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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Sociol.
Sec. Gender, Sex and Sexualities
Volume 9 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2024.1354991
This article is part of the Research Topic Seeking Equal Opportunities and Safe Environments: Research from a Gender Perspective View all 15 articles

Do male and female heads of households have different beliefs about gender equity on the rights and privileges of young people in Nigeria?

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Ozioma P. Nwankpa Ozioma P. Nwankpa 1*Chinazom N. Ekwueme Chinazom N. Ekwueme 1Ifeyinwa Akamike Ifeyinwa Akamike 2Chinyere O. Mbachu Chinyere O. Mbachu 1Obinna Onwujekwe Obinna Onwujekwe 1
  • 1 University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nsukka, Enugu, Nigeria
  • 2 Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Abakaliki, Ebonyi, Nigeria

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    Introduction: Gender-transformative approaches (GTAs) have been successfully carried out to address harmful gender norms and power imbalances to promote more gender-equitability.However, to improve the health and wellbeing of young people, it is necessary to involve household heads by positively transforming their beliefs on gender equity and norms. Methods:This study was a cross-sectional quantitative research undertaken in six local government areas in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. The study population consisted of household heads in households with young people aged 15-24 years. Data were collected for fifteen days using paper and electronic copies of the questionnaire. Descriptive, bivariate and logistic regression analyses were performed using Stata.Results: The results showed that 46.32% of male and 62.81% female heads of households disagreed with the statement "a good woman never questions her husband's opinions, even if she is not sure she agrees with them". Female heads of households aged 50years and below with an odd ratio 0.47 (p-value=0.02), suggest they were 0.47 times likely to have a positive attitude on the rights and privileges of young girls. While male heads of households aged 50years and below with odd ratio 1.05 (p-value=0.84), suggest they were 1.05 times likely to have positive attitude on the rights and privileges of young girls.This paper provides new knowledge on the gender norm attitude of male and female heads of households on the right, privileges and equity promotion of young boys and young girls, as well as its associated factors.

    Keywords: Female heads of household, male heads of household, Equity promotion, rights, privileges and young people

    Received: 13 Dec 2023; Accepted: 28 Jun 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Nwankpa, N. Ekwueme, Akamike, Mbachu and Onwujekwe. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Ozioma P. Nwankpa, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nsukka, 410101, Enugu, Nigeria

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