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Abstract
Contraception is analysed in 498 Nigerian Tertiary School Girls--228 from the Medical Discipline (MD) of study and 270 from the Non-Medical Discipline (NMD). Pregnancy occurred in 30.5% of the sexually exposed students. Overall mean awareness of contraception was 70.9% while mean contraceptive usage was 23.5%. The most commonly used contraceptive method was the safe-period. Peer group constituted the highest source of information on contraception (42.6%) while lectures constituted the lowest (11.2%). Sex and contraceptive education entrenched into the country's education policy is advocated.Entities:
Keywords: Adolescent Pregnancy; Adolescents; Adolescents, Female; Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Age Factors; Contraception; Contraceptive Usage; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; English Speaking Africa; Family Planning; Family Planning, Traditional Methods; Fertility; Kap Surveys; Knowledge; Nigeria; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Reproductive Behavior; Research Methodology; Sampling Studies; Studies; Surveys; Western Africa; Youth
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Year: 1995 PMID： 7626530
Source DB: PubMed Journal: West Afr J Med ISSN： 0189-160X