Parental Knowledge, Willingness, and Attitude towards Contraceptive Usage among Their Unmarried Adolescents in Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria

Table 6

Sociodemographic factors associated with parental attitude towards contraceptive use among unmarried adolescents.

Sociodemographic variables	Parental attitude towards contraceptives			Test statistics	value
	Positive attitude (%)	Negative attitude (%)	Total (%)
Gender
Male	24(30.8)	54(69.2)	78(100.0)		0.124
Female	63(22.3)	219(77.7)	282(100.0)
Age of respondent
25-40	77(24.6)	236(75.4)	313(100.0)		0.951
41-56	9(32.5)	31(77.5)	40(100.0)
≥57	1(4.3)	6(85.7)	7(100.0)
Marital status
Married	77(25.9)	220(74.1)	297(100.0)		0.022
Unmarried/single	4(9.5)	38(90.5)	42(100.0)
Divorced	2(15.4)	11(84.6)	13(100.0)
Widow	4(50.0)	4(50.0)	8(100.0)
Occupation
Civil servant	82(24.9)	247(75.1)	329(100.0)		0.193
Artisan	3(11.5)	23(88.5)	26(100.0)
Farmer	2(40.0)	3(60.0)	5(100.0)
Education level
Primary	3(9.4)	29(90.6)	32(100.0)		<0.001
Secondary	0(0.0)	3(100.0)	3(100.0)
Tertiary	82(29.5)	196(70.5)	278(100.0)
Others	2(4.3)	45(95.7)	47(100.0)
Religion
Christianity	82(25.9)	236(74.1)	318(100.0)		0.046
Muslim	3(25.0)	9(75.0)	12(100.0)
Traditional religion	2(6.7)	28(93.3)	30(100.0)
Ethnicity
Esan	83(24.1)	261(75.9)	344(100.0)		0.901
Beni	2(22.2)	7(77.8)	9(100.0)
Others	2(28.6)	5(71.4)	7(100.0)
Duration of marriage
10–25	80(26.3)	224(73.7)	304(100.0)		1.000
26–41	3(25.0)	9(75.0)	12(100.0)
≥42	0(0.0)	2(100.0)	2(100.0)

Tertiary (diploma (4.2%), nursing (5.0%), polytechnic (15.5%), BSc (38.5%), MSc (10.8%), PhD (3.1%)). Others (vocational studies (4.0%), never attended school (8.1%)). Others (Igbo (0.5%), Auchi (0.5%), Hausa (0.14%), Etsako (0.4%), Yoruba (0.36%)). Statistically significant. : chi-square test; †: Fisher’s exact test.