This statistic depicts the result of a survey on the level of knowledge of emergency contraception among Italian women in 2018. According to survey data, only 50 percent of respondents knew that after-morning pill should be taken as soon as possible after the risky sexual intercourse in order to be more effective.
Knowledge of emergency contraception among Italian women in 2018
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Lack of knowledge about the fact that the new pill is most efficient than the traditional based on levonorgestrel
90%
Knowing about new after-morning pills
80%
Lack of knowledge about the way after-morning pill works (delaying or blocking ovulation impeding the conception)
70%
Knowing about the fact that after-morning pill is indicated when the contraceptive method fails or in case of non-protected sexual intercourse
70%
Lack of knowledge about the fact that minors do not need medical prescriptions for the pill
50%
Knowing that the after-morning pill should be taken as soon as possible after the risky sexual intercourse
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Fondazione Onda – Osservatorio nazionale sulla salute della donna e di genere. (July 3, 2018). Knowledge of emergency contraception among Italian women in 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/612295/knowledge-of-emergency-contraception-in-italy/
Fondazione Onda – Osservatorio nazionale sulla salute della donna e di genere. "Knowledge of emergency contraception among Italian women in 2018." Chart. July 3, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/612295/knowledge-of-emergency-contraception-in-italy/
Fondazione Onda – Osservatorio nazionale sulla salute della donna e di genere. (2018). Knowledge of emergency contraception among Italian women in 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/612295/knowledge-of-emergency-contraception-in-italy/
Fondazione Onda – Osservatorio nazionale sulla salute della donna e di genere. "Knowledge of Emergency Contraception among Italian Women in 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Jul 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/612295/knowledge-of-emergency-contraception-in-italy/
Fondazione Onda – Osservatorio nazionale sulla salute della donna e di genere, Knowledge of emergency contraception among Italian women in 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/612295/knowledge-of-emergency-contraception-in-italy/ (last visited December 24, 2024)
Knowledge of emergency contraception among Italian women in 2018 [Graph], Fondazione Onda – Osservatorio nazionale sulla salute della donna e di genere, July 3, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/612295/knowledge-of-emergency-contraception-in-italy/
