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Table 4 Family planning choices and reasons for the choices

From: Family planning among undergraduate university students: a CASE study of a public university in Ghana

Primary reason for choosing a FP method

Family Planning Choices

Condoms

Abstinence

Injectable

Oral contraceptives

implant

Withdrawal

calendar

Emergency contraception

No

%

No

%

No

%

No

%

No

%

No

%

No

%

No

%

Number of responses

23

34.0

3

7.0

0

0.0

1

2.6

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

65

51.0

Easy to get

22

51.2

0

0.0

1

20.0

5

27.8

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

43

31.0

Easy to use

4

9.3

1

16.7

2

40.0

5

27.8

1

10.0

0

0.0

2

66.7

0

0.0

Effective to use

3

7.0

1

16.6

2

40.0

6

33.3

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

10.0

No side effect

11

25.6

4

66.7

0

0.0

1

5.6

0

0.0

1

10.0

1

33.3

0

0.0