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The Socio-Cultural Imperative of Baby Factory Phenomenon in South Eastern Part of Nigeria

Azogu Adigwe Felix

Abstract

While baby factories may not be a recent phenomenon in Nigeria, there has been an appreciable increase in the number of cases in recent times. This phenomenon has become a regular occurrence that it has begun to loose media steam. Many of the cases reported occurred in the South eastern part of Nigeria. This has raised the question of why the south eastern part of Nigeria? It is against this background that we carried out this research to ascertain the possible cause(s) of prevalence of baby factories in the south east. This work probed the prevalence of baby factories phenomenon in the South eastern part of Nigerian as having a plausible explanation in the culture of the people. Based on data collected through questionnaire and interviews, the researchers came to the conclusion that, the culture of the people of that part of the country plays a significant role in the prevalence of baby factories more than poverty or any other single variable. We used simple percentage table and the chi square to illustrate the responses of our respondents and the existence of any relationship.

Keywords

Baby factorySocio-cultural pressurecryptic pregnancy.

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