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Table 1 Awareness about Emergency Contraception by background characteristics

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Factors affecting awareness of emergency contraception among college students in Kathmandu, Nepal

Background characteristics

Awareness of EC

Number

χ2

 

Yes

No

  

Sex of the respondents

   

P < 0.01

Females

64.2

35.8

564

 

Males

72.3

27.7

573

 

Age group

   

P < 0.05

15-19

72.5

27.5

418

 

20 and above

65.8

34.2

719

 

Marital Status

   

P < 0.05

Married

61.8

38.2

165

 

Unmarried

69.3

30.7

972

 

Level of education

   

P < 0.05

Intermediate

74.3

25.7

272

 

Bachelors degree

66.3

33.7

629

 

Masters degree

66.5

33.5

236

 

Permanent place of residence

   

P < 0.01

Outside Kathmandu Valley

70.1

29.9

973

 

Kathmandu Valley

57.3

42.7

164

 

Type of current accommodation

   

P < 0.05

With family members

65.9

34.1

665

 

Without family members

71.6

28.4

472

 

Received RH education in school/College

   

P < 0.001

No

23.7

76.3

93

 

Yes

72.2

27.8

1044

 

Total

68.2

31.8

1137

100.0