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Table 4 Contraceptive Use and Sexual Behaviors by Year of Study

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

Variable

Overall

Year-1

Year-2

Year-3+

P-values

 

N (%)**

N (%)**

N (%)**

N (%)**

 

Current Contraceptives use

     

 Yes

986 (46.6)

317 (41.6)

381 (50.9)

288 (46.2)

0.4643

Currently in sexual relationship

     

 Yes

1006 (51.2)

319 (45.5)

389 (54.5)

298 (53.0)

0.2730

Ever had sexual intercourse

     

 Yes

833 (69.7)

249 (62.2)

326 (72.7)

258 (73.3)

0.2588

Had sex in past 12 months

     

 Yes

850 (62.1)

261 (55.9)

326 (65.6)

263 (63.9)

0.3664

Ever used any method to prevent pregnancy

     

 Yes

985 (55.1)

312 (47.4)

376 (58.8)

297 (58.6)

0.1313

Current Contraceptives method

     

None

527 (53.4)

185 (58.4)

187 (49.1)

155 (53.8)

0.5809

Traditional

32 (3.2)

14 (4.4)

10 (2.6)

8 (2.8)

0.7053

Condoms-only

340 (34.5)

98 (30.9)

149 (39.1)

93 (32.3)

0.8487

Modern with/out condoms

87 (8.8)

20 (6.3)

35 (9.2)

32 (11.1)

0.4009

Know a pregnant friend

     

 Yes

1005 (33.8)

319 (16.3)

388 (38.9)

298 (46.0)

<0.001

Ever been pregnant

     

 Yes

1004 (9.0)

318 (4.1)

388 (9.8)

298 (13.1)

0.0003

Ever tried to terminate pregnancy

     

 Yes

90 (40.0)

13 (38.5)

38 (36.8)

39 (43.6)

0.7280

*Currently pregnant (self-reported)

     

 Yes

1005 (2.0)

319 (0.63)

388 (2.1)

298 (3.4)

0.0174

  1. ** *N = Total number of respondents with information on each variable, while % = percentage of respondents with “Agree” for each variable