Factors Influencing Grand Multipara Practice Among Women in The Lake Zone, A Case of Geita Region.

Mwaisobwa, Stephen Atingi (2023) Factors Influencing Grand Multipara Practice Among Women in The Lake Zone, A Case of Geita Region. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The main objective of this study was to examine the factors influencing grand multipara practice among women in the Geita District Council. Specifically: it aimed to find the effects of child sex preferences on grand multipara practices, the effects of desire for more children and the grand multipara practices; the use of contraceptives among grand multipara women and the contribution of social influence on the grand multipara practice among women. The study was guided by fertility theory and also the study adopted a mixed research approach with a convergent parallel research design. Data were collected through questionnaire, interview and focus group discussion from the sample size of 97 respondents selected using simple random sampling and purposive sampling techniques. The results show that linearity assumption on Child Sex Preference (p<0.04), Desire for More Children (p<0.06), Contraceptive Uses (CU) p<0.01), and Social Influence (SI) p<0.00) were the most important predictors of prevalence of grand multipara. The findings from qualitative confirmed that grand multipara is associated with factors such as child sex preferences, desire for more children, contraceptive uses and social influence. The specific strategies needed to be set in order to educate and raise awareness of lake zone community on the issues of child sex preferences, desire for more children, use of contraceptives and the effect of social influences in parity issues. These will help the community to make rational choices when it comes to parity decision making. Keywords: Grand Multipara, Child Sex Preference, Contraceptives

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