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Male attitudes towards family planning in Khartoum, Sudan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Mutasim Abu Bakr Mustafa  and
Stephen D. Mumford
Mutasim Abu Bakr Mustafa
Affiliation:
Nile Clinic, Khartoum, Sudan, USA
Stephen D. Mumford
Affiliation:
International Fertility Research Program, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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Summary

In a 1982 survey of 250 men living in Khartoum, knowledge of, attitudes towards and use of contraception among Sudanese men were explored. Particular attention was given to attitudes towards male and female sterilization. Although most of the men expressed a desire to have large families, several findings suggest that they felt that they may have to be satisfied with a lower number for economic reasons. Three-fifths of the men with wives of reproductive age wished to use family planning services now but only about one-fifth were currently using an effective method. Almost 60% of the men were interested in learning more about female sterilization and about 50%, more about male sterilization. In general, attitudes towards family planning were more favourable than previously believed by providers of these services. Only 2·8% of these men had obtained services from a family planning clinic, suggesting that the demand currently exceeds the supply.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , October 1984 , pp. 437 - 449
Copyright
Copyright © 1984, Cambridge University Press

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