%0 Journal Article
%T On the Investigation of Awareness Level of Family Planning among Rural Dwellers in Nigeria (Principal Component Analysis Approach)
%A Femi Joshua Ayoola
%A Nureni Olawale Adeboye
%A Kayode Balogun
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 4
%N 8
%P 1-11
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2017
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1103762
%X <div style="text-align:justify;">
	<span style="line-height:1.5;">This study examined the
awareness level and attitude of family planning among rural dwellers in the
South western part of Nigeria and its consequences on population/economy of
Nigeria. Data were gathered from 300 respondents who were randomly selected
from Seriki rural communities of western Nigeria using proportional allocation
of the stratified random sampling technique. The
research considered to know the level of awareness between the traditional
family planning methods and modern methods of contraception. The modern methods
were found to be more significantly embraced than traditional family planning
methods based on the analysis of the result obtained which showed that 175% preferred
modern methods while 125% preferred traditional methods. The factors considered
in examining these are educational background, economic factors, marital
status, social factor, ethnicity and illiteracy level; the data collected based
on these factors are analyzed using principal component anal</span><span style="line-height:1.5;">ysis technique in order to
determine the most prevalent factor that causes attitudinal problems. The results give rise to the Eigenvalues and
Eigenvectors of the components, whereby the variance proportion for each is
given as 0.4844, 0.2391, 0.1480, 0.0597, 0.0461 and 0.0227 for economics, educational
background, ethnicity, illiteracy, marital status and social status respectively, thereby qualifying the factors as the first PC, second PC, third
PC, fourth PC, fifth PC and sixth PC respectively. Thus, economic factor which
is the first PC is the factor that is predominantly responsible for the
discovered low level of awareness and poor attitudinal behavior towards family
planning.</span> 
</div>
%K Family Planning
%K Principal Component
%K Eigen Values and Vectors
%K Marital Status and Contraceptives
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/5287779