Parental Knowledge, Willingness, and Attitude towards Contraceptive Usage among Their Unmarried Adolescents in Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria

Table 5

Sociodemographic factors associated with parental knowledge of contraceptives.

Sociodemographic variables	Parental knowledge of contraceptives			Test statistics	value
	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total (%)
Gender					0.003
Male	63(80.8)	15(19.2)	78(100.0)
Female	260(92.2)	22(7.8)	282(100.0)
Age of respondent					0.001
25-40	288(92.0)	25(8.0)	313(100.0)
41-56	31(77.5)	9(22.5)	40(100.0)
≥57	4(57.1)	3(42.9)	7(100.0)
Marital status					<0.001
Married	293(98.7)	4(1.3)	297(100.0)
Unmarried/single	11(26.2)	31(73.8)	42(100.0)
Divorced	12(92.3)	1(7.7)	13(100.0)
Widow	7(87.5)	1(12.5)	8(100.0)
Occupation					0.239
Civil servant	297(90.3)	32(9.7)	329(100.0)
Artisan	21(80.8)	5(19.2)	26(100.0)
Farmer	5(100.0)	0(0.0)	5(100.0)
Education level					<0.001
Primary	7(21.9)	25(78.1)	32(100.0)
Secondary	3(100.0)	0(0.0)	3(100.0)
Tertiary	270(97.1)	8(2.9)	278(100.0)
Others	43(91.5)	4(8.5)	47(100.0)
Religion					<0.001
Christianity	315(99.1)	3(0.8)	318(100.0)
Muslim	4(33.3)	8(66.7)	12(100.0)
Traditional religion	4(13.3)	26(86.7)	30(100.0)
Ethnicity					<0.001
Esan	316(91.9)	28(8.1)	344(100.0)
Beni	5(55.6)	4(44.4)	9(100.0)
Others	2(28.6)	5(71.4)	7(100.0)
Duration of marriage					0.008
10-25	300(98.7)	4(1.3)	304(100.0)
26-41	11(91.7)	1(8.3)	12(100.0)
>42	1(50.0)	1(50.0)	2(100.0)

Tertiary (diploma (4.2%), nursing (5.0%), polytechnic (15.5%), BSc (38.5%), MSc (10.8%), PhD (3.1%)). Others (vocational studies (4.0%), never attended school (8.1%)). Others (Igbo (0.5%), Auchi (0.5%), Hausa (0.14%), Etsako (0.4%), Yoruba (0.36%)). Statistically significant. χ²: chi-square test; †: Fisher’s exact test.