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Male partner involvement in abortion decision-making among adolescents and young adults in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Opeyemi D. Olodude(1), Yinka A. Adojutelegan(2),


(1) Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria
(2) Ipas Nigeria
Corresponding Author

Abstract


This study examined the narratives of female adolescents and young adults in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria on their male partners involvement in abortion decisions. Data was obtained by administering a semi-structured interviewer questionnaire to 104 female adolescents and young adults who have ever experienced abortion and were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 and descriptive/inferential statistics. Among the respondents,77.9% reported that their male partners were not involved in their abortion decisions; 76.9% reported that their male partners were unconcerned about their abortion decisions, while only 21.2% reported that the decision to abort was forced on them by their male partners. It concludes that there is a low level of male involvement in the abortion decisions of their female adolescent partners in Ibadan, Nigeria. (Afr J Reprod Health 2024; 28 [3s]: 102-109).

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