| dc.description.abstract | The study focused on the relationship between reproductive health services and its causes in Uganda. The study used a cross sectional design and secondary data from the Uganda demographic and health survey 2016 of a representative sample was analysed. The findings indicate that more than half of the women had achieved at least primary levels of education. Less than half of the respondents had ever used family planning, almost all women had attended antenatal care at least once that last time they were pregnant. More than three quarters had their last deliveries supervised by skilled personnel. In determining the association between women characteristics and use of reproductive health services, the relationship between level of education and use family planning, antenatal care, skilled birth attendance and postnatal care was significant. The major predictors of family planning use were education, age, place of residence, working status, participation in decision making and children ever born. Therefore, education is significantly associated with the use of all the services. Therefore, the hypothesis that education is not significantly associated with use of reproductive health services was rejected. The researcher recommends women empowerment programs, promotion of education for the general population with emphasis on women and use of the services in rural areas, improving the use of postnatal care, the government should design policies and long-lasting programs that engage religious leaders as key informants to the people about the need of going for post-natal care. And ensuring quality education for all women since education was significantly associated with use of the reproductive health services. | en_US |
