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FACTORS
Social
Religious beliefs: restrict use of birth control. Muslims believe they can have 4 wives and have a maximum of 14 children per wife. Therefore larger families.
High infant mortality which causes high fertility as a mechanism to ensure that some children live through to adulthood
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“it is believed that once a girl or boy grows up at a certain age, ranging between 18 and 20 years, they will marry. Marriage has become fashionable. Nigerians must marry and produce children. Marriage has become a system that must be embedded and incorporated.
“Many see the use of condom and other family planning methods as taboo, thereby continue to reproduce babies at will”
“There is also sexual promiscuity on the part of adults, youths and teenagers….This could be linked to the massive poverty in the country, coupled with hardship and high cost of living."
Lack of access to good reproductive health care, with a lack of qualified professionals and facilities
Economic
Growing unemployment, poverty, lack of basic amenities and poor economy are all contributing to rapid population growth.
“We are all aware that many people are jobless, not because they do not want work, but because they are looking for lucrative jobs. Therefore, some unemployed persons form the habit of frolicking with women and in the process pregnancy occurs. That is the reason some children are born out of wedlock and from broken homes"
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Environmental
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Erosion, leading to large rural-urban migration
Political
“In Nigeria, the problem with population growth is lack of proper planning. Nigeria should be planning ahead of population increase.”
Lack of awareness on the policy by most of the population, religious prohibition, occupation especially farming that requires large family size, level of education as well as income level of the population.
Historical
“It may also lead to tribal wars where people would struggle for limited available facilities such as land. Brothers will kill themselves. There will be scarcity of basic amenities and there will be tension and pressure.”
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