Determinants of the level of child spacing awareness among females of childbearing age iniHorseed village, -Somalia,2023

ABSTRACT Background: Uncontrolled ipopulation igrowth ihas ibeen ia ichallenging iissue, icontinued iwith high ifertility levels, ialong iwith ilowering imortality irates, iwhich ihave iresulted iin ia ilarge disparity between ibirth iand ideath irates. Globally, iin i2020, iaccording ito ithe iUnited iNation ifamily iplanning iutilization ireport, iit was iestimated ithat i1.1 ibillion iof ithe i1.9 ibillion ireproductively iactive iwomen i(15-49 iyears) are iestimated ito ineed ifamily iplanning, iIn iAfrica, i42% iof ireproductive-aged iwomen iuse iany iform iof icontraceptive. iNot surprisingly, i22% iof iAfrican iwomen ihad iunmet ineeds ifor ifamily iplanning ithe imajority shared iby iSub-Saharan iAfrica iwhich iis ithe ihighest iin ithe iworld. Objectives: The iprimary igoal iof ithis istudy iis ito idetermine ithe ilevel iof ichildispacingiawareness among ifemales iof ichildbearing iage iin iHorseed ivillage, Baidoa, iSomalia.