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    Assessment Correlates of Modern Contraceptive Use Among Addis Ababa University Regularunder Graduate Students, Addis Ababa Ethiopia.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2019-06) Wondimagegne, Selam; Gurmu PhD, Eshetu
    Background: - Unintended pregnancies are major concern in developing countries including Ethiopia. Female university students face unintended pregnancies because most of them are sexually active and exposed to unprotected sporadic premarital sexual intercourse. Contraceptives are being increasingly used by unmarried young women to prevent unintended pregnancies following unprotected sexual intercourse. However, little is known about Contraception use among female students at higher education in Ethiopia. Objectives: -The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and factor that affect modern contraceptive use among female undergraduate students in Addis Ababa University. Methods: - Institution based cross sectional descriptive study involving 633 undergraduate female students from Addis Ababa University was done. Study participants were selected using systematic random sampling technique. The data was entered and analysis in to SPSS version20. Different forms of analysis like descriptive statistics, cross tabulation and logistic regression were applied to present the results. Recoding of data was also done for some variables to fit them in to binary logistic regression model. Adequate time was spent on the analysis to ensure quality. Result:- over all 42.3% of the students were sexually active. Of the total sexually active respondents 95.5% of them use contraception and the remaining 7.5% of the students never use contraception. Half of sexually active students practice sext before the age of 18 and 57.8% of sexually active students practice unsafe sexual behavior. The age of 20-24 years of age were 23% [OR=3.375 (1.008, 11.299)] more likely to use contraception and students those who were not practice induced abortion 68% [OR=0.320(0.042, 2.459)] more likely to use contraception. This shows that students who were not practice induced abortion were not significantly associated with contraception use. Conclusion and Recommendation:-There is very high level of contraception use among sexually active female undergraduate students who had unprotected sexual intercourse or a students who were not using condom as a barrier method. This could be due to the fact that university students have relatively better information and access to the service. Therefore, it is highly recommended that the Federal Ministry of Health make regular contraceptive methods accessible for students in higher institutions.