| dc.description.abstract | This study has its main objective the examination of
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of contraception among University
students. It is a Case Study of the University of Nairobi. It uses
a sample of 500 students randomly drawn from the undergraduate
student population. The campuses studied are Main, Kabete, and
Parklands. The sampling technique used is multi-stage sampling
together with simple random sampling.
The study examines various demographic, social, cultural and
economic variables. The demographic variables include age, sex,
number of children born to a student's own mother, student~s birth
order, and type of parental union. The social variables include
education of parents, AIDS' (disease), type of school attended,
and exposure to mass media. The cultural variables include
religion, desired family size and family composition desires
whereas economic variables include parents occupation and usual
place of residence.
The methods of analysis used in this study include Contingency
table analysis, Proportions and Multiple Classification Analysis
(MeA) .
The study finds out that there exists differentials in
contraceptive knowledge level between male and female students.
However, the study finds no significant differentials in attitude
towards contraception. Differentials are also found in use rate
between male and female students with current use rate being higher
among males than among females. | en |
