Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6052ISSN: Print 1683-8831
Abstract
The sudden and accepted revolution in the areas of science and technology comes with a lot of positive dividend. However, it is very important to note that no matter how good the rapid development in science and technology in order to better the lives of mankind, it also come with its challenges or problems. For instance, the use of laptop and android mobile phones among other problems is the cause of infertility among men. The heat that seeps out of the laptop is very inimical to men. And also, when both (laptop and android mobile phone) are connected to internet, it makes the condition more harmful to men that interact with them on daily basis. Major findings revealed that, most of the respondents 63.2% fall within the age bracket of 30-41 years, 85.6% were still together with their spouses, 31.8% were senior Administrative officers in the institution, 60.0% of the respondents had either B.Sc or HND equivalent and 83.1% were permanent staff of the institution. Also, 78.3% have been having children, 41.9% have 3-4 children, 70.6% have desired age gap between their children, 50.6% said yes, the age gap was maintained, 43.1% bears children between 1-5 years. A good number of the respondents 68.8% have both laptop and mobile phone, distribution of usage can be found in the tables 5-6 below. Most of the respondents 48.1, 36.3 and 19.4% said mobile phone is the only facility used all time at the workplace, home and other places, respectively. Not less than 54.0% said yes, these facilities are harmful to human beings because 40.6% affirmed they feel heat, 57.5% said yes, they have heard of electromagnetic radiation before, 46.9% in a Likert scale table agree they have knowledge of electromagnetic radiation, 33.8% of the respondents strongly agree that the electromagnetic radiation from internet connected to laptop weakens male’s sperm, 40.0% agree that the connectivity of mobile phone and laptop to internet causes electromagnetic radiation. The study concluded that no doubt, the use of laptop and mobile phone whether connected to internet or not are capable of affecting the fertility of men.
How to cite this article:
Kolawole Taiwo Olabode and Adum Rosemary. Laptop and Android Mobile Phone Use as a Correlate to Infertility among Married Men in
Nigeria: A Sociological Perspective.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/pjssci.2021.92.100
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