Family Planning Preferences of Women, Ideal Family Size and Associated Effects on Academic Achievement of Children in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Authors: Melody Kay Gibson (PhD) , & Sunday David Edinyang (PhD)

Affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Science Education, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Nigeria

Corresponding Author: [email protected]

March 29, 2026

SIAR-Global Journal of Humanities, Management & Educational Review

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19334411

Family Planning Preferences of Women, Ideal Family Size and Associated Effects on Academic Achievement of Children in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

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The study examined the influence of family planning preferences of women on ideal family sizes and associated effects on academic achievement of children in schools in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. An ex post facto design was used for the study with a sample of 160 purposively selected participants comprising 80 women and their 80 children. A self-developed questionnaire instrument comprising three subscales was validated, tested for reliability, and administered to participants to measure the influence of women’s family planning preferences on their ideal family sizes and associated effects of this and household family sizes on academic achievement of children. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics (percentage and pie charts), independent t-test and chi-square statistics. Results showed that women’s family planning preferences had a positive influence on their ideal family size (IFS) by 33.75%, largely driven by women practicing natural methods among the non-family-planning preferring women (NFPPW); and that family planning preferences and family size positively influenced children’s academic achievement in schools. Associated effects of family planning preferences of women and household family sizes on academic achievement of their children in schools showed significant differences between mean scores of family-planning preferring women (FPPW) and non-familyplanning preferring women (NFPPW) at t (158) = 5.45, p < .05; and no significant association at ꭓ2 (15.51) = 7.4852, p < .05; and at ꭓ2 (15.51) = 5.3032, p < .05. The study recommended, among others, that family planning preferences of women should be aimed at improving quality of life and academic achievement of children through enhanced cognitive engagement at home, provision of stable household income, fair distribution of resources, provision of nutritious meals; and creating a positive home environment for learning.

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Family Planning, Family planning preferences, Ideal Family Size, Learning Engagement, Academic Achievement. Multifarious

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Melody Kay Gibson (PhD) , & Sunday David Edinyang (PhD) (2026). Family Planning Preferences of Women, Ideal Family Size and Associated Effects on Academic Achievement of Children in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. SIAR-Global Journal of Humanities, Management & Educational Review, Vol. 2, No. 1. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19334411

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