Table 2 Family Planning Knowledge, Information Sources and Reasons for Family Planning Acceptance among Student
Details of issues investigated | Responses | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | % | No | % | NR | % | |
Ever heard of family planning | 94 | 94.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 4 | 4.0 |
Can you get pregnant when using withdrawal method? | 67 | 67.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 8 | 8.0 |
Is family planning helpful? | 61 | 61.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 14 | 14.0 |
Will you recommend FP to a friend or relative? | 69 | 69.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 10 | 10.0 |
Meaning of family planning | ||||||
 Don’t know | 9 | 9.0 |  |  |  |  |
 Measures to reduce child birth | 21 | 21.0 |  |  |  |  |
 Measures to prevent unwanted pregnancy | 14 | 14.0 |  |  |  |  |
 Measures to space child birth | 17 | 17.0 |  |  |  |  |
 Measures to reduce number of children and unwanted pregnancy | 2 | 2.0 |  |  |  |  |
 Measures to reduce unwanted pregnancy, space and reduce childbirth | 33 | 33.0 |  |  |  |  |
 Others | 4 | 4.0 |  |  |  |  |
 Total | 100 | 100 |  |  |  |  |
Sources of family planning information | ||||||
 Don’t know | 6 | 6.0 |  |  |  |  |
 Television | 31 | 31.0 |  |  |  |  |
 Books | 14 | 14.0 |  |  |  |  |
 Radio | 9 | 9.0 |  |  |  |  |
 Health worker | 11 | 11.0 |  |  |  |  |
 Friend | 2 | 2.0 |  |  |  |  |
 Social media | 27 | 27.0 |  |  |  |  |
 Total | 100 | 100 |  |  |  |  |
Reasons for family planning | ||||||
 Don’t know | 1 | 1.6 |  |  |  |  |
 Help prevent unwanted pregnancies | 20 | 32.8 |  |  |  |  |
 FP promote small family size | 16 | 26.2 |  |  |  |  |
 FP helps in planning and catering for children | 14 | 23.0 |  |  |  |  |
 Prevent STIs | 1 | 1.6 |  |  |  |  |
 FP reduce family expenses | 5 | 8.3 |  |  |  |  |
 FP reduce over population | 2 | 3.3 |  |  |  |  |
 FP reduces school drop outs | 1 | 1.6 |  |  |  |  |
 Others | 1 | 1.6 |  |  |  |  |
 Total | 100 | 100 |  |  |  |  |
Reasons against family planning | ||||||
 Don’t know | 4 | 8.0 |  |  |  |  |
 Have not used some before | 7 | 28.0 |  |  |  |  |
 Negative side effect | 5 | 20.0 |  |  |  |  |
 FP is for only married people | 1 | 4.0 |  |  |  |  |
 FP can cause conditions such as fibroid | 2 | 8.0 |  |  |  |  |
 FP causes premature menopause | 1 | 4.0 |  |  |  |  |
 The bible is against FP | 2 | 8.0 |  |  |  |  |
 FP causes barrenness | 1 | 4.0 |  |  |  |  |
 FP is not reliable, it can fail | 2 | 8.0 |  |  |  |  |
 Total | 100 | 100 |  |  |  |  |