A SURVEY OF THE USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES AMONG TERTIARY INSTITUTION STUDENTS IN OSUN STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

ABSTRACT
Unprotected sex and unplanned pregnancy among Students in Osun State tertiary institutions are
major concerns of this study. Sample sizes of 1051 respondents were used, of whom 575 were males
and 476 were females. The population was divided into clusters and sample clusters were selected
from Osun State College of Technology. Generally, in the test of hypothesis for research questions
one, two, and three; the chi-square test revealed that there is no association between all the variables
of interest i.e, gender and contraceptive usage, accessibility and usage of contraceptives, and age of
students' visa viz usage of contraceptive. The chi-square test revealed that the p-values (0.000) are
lesser than the level of significance, α = 0.05, hence, the null hypothesis would be rejected.
Therefore, it is said that there is an insignificant association between all the variables of interest.
Finally, it was concluded that insufficient understanding of the idea and use of contraceptives exist
among the respondents both male and female which resulted in unwanted pregnancies. To this end,
enlightening programs and training on contraceptive use generally need to be incorporated into the
curriculum of tertiary education in Nigeria.

Keywords: : Unprotected sex, unplanned pregnancy, Contraception, Students, Tertiary Institution