Table 4 Attitude towards emergency contraception among female students, Mizan-Tepi University, south west Ethiopia, March, 2014 (n = 489)
Attitude assessment items | Disagree | Not sure | Agree | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | % | No | % | No | % | |
Provision of Emergency contraception after an episode of un-protected sex can prevent unwanted pregnancy | 131 | 26.8 | 282 | 57.7 | 76 | 15.5 |
All females have the right to access emergency contraception | 96 | 19.6 | 161 | 33.0 | 232 | 47.4 |
Emergency contraception promotes promiscuity | 255 | 52.1 | 86 | 17.6 | 148 | 30.3 |
Emergency contraception may hurt the baby in case it does not work | 72 | 14.7 | 164 | 33.6 | 253 | 51.7 |
Emergency contraception is one way of abortion | 106 | 21.7 | 242 | 49.5 | 141 | 28.8 |
It is sinful act to use emergency contraception | 84 | 17.2 | 273 | 55.9 | 132 | 26.9 |
Emergency contraception use may cause infertility in a woman | 135 | 27.6 | 108 | 22.1 | 246 | 50.3 |
Emergency contraception will affect ongoing regular methods of contraception negatively | 101 | 20.7 | 226 | 46.2 | 162 | 33.1 |
Attitude of EC (Summary index) | No | % |
|---|---|---|
Favorable attitude | 229 | 46.8 |
Unfavorable attitude | 260 | 53.2 |