@article{MAKHILLPJSS20211857795,
    title = {Laptop and Android Mobile Phone Use as a Correlate to Infertility among Married Men in
Nigeria: A Sociological Perspective},
    journal = {Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences},
    volume = {18},
    number = {5},
    pages = {92-100},
    year = {2021},
    issn = {1683-8831},
    doi = {pjssci.2021.92.100},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1683-8831&doi=pjssci.2021.92.100},
    author = {Kolawole and},
    keywords = {Infertility,men fertility,laptop,mobile phone and electromagnetic radiation},
    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.}
    }