Introduction: Contraception means procedures employed to interfere at one stage or the other with the normal sequence of events in the
process of reproduction leading to a failure in conception. It means voluntary techniques adopted to achieve birth control. Its use remains sensitive
worldwide. Within the same society, contraception varies amongst people of different socio-cultural, educational, religious, or occupational
affiliations. It also varies between urban and rural settlements. Some contraceptive techniques also prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
The prevalence of STIs also varies with these same factors. There is very limited literature on contraception exclusively amongst bankers. We
sought to investigate the level of awareness and practice of contraception amongst bankers in an urban society in Lagos State, Nigeria. Methods:
In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 200 self-administered structured questionnaires were retrieved from bankers from 5 banks selected by
simple random sampling in Surulere Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. Data was subsequently statistically analyzed using SPSS.
Results: The age range was 21-45 years, mean28.8±1.4 years, 51.7% were males (72% single, 27% married, 1% separated) and 48.3% were
females (52.4% single, 47.6% married). All (100%) respondents were aware of contraception, 93.3% males and 91.7% females were sexually
active, 88.9% males and 84.5% females believe contraception is useful. Most (71.4%) respondents practice contraception, males (81%) being
more than females (61.1%), p < 0.05. More (71.4%) females and fewer (37.8%) males believe that contraception prevents pregnancy but not
STIs, 28.6% of females and 46.6% of males believe it prevents both pregnancy and STIs, whereas 14% of males and no female believe
contraception prevents STIs but not pregnancy. Conclusion: The awareness of and practice of contraception was very high among the bankers
but more male bankers practice contraception whereas more female bankers perceive contraceptives to be for the married only.