Table 3.

Partners dynamics in fertility related decision-making as indicated by male and female respondents

Who Usually start the conversation about family planning?	Ibadan								Kaduna								TOTAL
	Males			Females					Males			Females
	om	um	ym	uf	Ofc	Yfc	yfn	ofn	Om	ym	Um	uf	yfn	ym	yfc	Ofn
Male partner	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	8
Wife	0	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	5	21
Any of the partners	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Totals	0	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	0	5	0	0	2	3	0	5	31
Who usually decide the number of children for the family
Both	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Wife	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	10
Male partner	2	1	1	4	1	1	2	3	0	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	26
Totals	3	1	1	4	2	4	4	8	0	2	1	3	4	2	1	1	41

Keys: om = old married males, ym = young married males, um = unmarried males, uf = unmarried females, ofc = older married females current users, yfc = young married females current users, ofn = old married females non-users, yfn = young married females non-users.

Note: The numbers in the cells (0–5) are the number of quotations from each of the FGD sessions per coded themes.