFS and 1990 DHS for Nigeria are used to examine infertility by age region and sexually transmitted diseases. The analysis includes only women who entered their first marriage at least five years before the survey. Data are weighted. The proportions childless are based on all women who were married at least seven years before the survey and weighted data. Findings indicate ...
Tópico(s): Reproductive Health and Technologies
1995 - Guttmacher Institute | International Family Planning Perspectives
Data from the World Fertility Survey and the Demographic and Health Survey are used to analyze differences in infertility in Cameroon and Nigeria. It was assumed that specific patterns of behaviour are associated with higher infertility and that women's lives are greatly affected by their ability to reproduce. Both hypotheses are supported by multivariate analysis. Odds of being infertile were significantly higher for women who became sexually active in their teens, and those of having been married ...
Tópico(s): Family Dynamics and Relationships
1995 - Taylor & Francis | Population Studies
Parity may be categorized as low parity (one or two births), multiparity (three or four births), and grand multiparity (five or more births). In Nigeria, studies have examined factors associated with parity among women. However, these studies have focused on the associated factors of grand multiparity with near exclusion of associated factors of low parity. This study addressed this knowledge gap by examining maternal socio-demographic factors associated with both low parity and grand multiparity in ...
Tópico(s): Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
2019 - Routledge | Women & Health
Abstract The paper attempts to glean some information on differential fertility from data obtained in a survey of selected urban and rural communities in Western Nigeria. The results show that the attitudes of rural women are far more favourable to high fertility than those of urban women, though for both groups the modal number of children preferred is five or six. The analysis also yields a total fertility of nearly six and an average family size of about five for both groups. No conclusive evidence ...
Tópico(s): Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
1969 - Taylor & Francis | Population Studies
Olusola Ayeni, Ademola A Olayinka,
An alternative system for registering birth and deaths, instituted in 1964 in Igbo-Ora, a rural Nigerian town of than conventional registration procedures. In the alternative system, 6 individuals were hired and expected to visit all the households in the town every 2 weeks and to record any deaths or births which had occurred during the previous 2 weeks. The system has been in operation for 10 years. The completeness of the birth and death registration by the home visitors was assessed for 1974. ...
Tópico(s): Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
1979 - Oxford University Press | International Journal of Epidemiology
Augustine C. Umezulike, E R Efetie,
International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsVolume 84, Issue 2 p. 178-180 Brief communications The psychological trauma of infertility in Nigeria A.C Umezulike, A.C Umezulike [email protected] Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, National Hospital, Abuja, NigeriaSearch for more papers by this authorE.R Efetie, E.R Efetie Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, National Hospital, Abuja, NigeriaSearch for more papers by this author A.C Umezulike, A.C Umezulike [email protected] Department of ...
Tópico(s): Family Dynamics and Relationships
2003 - Elsevier BV | International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
The quality of life (QL) of retired academics reengaged in some Nigerian Universities was studied using physical health, subjective happiness, life satisfaction and psychological well-being domains and a measure based on control, autonomy, self-realization and pleasure (CASP) as indicators. Satisfactory QL was indicated all respondents (>50% maximum points), but physical health was poor (<30%). Compared to the preretirement period, respondents indicated satisfactory present condition. Significant differences ( ...
Tópico(s): Health and Well-being Studies
2012 - Taylor & Francis | Educational Gerontology
Blessing Mberu, Holly E. Reed,
As Nigeria enters a period of potentially rapid economic growth due to the increase in the working age population, it is critical to understand why fertility remains so high there. Nigeria's current total fertility rate (TFR) of 5.5 (0.2 fewer children per woman than the TFR of 5.7 reported in both the 2003 and 2008 NDHS surveys) is projected to continue to decline, but questions remain about whether this decline is inevitable and whether it will continue apace. Regardless, Nigeria's population growth ...
Tópico(s): Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
2014 - | Population review
Abstract Data sources from the 1980s are used to examine the main features of Nigeria's population patterns and trends. Fertility has remained relatively constant up until very recently, when there has been evidence for a decline in fertility in the south of the country. In the north, fertility remains high, contraceptive use remains low, and women continue to marry at young ages. The mortality declines of the oil boom years are threatening to reverse, as economic crisis hits health services. Although ...
Tópico(s): Global Maternal and Child Health
1995 - Wiley | Journal of International Development
High fertility rate has been consistently reported in Nigeria. The three major ethnic groups in Nigeria, Hausa/Fulani, Igbo, and Yoruba have different socio-cultural identities particularly those that relate to fertility but fertility index is often reported at the national level. This paper examined ethnic differences in fertility and identified its determinants in Nigeria. This cross-sectional design study focused on 23,140 women aged 15–49 years. Fertility was measured from information on the ...
Tópico(s): Family Dynamics and Relationships
2019 - BioMed Central | Fertility Research and Practice
Using the matched wife–husband (763) sample from the data collected from Ogbomoso and Iseyin towns in Oyo State, Nigeria, this paper examines factors associated with couples’ fertility intention. The analysis used logistic regression models for predicting the effects of selected socioeconomic background characteristics on a couple’s fertility intention. Results indicate high levels of concurrence among husbands and wives on fertility intention. Where differences exist, husbands are more pronatalists ...
