Determining family planning and reproductive knowledge of male students

Abstract

Objective: To determine the knowledge of reproductive health and family planning of male students aged between 18-24 studying in Mongolian universities. Methods: The survey was conducted by cross sectional. Data were obtained online from male students at the universities using standard WHO questionnaires. Results: The study involved 460 university students, with an average age of 20.03 and 60.4% of the respondents were single and 4.6% were married. 76.5% of the participants had sexual intercourse. Comparing the reproductive knowledge scores of both sexually active and non-sexually active groups, 7.7% of the sexually active group had good knowledge, 47.7% had moderate knowledge, 44.6% had poor knowledge, and 60.2% of the non-sexual group had insufÏcient knowledge (p=0.001). 56.1% of respondents do not talk to their parents about reproductive health. 84.3% of them attended reproductive health programs at high school, and 50.9% answered that the knowledge they were learning was insufÏcient for their current condition. When asked how high the number of unwanted pregnancies and abortions is among young people, 77.6% said it is high. Conclusion: Male students aged between 18-24 have inadequate knowledge of family planning and modern contraceptives.