The socioeconomic and lifestyle determinants of contraceptive use among Chinese college students: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Awareness and use of different contraceptive methods among Chinese college students

	Awareness (%)				Contraceptive use during last sex
	Male	Female	χ2	Pr^b	n	%
	n = 6827	n = 10,690	χ2	Pr^b	n	%
Never heard of any method	1	1	1.34	0.25	-^a	-^a
No contraceptive use	-^a	-^a		-^a	530	15
Spermicide	13	9	91.88	< 0.01	-^a	-^a
Withdrawal	58	43	355.54	< 0.01	587	17
Rhythm method	56	53	19.69	< 0.01	158	5
Condom	95	96	1.75	0.19	2169	63
Oral contraceptive	86	91	12.85	< 0.01	137	4
Injectable contraceptive	19	14	82.95	< 0.01	31	1
Emergency contraception	70	72	9.79	< 0.01	141	4
Intrauterine device (IUD)	31	33	6.22	0.01	-^a	-^a
Sterilization
Male	45	45	0.30	0.59	-^a	-^a
Female	46	48	6.28	0.01	-^a	-^a
Others	1	1	0.16	0.69	100	3

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