Influence of religious beliefs on family planning and contraceptive utilization: A cross-sectional study of Morogoro Municipality

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dc.contributor.authorSemwaiko, Jennifer Julius
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-25T06:15:58Z
dc.date.available2024-10-25T06:15:58Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionA dissertation to be submitted to the School of Public Administration and Management In partial fulfillment for award requirement of the Master’s of Science in Health System and Management (MSc-HSM) of Mzumbe University
dc.description.abstractThe main objective of this study was to examine the influence of religion on FP and contraceptive utilization. This cross-sectional study was conducted in Morogoro Municipality, which employed questionnaires and interviews to collected data from 220 respondents. The study population included 200 respondents who are religious followers and 20 respondents were religious leaders. Qualitative data was analyzed using context analysis and quantitative data was analyzed by using SPSS version 21.0 to examine the influence of religion and other factors on family planning and contraceptive utilization in Morogoro Municipality. Findings of this study have shown that, family planning and contraceptive utilization differ across religions and denominations. For instance, it was revealed that 31.7% of Muslims used withdrawal method, 10% use condom, 6.7% use Standard Days Method, 5% use pills while 46.6% do not use any method, compared to Christians 25% of whom uses Standard Days Method, 18% uses pills, 18% uses condoms, 7% uses withdrawal method while the remaining 32% do not use any method of family planning. The findings indicated that religion has no significant influence on FP and contraceptive utilization as p-value was 0.070, above the alpha level of 0.05. Hence, in ranking, other factors has more influence than religion because they have shown statistical significance in influencing family planning and contraceptive utilization. In particular, these factors include sex (OR=5.0, 95% CI 2.053-12.427) with p-value=0.000, age (OR=0.3, 95% CI 0.111-1.080) with p-value=0.058, distance (OR=0.05, 95% CI 0.020-0.0127) with p-value=0.000, availability of FP commodities (OR=2.9, 95% CI 1.245-6.997) with p-value=0.011, friendliness of health providers (OR=3.0, 95% CI 1.344-6.734) with p-value=0.006 and side effects of contraceptives (OR=0.2, 95% CI 0.074-0.390) with p-value=0.000. However, in interpreting these findings, factors like sex, availability of family planning commodities and friendliness of health providers significantly increase the use of family planning and contraceptives, however, distance and side effects of contraceptives significantly decrease the use of family planning and contraceptives. In addition, as the age of people increase above 39 years old, the use of family planning and contraceptives fall.
dc.description.sponsorshipPrivate
dc.identifier.citationAPA
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1545
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMzumbe University
dc.subjectFamily planning
dc.subjectReligious beliefs
dc.subjectContraceptive use
dc.subjectContraception
dc.subjectNational Health Policy-Tanzania
dc.titleInfluence of religious beliefs on family planning and contraceptive utilization: A cross-sectional study of Morogoro Municipality
dc.typeThesis
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