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    FACTORS HINDERING THE USE OF FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES:IN THE CASE OF EMDIBER ROWN
    (WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2021-08) SETEW ZEMEDIKUN; FAVEN KIRUBEL; EBISA MELKAMU
    The general objective of this study was to assess factors hindering the use of family planning services in Emdiber town particularly kebele 01In this study we used mixed research approach (both qualitative and quantitative approaches were employed), and we have been used cross-sectional research design because the study was completed at one point of time. The study was obtained information from primary and secondary data source. The primary data sources were obtained/ collected by using interview and questionnaire from the respondents. The secondary data sources were collected and gathered from books, magazines, published and unpublished books. Our research team used nonprobability sampling techniques, with these techniques particularly purposive (Judgmental), and through this technique we used a sample of 80 individual (40 couples) respondents from the total of 800 family planning users for questionnaire and 5 respondents from those 2were from health workers and 3 were from family planning users selected for interview. And also the researchers analyzed and displayed the qualitative and quantitative data that get from interview and questionnaire respectively. The qualitative data that obtained through interview was explained in the form of thematic analysis while the quantitative data that was obtained through questionnaire was displayed through descriptive statistics and shown by tables, frequency and percentage. Findings of this study shown that religious fundamentalists who are not take family planning services and also they condemned individuals who use family planning services and culture give much value to children. Conclusion and recommendation indicated that family planning was challenged by tradition it means the mainstream culture towards family planning, society perception, society perceive the concept of family planning in a negative sense. Both health care institutions and family planning service users should be strongly attach each other to mitigate and reduce factors hindering the use of family planning service utilization.