<![CDATA[This study focused on the risk of non-utilisation of contraceptives among Olabisi Onabanjo University undergraduate students. The challenges considered were the level of awareness, knowledge, usage and opinion of the undergraduate students about contraceptive usage. The primary data used was obtained from 300 questionnaires administered where 250 were completed and returned. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the socio-demographics of contraceptive usage. Chi-square test and Binary logistic regression were utilised to test the variables' significance and association. The findings revealed a strong correlation between permanent residence, sex, age group, and faculty of respondents with contraceptive usage. Urban students, young undergraduates, faculty with large students, and female respondents used contraceptives more. The binary logistic regression results indicated a significant linear relationship between the risk of non-utilisation of contraceptives and stillbirth with a binary logistic regression coefficient of 3.069 and p-value = 0.001. The study signified the risk of non-utilisation of contraceptives during sexual intercourse which results in STDs from unmarried partners, leading to stillbirth in females and critical health issues in male respondents. The study concludes that there is reasonable knowledge, awareness, and usage of contraceptives among undergraduate students, but more awareness is needed to prevent unwanted pregnancy and STDs]]>
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