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Linkages between men’s wealth status and the ideal number of children: A trend and multilevel analysis of survey data in Nigeria

Most African societies practice a patriarchal family system that endows a man with authority and dominance in the family and society with a defined role of being the breadwinner of the home. A man is expected to have a great influence in determining the ideal number of children in the family and tak...

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Autores principales: Ololade, Adewole G., Babalola, Blessing I., Omotoso, Kehinde O., Oyelade, Oyeyemi O., Ibrahim, Elhakim A.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10042363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36972218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001036
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author Ololade, Adewole G.
Babalola, Blessing I.
Omotoso, Kehinde O.
Oyelade, Oyeyemi O.
Ibrahim, Elhakim A.
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Babalola, Blessing I.
Omotoso, Kehinde O.
Oyelade, Oyeyemi O.
Ibrahim, Elhakim A.
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description Most African societies practice a patriarchal family system that endows a man with authority and dominance in the family and society with a defined role of being the breadwinner of the home. A man is expected to have a great influence in determining the ideal number of children in the family and take a domineering role in decision-making, especially those related to household resource allocation. Therefore, this study examines the relationship between men’s wealth status and an ideal number of children. The study used secondary data from the National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) from 2003 to 2018. The objectives were achieved using descriptive and inferential statistics, including frequency, mean, ANOVA, and multilevel analysis techniques. Wealth status significantly influenced the ideal number of children considering the crude and adjusted regression analysis. After adjusting for individual-level and contextual factors, the odd ratio of ideal number of children was significantly lower among men in the richest categories of the wealth index. Moreover, men with two wives and above, uneducated men, Northern residents, men living in high community family norms, low community family planning, high community poverty, and low community level of education desired a high number of children. The analyses suggest the need for a consideration of community structures to provide lucrative employment for men and would experience an appreciable fertility decline in line with the objectives and targets stated in Nigeria’s population policies and programmes.
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spelling pubmed-100423632023-03-28 Linkages between men’s wealth status and the ideal number of children: A trend and multilevel analysis of survey data in Nigeria Ololade, Adewole G. Babalola, Blessing I. Omotoso, Kehinde O. Oyelade, Oyeyemi O. Ibrahim, Elhakim A. PLOS Glob Public Health Research Article Most African societies practice a patriarchal family system that endows a man with authority and dominance in the family and society with a defined role of being the breadwinner of the home. A man is expected to have a great influence in determining the ideal number of children in the family and take a domineering role in decision-making, especially those related to household resource allocation. Therefore, this study examines the relationship between men’s wealth status and an ideal number of children. The study used secondary data from the National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) from 2003 to 2018. The objectives were achieved using descriptive and inferential statistics, including frequency, mean, ANOVA, and multilevel analysis techniques. Wealth status significantly influenced the ideal number of children considering the crude and adjusted regression analysis. After adjusting for individual-level and contextual factors, the odd ratio of ideal number of children was significantly lower among men in the richest categories of the wealth index. Moreover, men with two wives and above, uneducated men, Northern residents, men living in high community family norms, low community family planning, high community poverty, and low community level of education desired a high number of children. The analyses suggest the need for a consideration of community structures to provide lucrative employment for men and would experience an appreciable fertility decline in line with the objectives and targets stated in Nigeria’s population policies and programmes. Public Library of Science 2023-03-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10042363/ /pubmed/36972218 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001036 Text en © 2023 Ololade et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Babalola, Blessing I.
Omotoso, Kehinde O.
Oyelade, Oyeyemi O.
Ibrahim, Elhakim A.
Linkages between men’s wealth status and the ideal number of children: A trend and multilevel analysis of survey data in Nigeria
title Linkages between men’s wealth status and the ideal number of children: A trend and multilevel analysis of survey data in Nigeria
title_full Linkages between men’s wealth status and the ideal number of children: A trend and multilevel analysis of survey data in Nigeria
title_fullStr Linkages between men’s wealth status and the ideal number of children: A trend and multilevel analysis of survey data in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Linkages between men’s wealth status and the ideal number of children: A trend and multilevel analysis of survey data in Nigeria
title_short Linkages between men’s wealth status and the ideal number of children: A trend and multilevel analysis of survey data in Nigeria
title_sort linkages between men’s wealth status and the ideal number of children: a trend and multilevel analysis of survey data in nigeria
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10042363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36972218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001036
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