The effect of media exposure on contraceptive adoption across “poverty line”

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kapil Khandeparkar ◽  
Pinaki Roy ◽  
Manoj Motiani
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Media Exposure ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Standards Of Living ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Media Mix

Purpose – This study aims to explore the effect of mass media exposure on women contraceptive adoption. The intent was to show how factors affected contraceptive use, such as education, standards of living, etc., behave differently across the poverty line. Design/methodology/approach – Logistic regression was used to test the effect of exposure of various mass media on contraceptive adoption. Indian Human Development Survey (2005) was used for the analysis. Analysis was performed to compare results across the poverty line. Findings – Television exposure was found to be significant, and it had a strong effect on the likelihood that the family uses contraceptives. Newspaper readership was found significant above the poverty line and insignificant below. Research limitations/implications – The present study only analyzes cross-sectional data. A longitudinal study would be better suited to determine how these factors affect contraceptive use over time. Practical implications – The findings of this study can be useful in designing more effective media mix for the communications aimed at increasing contraceptive use in India. Social implications – The findings show the divide between the population segments above and below the poverty line. Low education levels, affordability issues and son preferences are the major factors deterring contraceptive use at this level. Originality/value – This is the first study to separately study the population samples across the poverty line. Compared to previous studies which focuses heavily on one media, this analysis includes other media variables and focuses on a variation of these factors across the poverty line.

Information literacy: assessment of undergraduate and graduate nursing students

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rabia S. Allari ◽  
Khaldoun Hamdan ◽  
Maha Alkaid Albqoor ◽  
Abeer Shaheen
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Literacy Assessment ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Information Competency

PurposeTo describe the perceived level of information competency among nursing students in Jordan.Design/methodology/approachCross sectional-correlational design was utilized. Data were collected using an electronic self-administered questionnaire from graduate and undergraduate nursing students in Jordan.FindingsNursing students showed a moderate mean total score of information competency (184.11 out of 280, SD = 22.92). Among information competency subscales, using the information technologies subscale had the highest mean score, while information from the mass media subscale had the lowest mean score. Information competency of nursing students was positively correlated with students' age. Significant differences were found in information competency according to the academic level, addressing scientific research and research in databases in the course of the study, frequency of meeting the supervisor to discuss the research and university sector.Originality/valueAlthough there are numerous studies worldwide that assessed nursing students' information literacy, this paper represents the first study of information literacy competencies among nursing students in Jordan. While the content supports conclusions that have been drawn from other studies, this study is novel in terms of the student population it addressed. Information competency among nursing students can be improved by integrating standard research and information competency courses at the undergraduate level and involving mass media platforms in the nursing education curricula.

scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY-LEVEL ASSOCIATES OF CONTRACEPTIVE USE IN PAKISTAN: A MULTI-LEVEL MIXED EFFECT ANALYSIS (PDHS 2017-18)

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 764-775
Author(s):  
Asifa Kamal ◽  
Sadaf Malik ◽  
Hafsa Batool ◽  
Afza Rasul
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Women's Education ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Media Exposure ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Community Level ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Mass Media Exposure

Purpose of the study: This research aims to investigate the impact of mass media exposure and women's autonomy on the use of contraceptives, along with other potential determinants at the individual level and community level among women in Pakistan. Methodology: Data was extracted from Pakistan Demographic & Health Surveys 2017-18. The sample size included 10,461 non-pregnant and married women from a total of 15,068 ever-married women. The analysis was done using two-level mixed-effects logistic regression for the binary outcome variable, i.e., current contraceptive use (yes/no). Main Findings: Significant factors positively associated with contraceptive use at the individual level were women's education, wealth index, parity, age at first cohabitation, child mortality experience, and mass media exposure. Community attributes like region (Sindh, KPK, Balochistan as compared to Punjab), residence (rural as compared to urban) had an inverse relationship with contraceptive use. At the same time, women's education and an ideal number of children were the significant positive associates. Women's empowerment has though insignificant, but it has a positive impact on the use of contraceptives at both individual and community levels. Applications of this study: Family planning programs can be extended by focusing on women residing in rural settings or in high fertility intentions communities, less educated and unprivileged younger women who had reduced the uptake of contraceptives. An increase in women's access to education, media exposure, employment, and women's empowerment can help attain Pakistan's contraceptive prevalence targets. Novelty/Originality of this study: The current study's effect of individual and community-level factors was investigated using National-level data, mainly focusing on the role of mass media and women's autonomy.

scholarly journals Correlates of Knowledge about Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) among Youths in Nepal

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 101-109
Author(s):  
Vikash Kumar KC ◽  
Shiva Bahadur Karki ◽  
Bipin Raj Niraula
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Diseases ◽  
Media Exposure ◽  
Interdisciplinary Studies ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Youth Survey ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Mass Media Exposure

