Papers by Fatimah Mustapha
Frontiers in Global Women's Health
BackgroundContraceptive use in Nigeria has been consistently low despite its many benefits and se... more BackgroundContraceptive use in Nigeria has been consistently low despite its many benefits and several efforts by government and development partners to increase its uptake. According to the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey, the use of any modern method staggeringly increased from 4 to 12% over 28 years (1990–2018). Studies have identified factors at the individual, household, and societal levels that affect contraceptive use. While studies have also shown that decisions such as contraceptive behavior and acquisition of family skills may vary according to the individual or societal factors, there is a dearth of knowledge on how household structure and composition influence contraceptive use in Nigeria. This article seeks to contribute to the body of knowledge by exploring contraceptive use within the household context.MethodWe used data from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey to examine the relationship between household structure and contraceptive use. We excluded ...
A demographic dividend is the potential economic benefit associated with a country’s demographic ... more A demographic dividend is the potential economic benefit associated with a country’s demographic context. The key point underlying the demographic dividend is that population age structure-dependency ratio-is critically important - and even more so than population size. People are at the heart of the demographic dividend, and the extent to which countries reap these dividends varies and depends on policies. A slow or stagnating demographic transition poses considerable risks to countries. Nigeria is a pre-dividend country due to its high fertility, declining mortality, and skewed young age structure. Nigeria is a high-fertility country and modest accelerations in its fertility decline can lead to substantial changes in its projected age-structure. Economic simulation modeling suggests that a one child difference in Nigeria’s fertility rates by 2050 can lead to differences of 29 percent in real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. Lower fertility will also result in lifting 53 mi...
The Nigeria State Health Investment Project (NSHIP) was designed to improve the allocative and te... more The Nigeria State Health Investment Project (NSHIP) was designed to improve the allocative and technical efficiency in the health sector in Nigeria. The project focuses on increasing access to health services particularly among pregnant women and children in the NE. Iterative beneficiary monitoring (IBM) is a small scale high frequency data collection mechanism, developed by the poverty team, that collects data from project beneficiaries to create a beneficiary feedback loop and serve as an alert system. The approach improves project efficiency and increase beneficiary engagement and satisfaction. It also helps examine project activities, identify challenges within the project, inform decision-making process and improve project outcomes based on the feedbacks from beneficiaries. The findings of the IBM for NSHIP are presented in this report.
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Papers by Fatimah Mustapha