_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: jorenebiz@yahoo.com, ireneieze@gmail.com; Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science 32(4): 1-9, 2019; Article no.JESBS.53742 ISSN: 2456-981X (Past name: British Journal of Education, Society & Behavioural Science, Past ISSN: 2278-0998) Contraceptive Use among Senior Secondary School Students in Abakaliki Metropolis, Ebonyi State, Nigeria Edmund Ndudi Ossai 1,2 , Irene Ifeyinwa Eze 1,2* , Chinwe Angela Elechi 1 , Eyiuche Anulika Elohi 1 and Ancilla Kate Umeobieri 3 1 Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria. 2 Department of Community Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Nigeria. 3 Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria Enugu Campus, Nigeria. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. Author ENO conceptualized and designed the study. Author IIE managed the literature search. Authors CAE, EAE and AKU participated in data collection. Author ENO managed data analysis. Author IIE wrote the first draft of the manuscript. All authors reviewed and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/JESBS/2019/v32i430188 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Durdane bayram Jacobs, Department of Science Education, Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands. Reviewers: (1) Papadakis Stamatios, University of Crete, Greece. (2) Gloria Kirungi, Uganda Christian University, Uganda. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle4.com/review-history/53742 Received 02 November 2019 Accepted 07 January 2020 Published 16 January 2020 ABSTRACT Aims: To determine the use of contraceptives among senior secondary school students in Abakaliki metropolis, Ebonyi State. Study Design: A cross-sectional study design was used. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in public secondary schools in Abakaliki metropolis, Ebonyi Nigeria, for a duration of six months Methodology: A two-stage sampling method was used to select 400 students from 6 out of 18 public secondary schools in Abakaliki metropolis. Information was obtained using a pre-tested Original Research Article