 Cross sectional and nationally representative sample drawn from Nepal Adolescent and Youth Survey 2011, this paper attempts to examine the correlates associated with knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among young population in Nepal. Univariate, bivariate and multivariate analyses have been used to examine the correlates associated with the knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases among youths. Bivariate analysis reveals that education, mass media exposure, mother’s education, marital status, ecological belts and regions are significantly associated (p<0.001). However, multivariate analysis shows that education and mass media exposure are the strong factors (p<0.001) associated with knowledge of at least one STD among youths after controlling others variables in the model. A special attention should be given to girls’ education particularly for the rural, remote and interior parts of the country. In addition, IEC through mass media may be an immediate action to improve the level of knowledge and awareness about STDs among youths in Nepal. Janapriya Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies Vol. 2, No.1 (December 2013), page: 101-109

MASS MEDIA EXPOSURE AND ITS IMPACT ON FAMILY PLANNING IN BANGLADESH

2000 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 513-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. MAZHARUL ISLAM ◽  
A. H. M. SAIDUL HASAN
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Media Exposure ◽  
Important Variable ◽  
Living Children ◽  
Mass Media Exposure ◽  
Socioeconomic And Demographic Factors

This paper analyses mass media exposure and its effect on family planning in Bangladesh using data from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 1993–94. The findings indicate that radio and television are two important mass media for disseminating family planning information in Bangladesh. However, access to them and exposure to family planning through them are still limited. Slightly more than 40% (42·1%) of respondents reported that they had heard family planning messages via radio, while 17·2% said television, 8·4% said poster and 5·4% said billboard. Respondent’s place of residence, education, economic status, geographical region and number of living children appeared to be the most important variable determining mass media exposure to family planning. Multivariate analysis shows that both radio and TV exposure to family planning messages and ownership of a radio and TV have a significant effect on current use of family planning methods. These factors remain significant determinants of contraceptive use, even after controlling socioeconomic and demographic factors. The study reveals that both socioeconomic development policies and family planning programmes with a special emphasis on mass media, especially radio, may have a significant effect on contraceptive use in Bangladesh. The principal policy challenge is to design communications strategies that will reach the less privileged, rural and illiterate people who are by far the majority in Bangladesh.

scholarly journals Modern contraceptive use among female adolescents in rural Nigeria: Does exposure to family planning messages matter? A cross-sectional study

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 627
Author(s):  
Victor Chima ◽  
Oluwatobi Abel Alawode
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
Rural Adolescents ◽  
Modern Contraceptive ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Modern Contraceptives ◽  
Rural Nigeria

Background: The world currently has the highest number of adolescents in all of history. Africa is home to quite a number of them, with most of these adolescents in Africa live in rural areas where they are more disadvantaged and their reproductive decisions could have telling impacts on their lives, family planning (contraception) has been identified as important to avoid such impacts. Factors associated with the use of modern contraceptives among female adolescents have been extensively researched but the importance of mass media family planning messages on modern contraceptives use among female adolescents in rural Nigeria is under-researched, hence this study. Method: This paper uses the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) data with a weighted sample size (n=4473) to examine the association between exposure to family planning messages and use of modern contraceptives among female adolescents in rural Nigeria. Results: Findings indicated that exposure to family planning messages on radio and television were significantly associated with use, however, educational attainment and region of residence were other factors that influenced contraceptive use. Therefore, family planning messages through traditional media (radio and television) is associated with the use of modern contraceptives among female rural adolescents in Nigeria. Conclusion: The study concludes that family planning messages through mass media especially radio and televisions are associated with modern contraceptives use among rural adolescents. The continued use of mass media could create opportunities to achieve more results in family planning although the messages should be resident-specific and targeted to various cadres of people with consideration for the level of education to ensure efficiency of the message.

Prevalence and correlates of contraceptive use among vocational schools adolescents in Northern Thailand

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shamsudeen Yau ◽  
Yau Adamu ◽  
Pramote Wongsawat ◽  
Archin Songthap
Keyword(s):  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Sexual Communication ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Northern Thailand ◽  
Content Type

PurposeThis study aimed to determine the prevalence of and factors associated with contraceptive use among school-going adolescents.Design/methodology/approachA cross-sectional study was conducted among vocational school students in Phitsanulok, Northern Thailand. The study employed a multistage random sampling technique to select 391 students from three schools that were purposively selected.FindingsThe prevalence of contraceptive use during the most recent sexual intercourse was 75.8%. The condom was the most commonly used contraceptive method, followed by emergency pills and the rhythm/calendar method. Being male, in the second academic year, sexual communication with parents, sex with a casual partner or sex worker and contraceptive use at sexual initiation were significant risk factors for contraceptive use (p < 0.05). The preventive factors were subdistrict municipality area residency, extended family, medium or high income and partners who drank (p < 0.05).Originality/valueThe authors found a high prevalence of contraceptive use among school-going adolescents. Maintaining and improving this trend would require a concerted effort from all stakeholders to promote early sexuality communication and ensure access and use of contraceptive services.

