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Gender and Decision Making Pertaining to the Control over Ones Body within Established Union in Nigeria: Implications for Counselling
Abstract
The study investigated gender and decision making pertaining to the control over ones body within established union in Nigeria. The study is a survey design with a sample of 500 married people who were randomly selected. A questionnaire titled Gender and Decision-Making Questionnaire (GDMG) was administered to generate data for the study. The instrument has a reliability coefficient of 0.70. Two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The analysis of the result shows that men and women have equal influence over sex and that both men and women make decisions on family planning. Participants believe that a woman cannot and should not refuse sex with her husband. Based on the findings it was recommended that counselling programmes which
could encourage equal power over sex should be organized for married people in Nigeria.
Keywords: Reproductive Rights; Family Planning; Gender and Decision Making.
International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 4 (1) 2008: pp. 9-15
