Knowledge, Perception, Engineering, Student, Emergency contraceptive

Globally, many unplanned pregnancy end up being aborted some in unsafe conditions leading to death and serious complications thus emergency contraception could be crucial in preventing unplanned pregnancy in cities where abortion is illegal. This study aims to assess the knowledge and perception of emergency contraceptives among undergraduate female students in the
Faculty of Engineering, University of Benin. Descriptive research design was used for the study. A sample size of 100 was selected from a target population of 135 using simple random sampling technique and a self- structured questionnaire as an instrument of data collection. Analysis was done with statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). Chi-square statistics was used in testing
the hypothesis. The study revealed that 5.0% of the respondents have good knowledge, 22.0% have fair knowledge, while the remaining 73.0% have poor knowledge. This shows that the respondents have poor knowledge of emergency contraceptives. The study also shows that 50% of the students have good perception about emergency contraceptives while 50% have bad perception. There was no significant difference between knowledge and perception of emergency contraceptive among the students. It is therefore recommended that there should be adequate creation of public awareness on the importance and proper use of emergency contraceptives.