Partner Discussion as a Mediator of the Effects of Mass Media Exposure to FP on Contraceptive Use among Young Nigerians: Evidence from 3 Urban Cities

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-125
Author(s):  
Mai Do ◽  
Paul Hutchinson ◽  
Elizabeth Omoluabi ◽  
Akanni Akinyemi ◽  
Babatunde Akano
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Media Exposure ◽  
Mass Media Exposure

Managerial education and the wealth effect of corporate capital investment in Taiwan

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (12) ◽  
pp. 1358-1374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pi-Hsun Tseng ◽  
Xuan-Qi Su ◽  
Hsiu-Jung Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Agency Theory ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Wealth Effect ◽  
Organizational Legitimacy ◽  
Capital Investments ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Corporate Capital ◽  
Education Levels

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of managerial education levels on the wealth effect at the time of investment announcements, by testing two competitive hypotheses: the agency theory-based overinvestment hypothesis vs the Q-theory-based organizational legitimacy hypothesis. Design/methodology/approach The authors construct the sample by hand-collecting the announcement dates of capital investments from major newspapers published in Taiwan from 2006 to 2014. The authors then use the event study methodology to estimate cumulative abnormal returns at the time of investments announcements to measure the wealth effect. Finally, the authors examine the wealth effect for capital-investing firms with higher managerial education vs those with lower managerial education. The authors also conduct a cross-sectional regression to test the relation between the wealth effect of capital investment and managerial education. Findings The empirical results indicate that the wealth effect at the time of investment announcements is less favorable for firms with better-educated managers; this negative relation is mitigated for firms with higher institutional ownership and is aggravated for family-controlled firms; and the overall findings are supported by the agency theory-based overinvestment hypothesis, suggesting that higher managerial education lead to greater managerial optimism/overconfidence, which in turn increases the likelihood of overinvestment and implies a less favorable wealth effect associated with capital investment. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature by proposing a new, unexplored stock market’s reaction channel through which managerial education signals adverse information about potential overinvestment behavior, even though many studies suggests that managerial education serves as an indication of knowledge/capability and improves firm performance.

scholarly journals PENGARUH TEMAN SEBAYA, PENGETAHUAN, MEDIA MASA TERHADAP PERILAKU DIET MAHASIWI STIKES PAYUNG NEGERI PEKANBARU

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 162
Author(s):  
Rahmi Pramulia Fitri
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Media Exposure ◽  
Dietary Behavior ◽  
P Value ◽  
Stratified Random Sampling ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mass Media Exposure

<p><em>Background: Diet is actually a way of combining between 60-70% carbohydrate, 10-15% protein and 20-25% fat. Based on research conducted Sasti (2015) Indonesia specifically no exact figures regarding dietary behaviors in adolescents. The prediction is based on data the average prevalence of adolescents in Indonesia who do unhealthy diets found a figure of42.6%.Objective: to determine the relationship of peer influence, knowledge and the role of mass media on the behavior of student diet STIKes Payung Negeri Pekanbaru. Methodology: This type of research is quantitative analytical research with correlation design with cross sectional research usingtechnique stratified random sampling yaitu a population made up of units that have different characteristics orheterogeneous.The sample in this study sebayak 71 sophomore I DII Midwifery. The data analysis univariate and bivariate withtest chi-squareResults showed that the influence of peers(pvalue 0.046 &lt;0.05 and POR = 3.725 and the influence of mass media exposure(pvalue 0.041 &lt;0.05 and POR = 3.321) have a relationship significantly to the dietary behavior of respondents.Conclusions: there is a significant correlation between the influence of peers and mass media exposure to dietary behavior </em></p><p> </p><p>Diet yang sebenarnya adalah cara mengkombinasi antara 60-70% karbohidrat, 10-15% protein, dan 20-25% lemak. Berdasarkan penelitian yang dilakukan Sasti (2015) Indonesia secara khusus belum ada angka yang pasti mengenai perilaku diet pada remaja. Prediksi yang didasarkan data rata-rata prevalensi remaja di Indonesia yang melakukan diet tidak sehat ditemukan angka sebesar 42,6%.Tujuan penelitian : untuk mengetahui hubungan pengaruh teman sebaya, pengetahuan dan peran media masa terhadap perilaku diet mahasiswi STIKes Payung Negeri Pekanbaru. Metodologi : Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian analitik kuantitatif dengan Desain korelasi dengan pendekatan <em>cross sectional </em>peneliti menggunakan teknik <em>Stratified Random Sampling </em>yaitu suatu populasi terdiri dari unit yang mempunyai karakteristik yang berbeda-beda atau heterogen. Sampel dalam penelitian ini sebayak 71 orang mahasiswi tingkat I DII Kebidanan. Analisa data secara univariat dan bivariat dengan uji <em>chi-square</em>Hasil : menunjukan bahwa pengaruh teman sebaya (<em>p value</em> 0,046 &lt; 0,05 dan POR = 3,725 dan pengaruh paparan media massa (<em>p value</em> 0,041 &lt; 0,05 dan POR = 3,321)memiliki hubungan yang signifikan terhadap perilaku diet responden.Kesimpulan: terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara pengaruh teman sebaya dan paparan media massa terhadap perilaku diet mahasiswi DIII Kebidanan TIKes PayungNegeri Pekanbaru.</p>

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