[Use and knowledge of contraceptive methods in female students of children education]

An inquire about contraception use and knowledge was applied to 292 female students. (Average of age = 21.3 years) An 88.4% of the woman with sexual activity had used contraceptive methods at least once. Principal reason for not going on using them, was not having sexual intercourse. In single women, the use of contraceptive methods was related with age, while the type selected was related with sexual intercourse's frequency. The most used contraceptive methods were rhythm and pill, which were not the best known ones.