Access to Contraceptive Use: Implication for Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) of Youth in Abia Central Senatorial Zone, Nigeria

Goodluck I. Nwaogwugwu, Coal City University, Enugu

This study used mixed method approach to ascertain access to contraceptive use: implications for sexual and reproductive health rights of youth’s in Abia Central Senatorial Zone. The study adopted cross-sectional design, with a sample of 533 youth aged 15-39 years from Abia Central Senatorial Zone. Findings from the study established a strong statistically significant relationship between educational qualification and access to contraceptive use as indicated by the chi square values (?2 =87.665; df = 1; P<.000). Also the result revealed that there is a statistically significant relationship between sex of the respondents and their views about health workers attitude to access to contraceptive use (?2 = 58.582; df=1, p? .001). The result of the regression analysis shows that two variables, age and level of education are statistically significant (p = 0.000 and p = 0.003). The study recommended the implementation of ICPD framework on youths’ health in Nigeria among others