Table 5 Association between sociodemographic variable and attitude of college students regarding emergency contraception (n = 183)
Characteristics | Attitude level | X2 (p value) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative attitude (0–12) | Positive attitude (13–18) | Total N (%) | ||
Age | ||||
Less than 25 | 86 (71.1) | 35 (28.9) | 121 (100) | 21.5 (< 0.001) |
25 and above | 22 (35.5) | 40 (64.5) | 62 (100) | |
Gender | ||||
Female | 69 (62.7) | 41 (37.3) | 110 (100) | 1.6 (0.210) |
Male | 39 (53.4) | 34 (46.6) | 73 (100) | |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 16 (41) | 23 (59) | 39 (100) | 6.6 (0.010) |
Unmarried | 92 (63.9) | 52 (36.1) | 144 (100) | |
Course | ||||
Arts | 44 (77.2) | 13 (22.8) | 57 (100) | 24.1 (< 0.001) |
Science | 45 (63.4) | 26 (36.6) | 71 (100) | |
Professional | 7 (25) | 21 (75) | 28 (100) | |
Research scholars | 12 (44.4) | 15 (55.6) | 27 (100) | |
Year | 2.5 (0.286) | |||
I | 37 (66.1) | 19 (33.9) | 56 (100) | |
II | 55 (53.9) | 47 (46.1) | 102 (100) | |
III | 16 (64) | 9 (36) | 25 (100) | |
Institution type | 22.4 (< 0.001) | |||
Government | 82 (72.6) | 31 (27.4) | 113 (100) | |
Private | 26 (37.1) | 44 (62.9) | 70 (100) | |
Place of matriculation | 0.8 (0.362) | |||
Rural school | 52 (62.7) | 31 (37.3) | 83 (100) | |
Urban school | 56 (56) | 44 (44) | 100 (100) | |
Socioeconomic status | 13.1 (0.011) | |||
Rs 6574 and above | 76 (67.9) | 36 (32.1) | 112 (100) | |
Rs 3287 to 6573 | 12 (48) | 13 (52) | 25 (100) | |
Rs 1972 to 3286 | 12 (42.9) | 16 (57.1) | 28 (100) | |
Rs 986 to 1971 | 4 (30.8) | 9 (69.2) | 13 (100) | |
Rs 985 and below | 4 (80) | 1 (20) | 5 (100) | |
Religion | 9.4 (0.009) | |||
Christian | 12 (36.4) | 21 (63.6) | 33(100) | |
Hindu | 80 (62.5) | 48 (37.5) | 128(100) | |
Muslim | 16 (72.7) | 6 (27.3) | 22(100) | |
Residence | 24.2 (< 0.001) | |||
Day scholar | 19 (32.8) | 39 (67.2) | 58(100) | |
Hosteler | 89 (71.2) | 36 (28.8) | 125(100) | |