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