Analysis of Gender Relation, Contraceptive Use and High-Risk Births in Nigeria

Adesoji Ogunsakin, Federal University Oye-Ekiti

ABSTRACT This study examined the influence of gender relation, contraceptive use on high-risk birth in Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to examine the level and magnitude of High-risk; determine the relationship between gender relation and High-risk births; and investigate the pathway through which gender relation, and contraceptive use influence high-risk births in Nigeria. This was with a view to providing additional information on the impact of gender relation, contraceptive use on high-risk births in Nigeria. The study utilized secondary data from the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) women and kids recode datasets. A total of 38,948 women aged 15-49 and 31, 828 births in the kids recode which were merged, and a weighted sample size of 34,838 women who have had at least one in the last five years preceding the survey were analyzed in the study using percentages, chi-square analysis and multinomial logistic regression models.