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Despite the mounting reproductive health problems among adolescents in Nigeria, very little has been done at governmental level to address the problem, hence presenting a major health concern and a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. To determine the knowledge, attitude of the undergraduates to contraception and their practice of the various contraceptive options. A descriptive cross-sectional study was done among the undergraduates of the Polytechnic of Ibadan and University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Interviewer-administered questionnaires were given to 600 consenting undergraduates. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 11 software, χ2 and Fisher exact tests were used for categorical variables as appropriate. A large percent (65.1%) of the undergraduates were sexually experienced. Approximately, 90.2% of the respondents who had sex did so before the age of 19 …