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Future husbands: predictors of young males’ exposure to family planning messages in Ghana

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Abstract A number of studies have concluded that weak involvement of men in family planning decision-making accounts for the low adoption in countries undergoing fertility transition. Programmes to incorporate men in family planning decision-making have largely focused on married men. However, given the pronatalist nature of such societies, family planning within marriage tends to be low. An alternative is to consider the involvement of unmarried young people. This paper assesses the exposure of young males’ to specific contraceptive messages and their predictors rather than channels. The study uses data from the 2003 round of Ghana Demographic and Health Survey, a nationally representative survey of people in their reproductive ages. Logistic regression was used to examine predictors of exposure to family planning messages. Generally, levels of exposure to messages on contraceptives were high. Messages which positioned family planning messages as beneficial to the individual had high levels of exposure. However, there were marked disparities in exposure to messages based on age, region and rural–urban residence, level of formal education, especially beyond the secondary level. The effect of education beyond the secondary level on exposure appeared more robust than any other socioeconomic variable. Given the multivariate nature of predictors of exposure, appealing and culturally acceptable messages through reliable mediums are likely to increase exposure and attract the attention of young men towards family planning messages.Keywords: exposure; contraceptives; messages; predictors; family planning; young males and GhanaRésumé Un certain nombre d'études ont conclu que la faible implication des hommes dans la planification familiale de prise de décision des comptes pour la faible utilisation dans les pays en transition de la fécondité. Des programmes visant à intégrer les hommes dans la planification familiale de prise de décision ont surtout porté sur les hommes mariés. Toutefois, étant donné la nature de ces sociétés natalistes, la planification familiale au sein du mariage tend à être faible. Une alternative est de considérer l'implication des jeunes célibataires. Cette étude évalue l'exposition des jeunes hommes »aux messages spécifiques de contraception et leurs prédicteurs plutôt que les canaux. L'étude utilise les données du volet 2003 du Ghana et démographiques Enquête sur la santé, une enquête nationale représentative de la population en âge de reproduction. La régression logistique a été utilisée pour examiner les prédicteurs de l'exposition aux messages de planification familiale. Généralement, les niveaux d'exposition aux messages sur les contraceptifs étaient élevés. Les messages dont positionné messages de planification familiale comme bénéfique pour l'individu avaient des niveaux élevés d'exposition. Cependant, il ya eu de fortes disparités dans l'exposition aux messages en fonction de l'âge, région et rurale-urbaine de résidence, niveau d'éducation formelle, en particulier au delà du niveau secondaire. L'effet de l'éducation au-delà du niveau secondaire sur l'exposition apparu plus robuste que toute autre variable socioéconomique. Étant donné la nature multidimensionnelle des facteurs prédictifs de l'exposition, attrayante et des messages culturellement acceptables, grâce médiums fiables sont susceptibles d'accroître l'exposition et attirer l'attention des hommes jeunes vers des messages de planification familiale.Mots clés: exposition, les contraceptifs, les messages, les facteurs prédictifs, la planification familiale, les jeunes hommes et le Ghana

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