title: Attitude of Nigerian women to contraceptive use by men.
abstract: This study was aimed at finding the attitude of Nigerian women to contraceptive use by their male partners. A total of 417 women received the questionnaire; 71% of these were sexually active and 34.8% were not aware of any male contraceptive method. Only 1.7% reported regular use of condoms by their spouses, however this was significantly higher if the women were better educated. Most of the women had a positive attitude to contraceptive use by their spouses, as 54% (225/417) of them showed preference to male dependant contraceptives in their relationship. However, only 32.3% (135/417) of the women had ever-requested their spouse to use a condom and in just 18.5% (25/135) was such a request regularly complied with. Significantly more Muslim women prefer their partners to use a contraceptive rather than themselves (p = 0.001), but the condom usage by their spouses is significantly lower than their Christian counterparts (p = 0.000). There is a need to offer counselling on male contraceptives to both genders so that they can make an informed choice, especially with the dual protection offered by the use of condoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Federal Medical Centre, Gombe, Gombe State, Nigeria. bmak190@yahoo.com
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Audu
authors.forename: A U
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: El-Nafaty
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Bako
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Melah
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Mairiga
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kullima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003268:Contraception Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria