title: Influence of the number of living sons on contraceptive use among female teachers in Nigeria.
abstract: This study examines the relationship between the number of living sons and contraceptive use among married female teachers in primary and secondary schools of the Enugu urban area, Anambra State, Nigeria. Within each category of number of living children, women with no living sons were least likely to have ever used modern contraceptives. Contraceptive use increased directly with number of living sons. However, women with only sons and no daughters were less likely to have ever used modern contraceptives than were women with at least one son and one daughter. Better educated women who were close to achieving their desired family size, or whose desired family sex ratio was relatively low, were more likely to be contraceptive users.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Statistics and Demography, Anambra State University of Technology, Enugu, Nigeria.
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Oyeka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D003625:Data Collection; D004522:Educational Status; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009549:Nigeria; D012737:Sex Factors; D013663:Teaching