Over the years; from 1800 to 2011, the world population,
as estimated by the United States Census Bureau recorded
6.999 billion with a growing rate of 1.1% or more per
annum. In relation to the global rapid growth rate,
international family planning initiatives bodies have come
out with policies to target the minimization of the high
fertility rates triggering the rapid population growth rate
in both the developed and developing world. During this
time, the development of modern contraception, family
planning programmes, and fertility surveys were mainly
focused on the female population. Therefore, the study
seeks to assess the knowledge and perception of men
on contraceptive use. Cross-sectional data were sourced
across the inhabitants of the Kwabre East District for the
analysis of the problem stated above on contraceptive
used with a sample size of 300 marriage couples. The
simple random sampling technique was used to select the
community for the study and purposive sampling was
used to select the respondents to the survey. The research
used both qualitative and quantitative approach for data
analysis in the study. The study used logit regression
for the statistical analysis and presentation of the data
gathered. The study revealed that about 90.0% of the
respondents, representing the majority, have ever been
heard of contraceptive use. On the part of the perception
of men on contraceptive use, respondents gave positive
responses regarding contraceptive use. The study also
revealed a positive correlation between the educational
status of the respondents and the use of contraceptive. The
study strongly, recommends that the health workers should
intensify the education on contraceptive use especially
to men in order to correct the misconceptions (i.e. most
males were naïve about the use of contraceptives) in
order to widen the knowledge base of the males on the
use of contraceptive and reproductive decision making.
In order to promote male involvement in contraceptive
use, which is also the wish of most of the respondents, it
is recommended that just like Mother-to-Mother Support
Groups are there to promote activities of women, Fatherto-Father
Support Groups should also be formed to
involve men in educating themselves on contraceptive use.