Table 3.
Knowledge and attitudes of university students regarding over-the-counter access to emergency contraception
| Topic | By Sex |
By Age |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (n=1585) | Female (n=1045) | Male (n=451) | P-Value | 17-22 (n=947) | 23-51 (n=532) | P-Value | |
| Were you aware of the over-the-counter debate? | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | |||||
| Yes | 57.5 | 61.6 | 48.2 | 54.1 | 63.7 | ||
| No | 42.5 | 38.4 | 51.8 | 45.9 | 36.3 | ||
| Do you think that emergency contraception should be available over-the-counter? | 0.45 | 0.08 | |||||
| Yes | 60.2 | 59.7 | 61.6 | 58.5 | 63.3 | ||
| No | 22.8 | 22.9 | 22.4 | 23.4 | 21.1 | ||
| Unsure | 17.0 | 17.4 | 16.0 | 18.1 | 15.6 | ||
| If emergency contraception were available over-the-counter, which of the following would you do? | 0.30 | 0.08 | |||||
| Purchase in advance of need | 33.6 | 33.4 | 34.2 | 35.5 | 30.0 | ||
| Purchase after unprotected sex | 44.2 | 46.1 | 39.6 | 43.8 | 45.8 | ||
| Would not purchase | 18.7 | 16.9 | 22.8 | 16.7 | 21.6 | ||
| Other | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 2.6 | ||