Table 3 Association between the socio-demographic variables and the awareness level of college students regarding the emergency contraception (n = 183)

 Less than 25

36 (29.8)

72 (59.5)

13 (10.7)

121 (100)

15.3

 25 and above

6 (9.7)

38 (61.3)

18 (29)

62 (100)

(< 0.001)

 Female

26 (23.6)

66 (60)

18 (16.4)

110 (100)

0.1 (0.946)

 Male

16 (21.9)

44 (60.3)

13 (17.8)

73 (100)

 Married

4 (10.3)

24 (61.5)

11 (28.2)

39 (100)

7.2 (0.027)

 Unmarried

38 (26.4)

86 (59.7)

20 (13.9)

144 (100)

 Arts

18 (31.6)

27 (47.4)

12 (21.1)

57 (100)

 Science

15 (21.1)

50 (70.4)

6 (8.5)

71 (100)

11.3 (0.080)

 Professional

4 (14.3)

18 (64.3)

6 (21.4)

28 (100)

 Research Scholars

5 (18.5)

15 (55.6)

7 (25.9)

27 (100)

 I

15 (26.8)

33 (58.9)

8 (14.3)

56 (100)

 II

20 (19.6)

62 (60.8)

20 (19.6)

102 (100)

2.2 (0.704)

 III

7 (28)

15 (60)

3 (12)

25 (100)

 Government

33 (29.2)

68 (60.2)

12 (10.6)

113 (100)

11.9 (0.002)

 Private

9 (12.9)

42 (60)

19 (27.1)

70 (100)

 Rural school

17 (20.5)

49 (59)

17 (20.5)

83 (100)

1.5 (0.459)

 Urban school

25 (25)

61 (61)

14 (14)

100 (100)

 Rs 6574 and above

33 (29.5)

71 (63.4)

8 (7.1)

112 (100)

 Rs 3287 to 6573

1 (4)

13 (52)

11 (44)

25 (100)

34.7

 Rs 1972 to 3286

4 (14.3)

18 (64.3)

6 (21.4)

28 (100)

(<0.001)

 Rs 986 to 1971

2 (15.4)

8 (61.5)

3 (23.1)

13 (100)

 Rs 985 and below

2 (40)

0 (0)

3 (60)

5 (100)

 Christian

4 (12.1)

23 (69.7)

6 (18.2)

33 (100)

 Hindu

34 (26.6)

79 (61.7)

15 (11.7)

128 (100)

17.9 (0.001)

 Muslim

4 (18.2)

8 (36.4)

10 (45.5)

22 (100)

 Day scholar

8 (13.8)

32 (55.2)

18 (31)

58 (100)

 Hosteler

34 (27.2)

78 (62.4)

13 (10.4)

125 (100)

13.4 (0.001)