Attitudes of males on contraception: a KAPE survey

Acceptance of Family Planning services has been at a very slow pace in Africa. It was generally believed that the African male, due to his conservatism, was an obstacle to the acceptance of contraception by the African female. The study however showed that this was not true. The attitude of the African male towards contraception has changed drastically during the last thirty years, from ultra-conservatism during the 60s to very liberal in the 80s and 90s. Further it can be said that the African male is as well informed and has the same degree of Family Planning and child spacing acceptance-level as his counterpart in the developed world. However the African male does not accompany his partner for Family Planning Counselling. The study showed that most African men associate Family Planning with the use of condoms and not other methods such as the pill or the intrauterine devices.