Tópico(s): Global Maternal and Child Health
2005 - Cambridge University Press | Journal of Biosocial Science
Eniola Cadmus, Eme Owoaje, Oluwaseun Akinyemi,
Conventionally, existing information on elder abuse has been institution based, professionally driven, and in high-income countries. This study addresses the prevailing gap in knowledge through direct consultation of older persons in the community about their perceptions of elder abuse.Eight focus group discussions were carried out among males and females aged 60 years and above in a rural and an urban community in south western Nigeria. Data were transcribed and analyzed based on emergent themes. ...
Tópico(s): Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
2014 - SAGE Publishing | Journal of Aging and Health
Summary Twinning rates in Nigeria are much higher than in Europe and USA, and appear to be highest in its western and eastern parts. The twinning incidence in a representative population in a town in Western Nigeria, Igbo-Ora, is approximately four times that in Europe and USA. Zygosity determination has shown that only 8.6% of newborn twin pairs in Ibadan are MZ, compared to approximately 30% in Caucasian populations. Studies in Igbo-Ora have also given similar results, confirming the view that ...
Tópico(s): Family Dynamics and Relationships
1970 - Cambridge University Press | Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae
G.E. Onyemaeke Ogum, Apia E. Okorafor,
Summary The monthly distribution of births in the south-eastern states of Nigeria shows a seasonal pattern with a peak during the months of April-June, and a trough during November-January. This suggests that a disproportionate number of conceptions or matings occurs during the relatively cool months of July-September. In south-eastern Nigeria, these are months of relative idleness characterized by reduced work on the farms, abundance of fruits, vegetables and palm wine, and an increased tendency ...
Tópico(s): Global Maternal and Child Health
1979 - Cambridge University Press | Journal of Biosocial Science
The number of potential life years lost due to accidents and injuries though poorly studied has resulted in tremendous economic and social loss to Nigeria. Numerous socio-cultural, economic and political factors including the current epidemic of ethnic and religious conflicts act in concert in predisposing to and enabling the ongoing catastrophe of accident and injuries in Nigeria. Using the "policymaker", Microsoft-Windows® based software, the information generated on accidents and injuries and ...
Tópico(s): Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
2002 - BioMed Central | BMC International Health and Human Rights
Adenike Omosun, Odeyemi Kofoworola,
Background: Child adoption is a recommended alternative form of infertility management. Infertility is of public health importance in Nigeria and many other developing nations. This is a result of its high prevalence and especially because of its serious social implications as the African society places a passionate premium on procreation in any family setting. Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice of child adoption amongst women attending infertility ...
Tópico(s): Child Welfare and Adoption
2011 - AOSIS | African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
Joshua Akinyemi, Clifford Odimegwu,
Abstract Background Reduction in ideal number of children has been suggested as a necessary precursor for fertility decline especially in high fertility countries of Western and Central Africa. In this study, we explored the social contexts of fertility desires by documenting the effects of individual, household as well as contextual characteristics among young men and women in Nigeria. Methods Data source was the male and female recode file of 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey. Analytical ...
Tópico(s): Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
2021 - BioMed Central | Reproductive Health
John C. Caldwell, Pat Caldwell,
Tópico(s): Reproductive Health and Technologies
1977 - Taylor & Francis | Population Studies
The age at which childbearing begins influences the total number of children a woman bears throughout her reproductive period, in the absence of any active fertility control. For countries in sub-Saharan Africa where contraceptive prevalence rate is still
Tópico(s): Global Health Care Issues
2013 - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research | Demographic Research
The issue of son preference is another pernicious violence against women for which the need to protect the girl-child is necessary and desirable in most societies of the world. In Nigeria, the preference for sons is very prevalent and exists in several cultures as it dates back to pre- historic times and it is tied to inheritance, unfortunately it has not succumbed to societal changes but has remained sacrosanct because of the desire for a son to carry on the family name and guarantee the family ...
Tópico(s): Family Dynamics and Relationships
2013 - Canadian Center of Science and Education | Journal of Politics and Law
Patrick Okonji, Darlinton Chukwunalu Ogwezzy,
Assistive technology (AT), broadly defined as specialist equipment designed to promote computer access for people with disabilities, is increasingly becoming popular among people with vision impairment as computer use becomes commonplace in society. In developing and emerging economies, however, the adoption of ATs continues to lag behind the developed countries. This study explored barriers to adoption of assistive technologies among visually impaired people in five southern states in Nigeria. A ...
Tópico(s): Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
2017 - Taylor & Francis | Assistive Technology
This article examines (1) chronological definition of old age and (2) expectations about old age held by young adults in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Primary data consist of structured interviews of 113 persons aged 18 to 35. These were supplemented by secondary analysis of data collected from an earlier survey of 432 old persons in Ile-Ife. In respect of chronological definitions of old age, the observed patterns of definition confirm general tendencies reported by previous researchers in Western societies. ...
Tópico(s): Aging and Gerontology Research
1987 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Aging Studies
AB Makanjuola, AO Elegbede, OA Abiodun,
To determine the psychosocial and clinical factors that are associated with psychiatric morbidity among women with infertility attending a Nigerian gynaecology clinic.Over a four month period, 320 respondents (160 in the study group and 160 in the control group) were interviewed using a proforma (designed by the authors) and a screening instrument, General Health Questionnaire version 30 (GHQ-30). All probable cases with a score of 5 or more on GHQ-30 were interviewed using the Present State Examination ( ...
Tópico(s): Family Dynamics and Relationships
2010 - OMICS Publishing Group | African Journal of Psychiatry