80% of Chinese adults clueless on contraception

More than 80 percent of adults in China have misconceptions about contraception, according to a survey by the All-China Women's Federation.

The survey was released on Wednesday by Huakun Women's Life Survey Center, which is administered by the federation. Tuesday is World Contraception Day.

It was based on questionnaires from 2,378 males and females aged 20 to 40 from all the country's provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said Liu Ping, deputy chief of the center.