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    The Effect of Couples' Socio-Economic Status on Nutrition and Immunization of Children in Akure South Local Government Area, Ondo State
    (2015-06-24) Banjo, Olufunmilayo Olufunmilola; Omideyi, A.K
    This study examined the socio-economic status of couples and determined the nutritional status of their children in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State. It also assessed the extent of immunization completeness of the children with a view to determining their health status. Primary data was collected for this study using the multi-stage sampling technique. There are eleven districts in the study area out of which eight were purposively selected. From each of the selected districts, five enumeration areas were randomly selected after which the household listing was done. Systematic sampling was used to select twenty-five couples having their last two children under five years old from each of the selected districts. In all, 200 couples were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. Weighing scales and measuring tapes were used to take the weight and height of the children respectively, while information on age and sex were supplied by the parents of the children. Also, information on weight, height, age and sex were used to compute anthropometric indices of the children. Vaccination cards were requested from couples to determine the extent of completeness of the children's immunization. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results showed that 53.5% and 37% of the male and female respondents respectively had post secondary education, the rest had below a post secondary education. Furthermore, 53.5% and 32.5% of the male and female respondents respectively were civil servants; 18% and 20% respectively were artisans; 10.5% and 7% respectively were farmers; while 10.5% and 25% of the male and female respondents respectively were traders. Furthermore, the average monthly income of the couples revealed that, while the highest proportion of the female respondents (58.1%) earned between N1,000 and N11,000 a month, the highest proportion of the male respondents (34.0%) earned between N11,000 and N21,000 a month. It was observed that only 54.5% of the children completed immunization schedules, while their nutritional status showed that 95% were not wasting, 76.5% were well nourished and 31% were not stunted. The study further found out that couples' education (father: x2 = 12.90. p< 0.05; mother: x2 = 12.47 p< 0.05) and occupation (father: x2 = 26.3, p< 0.05; mother: x2 = 13.26. p< 0.05) had significant effects on the immunization completeness of the children. Results from the logistic regression further showed that couples' income had a positive and significant effect on children's nutritional status (father: Exp B =1.000, p<0.05; mother: Exp B= 1.000, p<0.05). The study concluded that children's immunization completeness increased with couples' socio-economic status and the children largely had healthy growth indicators.
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    Population and Quality of Life
    (Obafemi Awolowo University Press, 1997-11-11) Ebigbola, J. A.
    Drawing on the experience of the developed countries, many developing countries embarked on, various development programmes in the post war era in order to improve the quality of life of their people. With the passing of the 1945 Colonial Development and Welfare Act, the British territories started to draw up long-term development plans. Similarly the Monnet plan prepared in France in 1946 was ...Later extended to the French overseas territories. About the same time. Long term economic. programmes were prepared for the Portuguese territories. •under the immediate impetus of the requirements of the United States • Marshall Plan aid. In an attempt to 'ca1Gh up' with the developed countries, the developing countries came to the conclusion that their development programmes would have to be implemented at a faster rate. Hence, there had been series of development plans aimed ,t •achieving the objective of improving the standard of living of the. masses in these societies
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    Population: the Primordial and Universal Denominator
    (Obafemi Awolowo University Press, 1975-04-29) Adenola, A. lgun
    The objectives of this lecture are to define and explain population, make a plea for its just attention, identify some of its problems and ramifications for all aspects of human endeavours, delineate the role of demography in analyzing and identifying them, suggest some of the equipment for and point directions towards the solutions of these problems.