The study population were all women within the reproductive
age group 15-49years in Ilorin East Local Government Area.
Only women with children less than five years old were included
in the study. Data was generated from the respondents through
the administration of semi-structured interviewer-administered
questionnaire. The Fischers formula
A multistage sampling technique was used to select the
respondents in the study. In stage 1, four wards were selected by
simple random sampling technique by balloting out of the
twelve wards in Ilorin East Local Government Area. In stage 2,
one settlement was chosen in each of the selected wards by
simple random sampling using all the settlements in each of the
selected wards as sampling frame. Stage 3 involved selecting a
street in each of the selected settlements by simple random
sampling using all the streets in each of the settlements as
sampling frame while in stage 4, in selecting the houses to be
sampled in each of the settlements, the grid method was used to
determine the first house thereafter every third houses were
selected. All the women that satisfied the eligibility criteria in
each of the houses entered were interviewed until the required
sample size was obtained. Equal numbers of respondents were
randomnly picked from each of the streets selected for the study.
All women within the reproductive age group 15-49 years who
gave birth within five years preceding the study and agreed to
participate and were physically found at home on the day of the
study were included in the study. Women outside the
reproductive age group of 15-49 years were excluded from the
study.