Abstract
Objective: The study was aimed to assess factors affecting contraception utilization among preparatory school students in Gondar town, Amhara region, Ethiopia. Methods: An institutional-based cross-sectional study design was employed. A multistage sampling procedure was employed in the study area. The data were entered, clean and analysis using statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 16 software. Descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate analyses were employed. Multivariate analysis with 95% confidence interval (CI) was computed to identify factors associated with contraception service utilization at p<0.05. Results: The response rate of this study was 97%. The result showed that 90.4% of study participants knew about contraception services utilization. However, the practice of contraception was only 24% (95% confidence interval (CI): (20.8%-27.4%). Based on the finding of multivariate analysis among explanatory variables, age, media exposure, marital status, and ever had girl or boyfriends were significantly associated with contraception services utilization. Conclusion: Interventions are needed to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health such as promote parent adolescent communication, strengthening of youth centers, working with community and religious leaders, and increase the accessibility of services which are important to encourage adolescent contraception service utilization.
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