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Song and Chae: Knowledge and Educational Need about Contraceptives according to Sex in College Students
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Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing

Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing 2010; 16(4): 399-408.

Published online: 22 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2010.16.4.399

Knowledge and Educational Need about Contraceptives according to Sex in College Students

Ju-Eun Song1, Hyun-Ju Chae2

1Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Dankook University, Korea.

2Part-time Lecturer, College of Nursing, Sungshin Women's University, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Chae, Hyun-Ju, Sungshin Women's University 249-1, 3Ga, Dongseon-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-742, Korea. Tel: 82-11-9971-2629, hjmnp@naver.com

Received 5 November 2010       Accepted 6 December 2010

Copyright © 2010 Korean Academy of Women's Health Nursing

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to investigate differences of subjective, objective knowledge and educational need about contraceptives according to sex in college students.

Methods

Data were collected by a self-administered questionnaire from 84 male and 111 female college students on May, 2008. PASW 18.0 program was used for data analysis.

Results

There were significant differences in age, major, grade, place of residence, and experience of sexual intercourse between male and female college students. There was a significant difference in objective knowledge about contraceptives between the two groups, but no significant difference in subjective knowledge. The positive correlation was shown between subjective and objective knowledge about contraceptives. Even when demographic variables such as age, major, grade, place of residence, and experience of sexual intercourse were controlled, sex was a significant influencing factor on subjective and objective knowledge about contraceptives. Educational need about emergency contraceptive pills was significantly different and ranking of educational need about contraceptives was also different between the two groups.

Conclusion

These results suggest that different education programs according to sex are needed to maximize the effect of contraceptive education and sexual characteristics are considered to give an education to college students.

Keywords: Contraceptives, Knowledge, Education, College, Student

Figures and Tables

Table 1
General Characteristics and Contraceptive Knowledge by Sex (N=195)
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Table 2
Percentage of Correct Answer in Contraceptive Items by Sex (N=195)
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Table 3
Correlation Between Subjective and Objective Knowledge about Contraceptives by Sex (N=195)
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Table 4
Effect of Sex on Subjective and Objective Knowledge about Contraceptives controlling with Demographic Variables (N=195)
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†Reference group: male; ‡Reference group: non-experience group of sexual intercourse; §Reference group: science; ∥Reference group: dormitory.

Table 5
Educational Need about Contraceptives by Sex (N=195)
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