Reasons and misconceptions associated with family planning methods rejection among selected middle class and urban slum dwellers in Nigeria

Joshua Aransiola, Obafemi Awolowo University
Akanni I. Akinyemi, Obafemi Awolowo University
Adesegun O. Fatusi, Obafemi Awolowo University

The study examined the dynamics of issues surrounding the acceptance and rejection of the different family planning methods among selected middle class and slums dwellers in Ibadan and Kaduna states, Nigeria. Qualitative technique was utilized involving twenty-eight FGDs were conducted (8 in each of the slum communities and 6 in each of the middle class communities) in the selected slums and middle class communities in the two states in Nigeria. Results showed that more cases of rejections of all the FP methods than instances of supports across the different categories of participants involved in the study. It was also evident that abortion and sterilization as FP methods were overwhelmingly rejected by majority of the participants across their various characteristics. The differences between participants from the North and South West with respect to supports as well as rejections of the FP methods seem close.