RESTRICTING MATERNAL RIGHT AND POSSIBILITY OF INFANT DEATH: A STUDY OF RIMIN GADO COMMUNITY IN KANO.

This research examines if there is any relationship between restricted maternal right and infant death in Rimin Gado. The town consist of 14 wards which were all selected, houses were combined into a continuous list and systematic sampling technique was used, with a sampling ratio of 1:2 (an interval of every second house). 511 women respondents were drawn on the basis of availability. The target population were married women who must have given birth at least once. The units of analysis were married women, married men, Wanzamai and traditional birth attendants. The research was anchored on social action theory. The research's critical variable is maternal right. The type of data collected were both quantitative (questionnaire) and qualitative. Simple frequency, percentage table cross tabulation and correlation in SPSS version 16.0 were used to test the hypotheses. Findings revealed that there is no direct link between maternal right and infant deaths. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]