This study focused on measuring men’s attitudes towards family planning in a traditional urban set up
with peculiarity of varied attributes. About 500 men aged 20 and above were randomly sampled within the traditional
wards of Ilorin, Nigeria. The study revealed a lot of divergences as regards family planning among men. The level of
awareness is vast among different zones in the city, while the transitional zone recorded a high performance level; the
core and traditional zones are least in terms of acceptability. Multiple regressions indicated that the religion of the
people, the existing family size and levels of education are the best predictors of the varied pattern of acceptability.
Recommendations towards better effectiveness were duly presented.