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    Demographic and psychosocial correlates of contraceptive use among young people in Nigeria
    (Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences ,Obafemi Awolowo University, 2023) Komolafe, Obaloluwa Ifeolu
    This study assessed the socio demographic characteristics of sexually active young people in Nigeria. It also examined the extent to which socio-demographic variables influence contraceptive use among young people and it investigated the influence of psychosocial correlates on use of contraception amidst young people in Nigeria. It examined the combined influence of socio-demographic and psychosocial correlates on use of contraception amidst young people in Nigeria. These were with the view of investigating the complex interplay of demographic and psychosocial factors that influence contraceptive use amidst young people in Nigeria This study employed a cross-sectional research design, using secondary quantitative research data from the challenge initiative. The targeted population for the study were young people aged 15 to 24 years in Nigeria. Potential respondents were selected through a three-stage cluster sampling method stratified within urban and rural areas; this was done in order to get enough sample for representativeness/generalization of results and this amounted to 5940 respondents in total. The results showed that sexually active young people interviewed were mostly females (79.6%), aged 20 to 24 (68.9%), and held a secondary education (69.3%). In total, 63.2% of the sexually active young people identified as Christians (Catholics made up approximately 11.9% of the sample). At bivariate level, sex, location, marital status, education religion and parity were all found to be significantly related with contraceptive use among young people. The age of sexually active young people was found to have no significant relationship with contraceptive use. At multivariate level, sex (OR=0.66; p<0.000), Education (OR=1.67; p<0.000), Marital status (OR=0.40; p<0.000), and Religion (OR=0.82; p<0.000) were the only socio demographic variables that had a significant relationship with the use of contraception. Also, at bivariate level, all psychosocial variables (Discussion with partner on Contraceptives, discussion about number of kids, personal advocacy, perceived behavior of close friends, rejection of misconceptions, self-efficacy etc. were all significantly related with contraceptive use among young people. Similar trends were also observed at multivariate level. When demographic and psychosocial variables were both fitted in the same model, sex, education and residence were the only significant demographic factor associated with contraceptive use. While knowledge, peer behavior, myths rejection, and self-efficacy were the only psychosocial variables associated with contraceptive use. This study concluded that there exist a complex and significant interplay between demographic and psychosocial factors that influence contraceptive use among young people and that factors such as residence, level of education, self-efficacy etc. were associated significantly with contraceptive use among young people in Nigeria.