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Table 3 Knowledge, attitude and practice of emergency contraception among undergraduate AAU students, March 2010 (n = 368)

From: Assessing knowledge, attitude, and practice of emergency contraception: a cross- sectional study among Ethiopian undergraduate female students

Variable

Number

Percentage

Ever heard of EC

  

Yes

310

84.2

No

58

15.8

Time heard about EC

  

< 6 Months ago

31

8.4

6 months-5 years

183

49.7

Before 5 years

131

35.6

Time to take EC 1

  

Within 72 hours

237

64.4

After 72 hours

21

5.7

Don't know

67

18.2

Effectiveness of EC 2

  

75-99%

186

50.5

30-50%

34

9.3

Not sure

102

l27.7

How safe is EC 3

  

Safe

216

58.7

Unsafe

19

5.2

I don't know

87

23.6

Source of information

  

Formal Education

108

29.3

Media

278

75.5

Magazine

15

4.1

Internet

29

7.9

Health facilities

255

69.3

Friends/relatives

7

1.9

Place to obtain EC

  

Health institutes

288

78.3

Supermarket

2

0.5

Social worker

2

0.5

Don't know

2

0.5

Impossible to obtain

13

3.5

Importance of EC

  

Post rape

302

82.1

Back up when condom breaks

182

49.5

When oral contraceptive pill is forgotten

41

11.1

  1. N.B: Only those who had ever heard of emergency contraceptive answered other knowledge questions.