Unmet Need for Family Planning: Implication for Under-five Mortality in Nigeria.
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2015-03
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There are gaps in evidence on whether unmet need for family planning has any implication for under-five
mortality in Nigeria.This study utilized 2008 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey data to examine the
effect of unmet need on under-five mortality. Cox regression analysis was performed on 28,647 children
born by a nationally-representative sample of 18,028 women within the five years preceding the survey.
Findings indicated elevated risks of under-five death for children whose mothers had unmet need for spacing
[Hazard ratio (HR): 1.60, confidence interval (CI) 1.37-1.86, p<0.001] and children whose mothers had
unmet need for limiting (HR: 1.78, CI 1.48-2.15, p<0.001) compared to children whose mothers had met
need. These findings were consistent after adjusting for the effects of factors that could confound the association.
Findings of this study underscore the need to address the present level of unmet need for family
planning in Nigeria, if the country would achieve meaningful reduction in under-five mortality.
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Contraception, Family planning, Under-five mortality, Unmet need, Nigeria
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Adedini Sunday Adepoju, Odimegwu Clifford, Imasiku Eunice Ntwala, Ononokpono Dorothy Ngozi. Unmet Need for Family Planning: Implication for Under-five Mortality in Nigeria. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 2015 Mar; 33(1): 187-206.