The study examined the determinants of family planning among married people in Lagos state. The research design was the descriptive research of the survey type and the instrument used was a questionnaire titled “Perception of Family Planning among Married People.” The population was all married people in Lagos state and the sample consisted 519 subjects selected through stratified sampling. One research question was raised and one hypothesis formulated to guide the study. This was tested at 0.05level of significance. Data collected were analysed using simple percentage and correlation matrix. The result of the analysis showed that all the determinants of family planning correlated significantly with married peoples’ perception of family planning except child spacing with moderate relationship. Based on the findings, it was recommended that women should be encouraged through enlighten programme by government or health facilitators on the benefits of child spacing.

The study examined the determinants of family planning among married people in Lagos state. The research design was the descriptive research of the survey type and the instrument used was a questionnaire titled “Perception of Family Planning among Married People.” The population was all married p...