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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 14.
Published in final edited form as: Contraception. 2021 Feb 16;103(5):328–335. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2021.02.006

Table 1.

Characteristics of the Study Sample, Ohio Survey of Women, October 2018-June 2019, N=1,390

Total (N=1,390)
Using Preferred Method (N=1,046)
Not Using Preferred Method (N=344)
N Weighted % N Weighted % N Weighted %

Age category (years)
 18–24 236 25.9 176 26.1 60 25.6
 25–29 268 23.3 209 24.5 59 19.8
 30–34 265 22.5 193 21.5 72 25.4
 35–39 323 13.6 239 13.2 84 14.7
 40–44 298 14.7 229 14.8 69 14.6
 Missing 0 0 0
Education and Income (SES)
 Highest: Bachelor’s degree+, $75k+ 462 23.8 365 25.4 97 19.1
 Medium-high: Bachelor’s degree+, <$75k 339 27.4 261 27.9 78 26.1
 Medium-low: Some college or less, $75k+ 165 10.1 121 10.4 44 9.0
 Lowest: some college or less, <$75k 424 38.6 299 36.2 125 45.7
 Missing 0 0 0
Race/Ethnicity
 White 1,193 76.9 903 78.5 290 71.9
 Black 67 12.8 46 11.5 21 16.6
 Hispanic 39 2.3 27 1.8 12 3.9
 Multi/Other 91 8.1 70 8.2 21 7.6
 Missing 0 0 0
Partnered/Currently Married
 Yes 1,190 82.0 899 82.4 291 80.9
 No 192 18.0 145 17.7 47 19.1
 Missing 8 2 6
Resides in Rural Appalachia
 Yes 271 13.5 202 13.4 69 13.8
 No 1,119 86.5 844 86.6 275 86.2
 Missing 0 0 0
Had Health Insurance for All of the Past Year
 Yes 1,268 88.7 961 88.9 307 88.2
 No 115 11.3 79 11.1 36 11.8
 Missing 7 6 1
Birth Control Care Satisfaction
 Excellent 662 64.0 527 68.1 135 51.9
 Very Good 204 20.1 150 19.3 54 22.2
 Good 104 13.9 61 10.8 43 23.1
 Fair 19 1.7 12 1.5 7 2.1
 Poor 7 0.4 4 0.3 3 0.8
 Missing 394 292 102
Had a Yearly Women’s Check-Up in the Past 12 Months
 Yes 1,034 73.3 798 75.2 236 67.8
 No 342 26.7 241 24.9 101 32.2
 Missing 14 7 7
Had Counseling or Information about Birth Control from Medical Provider in the Past 12 Months
 Yes 439 33.3 333 33.7 106 32.3
 No 925 66.7 695 66.3 230 67.7
 Missing 26 18 8