Knowledge of positive family planning

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of our research is to examine the knowledge, information sources and vision of 14–18 years old young people concerning the field of family planning.
Methods: Our quantitative, cross-sectional research was conducted in a secondary school in Veszprém and in Tapolca in 2017. Non-random, convenience sampling was carried out among pupils of full-time secondary education (n=182), who completed our own questionnaire. To analyse data, we used the chi-square test (p<0.05) in Microsoft Excel to determine the correlation between two variables.
Results: The gender distribution of the respondents is nearly the same, with more than half of them planning to have at least two children. Family planning skills have been transmitted to young people from more than one source: 80% from their family, 50%-50% from the school and from friends also, although the reliabilityof the latter is negligible (4.49%) compared to the credibility of family and school. 88.33% of pupils attended sex education sessions during secondary school years. The content of transmitted family planning related knowledge was influenced neither by the specialty of the professional, nor by the gender of pupils (p>0.05). The level of knowledge on the subject is independent of socio-demographic factors (p>0.05), however girls prefer information transmitted through formal channels mostly (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Young people's family planning information referred primarily to contraception, so the expansion of knowledge on positive family planning is necessary, regardless of socio-demographic factors, using not only formal channels, but informal ones also.