Childbearing intentions, fertility awareness knowledge and contraceptive use among female university students in Cameroon.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The primary objective of this study was to examine the association between fertility awareness knowledge, and contraceptive use among sexually active female university students (FUS) in Cameroon.

Methods

This study was designed as a secondary data analysis of a cross-sectional survey that was conducted between July and August 2018. We extracted and analyzed relevant data (i.e., socio-demographic characteristics, sexual behavior, fertility-related characteristics, and contraceptive use) using a modified Poisson regression with a robust variance estimator. Prevalence Ratios (PR) and 95% confidence intervals were estimated, and statistical significance was set at P≤0.05.

Results

The median age of the sexually active FUS was 23 years (IQR = 21-25) and 99.3% ind

SUBMITTER: Akoku DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9576058 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature