Research Article
Reproductive Health Right Practice among Preparatory School Female Students of Assela Town, Arsi Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia
Table 3
Knowledge of STI and contraceptives among preparatory school female students, Assela, Ethiopia, 2015.
| Variables | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
| Know sexual transmitted infection | | | Yes | 382 | 97.2 | No | 11 | 2.8 |
| Knowledge on types of STI | | | Gonorrhea | 314 | 82.2 | Syphilis | 293 | 76.7 | Chancroid | 178 | 46.6 | HIV | 382 | 97.2 | Herpes simplex | 96 | 25.1 |
| Know ways of preventing unwanted pregnancy | | | Yes | 352 | 89.6 | No | 41 | 10.4 |
| Methods of preventing pregnancy | | | Abstinence | 283 | 80.9 | Contraceptives | 307 | 87.7 | Withdrawal | 152 | 43.5 |
| Have information about contraceptives | | | Yes | 373 | 94.9 | No | 20 | 5.1 |
| Knowledge of types of contraceptives | | | Pills | 334 | 89.5 | Injectables | 340 | 91.2 | Loop | 333 | 89.3 | Withdrawal | 145 | 38.9 | Other | 5 | 1.3 |
| Source of information about contraceptives | | | TV/radio | 227 | 60.9 | News papers | 36 | 9.7 | Peers | 66 | 17.7 | Leaflet | 44 | 11.7 |
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