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Knowledge and Use of Contraceptives Among Senior Secondary School Students In Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria
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The purpose of this study was to investigate contraceptive knowledge and practice among senior secondary school students in the Port Harcourt Metropolis. Available related literatures were reviewed based on the objectives postulated for the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey design and used Cochran formula to select 900 respondents for the study. A multi stage sampling technique was utilized to select wards in Port Harcourt metropolis after which, a simple random sampling technique was adopted to select one public and one private secondary school in each of the selected 5 wards in the metropolis. Nine hundred copies of questionnaires were served to the respondents; ten copies were not retrieved because they were not properly filled while eight hundred and ninety were retrieved which gave a percentage return of 98%. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 23. According to the findings of this study, 678 (76.1%) of respondents had strong knowledge, whereas 212 (23.9%) had inadequate knowledge of contraception they got their information from television (16.3%), health workers (14.5%), friends (52.7%), worship centers (4.0%) and others (9.1%). About 51.1% of the students had never used contraceptives while 40.8% of the students are currently utilizing contraceptive. The most used contraceptive among school students is condom (62.1%) emergency contraceptive (40.6%), safe period (40.6%), withdrawal (38.9%), injectables (33.2%), abstinence (28.4%) and others (20.2%). The finding of this study shows that there is a significant difference in contraceptive use among senior secondary school students in Port Harcourt Metropolis based on age, gender, class, religion [p<0.05]. Also, there is a significant difference in contraceptive use among senior secondary school students in Port Harcourt Metropolis based on guardian [F(3,886) = 304.733; p<0.05], peer pressure [F(1,888) = 163.169; p<0.05]. Socio-demographic characteristics such as age, gender, class, religion, guardian and peer pressure greatly influences contraceptive use. Therefore, there is need to put in place special programmes in schools that will encourage students use contraceptive.
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