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Table 2 Percentage distributions of Knowledge of Contraceptive Methods and Sexual Reproductive Health

From: Contraceptive use, knowledge, attitude, perceptions and sexual behavior among female University students in Uganda: a cross-sectional survey

   

Year-1

Year-2

Year 3+

Number

1003†

 

319

389

298

Ever heard of contraceptive

Number

Percent "yes", (%)

   

 Yes

999

99.6

   

Contraceptive methods known

Modern

     

 Tubal ligation

99

9.8

7.5

9.3

13.1

 Vasectomy

99

9.8

8.2

9.5

12.1

 Pill

874

86.7

87.1

86.1

86.9

 IUD

353

35.0

26.3

35.5

43.6

 Injection

507

50.3

48.3

49.4

53.7

 Implants

269

26.7

18.2

29.8

31.9

 Male condoms

891

88.4

88.4

87.1

90.3

 Female condoms

223

22.1

18.5

21.1

27.5

 Diaphragm

74

7.3

5.6

5.7

11.4

 Foam

35

3.5

2.5

2.1

6.4

Traditional

 Lactational Amenorrhea

36

3.6

1.9

3.1

6.0

 Rhythm/moon beads

103

10.2

9.7

10.0

11.1

 Withdrawal

345

34.2

31.0

36.2

35.6

Know source of contraceptives

     

 No

30

9 (3.0)

   

 Yes

961

932 (97.0)

96.2

97.9

96.6

Government

 Hospital

648

64.3

61.1

67.1

64.1

 Health Centers

242

24.0

26.0

25.7

19.8

 Family planning clinic

276

27.4

23.8

28.0

30.2

 Outreach

22

2.2

1.6

2.3

2.7

 Community distributors

41

4.1

4.4

4.4

3.4

Private providers

 Hospital/clinic

540

53.6

54.5

50.6

56.4

 Pharmacy/Drug shop

363

36.0

32.0

40.1

35.2

 Midwife

17

1.7

0.94

2.3

1.7

 Outreaches

20

2.0

0.94

3.1

1.7

 NGO community based

35

3.5

3.1

4.9

2.0

STIs Knowledge (yes)

     

 Heard of STIs

995

98.7

99.1

98.2

99.3

 Knowledge of HIV/AIDS

1,001

99.3

99.1

99.0

100

 Knowledge of HIV prevention

996

98.8

98.7

97.9

100

 Heard about treatment of HIV

968

96.0

93.7

96.1

98.3

 Knowledge of HIV treatment availability

445

44.2

41.4

45.0

45.6

 Knowledge of STIs treatment availability

597

59.2

53.9

60.9

62.4

 Heard of VCT

980

97.2

95.0

98.2

98.3

  1. †Number is less than 1008 because of 5 missing values on some variables, Percentage are row percent of each total number of respondents per variable