Misconceptions about contraception

More than 80 percent of adults in China have misunderstandings about contraception, according to a survey released by the All-China Women's Federation on Sept 27, the day after World Contraception Day.

Based on answers to questionnaires from 2,378 males and females ages 20 to 40 nationwide, 36 percent said they used withdrawal as a means of contraception, a notoriously ineffective method.

About 80 percent of Chinese adults are clueless about contraception. Nearly half of the respondents said women cannot become pregnant while they are menstruating, while 5.5 percent believed that pregnancy cannot occur if the male does not ejaculate during intercourse.