The knowledge and perceptions of the first year medical students of an International University on family planning and emergency contraception in Nicosia (TRNC)

Table 7 Distribution of correct knowledge of participants on family planning and emergency contraception in relation to some socio-demographic features among English Medical Program first year students of NEU, Northern Cyprus, 2016 (N = 189)

		Correct knowledge^a
		n	%	χ²	p
Definition of family planing
Gender	Male	48	53.9	3.5	0.062
Gender	Female	64	67.4
Age group	< 20	51	44.0	8.5	0.004
Age group	≥20	45	66.2
Nationality^a	TRNC	3	20.0	44.8	0.000
	TR	7	22.6
	African countries	51	85.0
	Asian countries	34	46.6
	European/American countries	2	33.3
Country of residence until age 12^a	TRNC	3	23.1	51.7	0.000
	TR	7	21.2
	African countries	51	89.5
	Asian countries	35	44.9
	European/American countries	1	25.0
Education of father	High school and under	13	34.2	5.6	0.018
Education of father	University	84	55.6
Definition of emergency contracep-tion
Gender	Male	52	56.5	0.8	0.372
Gender	Female	61	62.9
Age group	< 20	64	55.2	2.2	0.143
Age group	≥20	45	66.2
Nationality^a	TRNC	14	93.3	25.1	0.000
	TR	25	80.6
	African countries	38	63.3
	Asian countries	30	41.1
	European/American countries	5	83.3
Country of residence until age 12^b	TRNC	12	92.3	20.3	0.000
	TR	26	78.8
	African countries	37	64.9
	Asian countries	34	43.6
	European/ American countries	3	75.0

^a Correct knowledge of family planning and emergency contraception were evaluated separately according to the relevant questions about the definitions of FP and EC in the questionnaire
^b In the analyses, TRNC, TR, European and American countries, were grouped together as one group
The numbers in bold show statistical significance

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