Contraceptive use of young people in select urban - Youth Sextion

anyway and one said he did not know anything
about contraceptives. The rest (17 females and 6
males) deemed it important to use contraceptives
mainly because of economic considerations,
specifically since having many children is costly
or not desirable during hard times especially
when one is unemployed. Other reasons
mentioned are the importance of having a
planned pregnancy and limiting family size,
having no desire for another pregnancy after four
children and lack of preparedness to build a
family especially at a young age.
Desired Changes
As for the changes desired relative to the
purchase and procurement of contraceptives, as
indicated by 464 responses, 137 survey responses
(30%) cited more affordable contraceptives while
76 responses (16%) pointed to guidance by health
care providers as an area that had to be
improved. Sixty-two responses (13%) believed
contraceptives should be made accessible (i.e.,
available in different places). Fifty-eight
responses (13%) verbalized the need for more
information on family planning methods while 52
(11%) expressed their hope that the stigma
attached to the purchase or procurement of
contraceptives be addressed and done away with.
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