Table 3 Knowledge about Emergency Contraception Pills by those who had ever heard about them (n = 112) with yes answers
Variables | Male | Female | Total | Chi-square | P-value | Effect size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 24 | % | N = 88 | % | N = 112 | % | ||||
Knowledge of benefit using ECPs | |||||||||
Can prevent pregnancy | 22 | 91.7 | 78 | 88.6 | 100 | 89.3 | .0.181 | .0.671 | 0.040 |
Can prevent HIV/AIDS | 3 | 12.5 | 2 | 2.3 | 5 | 4.5 | 4.626 | 0.032 | 0.203 |
Can cause abortion | 6 | 25.0 | 34 | 38.6 | 40 | 35.7 | 1.527 | 0.217 | 0.116 |
Knowledge of usage ECPs | |||||||||
Take one contraception pill per day | 8 | 33.3 | 23 | 26.1 | 31 | 27.7 | 0.487 | 0.48.5 | 0.066 |
Take contraception pill after sexual intercourse within 72 hrs | 3 | 12.5 | 17 | 19.3 | 20 | 17.9 | 0.5976 | 0.439 | 0.073 |
Taking contraception pills when missing menses | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 | 4.5 | NA | NA | |
Hormonal injection every three months | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.4 | 3 | 2.7 | NA | NA | |