Table 3.
Top 10 weighted unigrams and bigrams for r/birthcontrol popular posts by flair group based on Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency analysis (February 4, 2016, to December 31, 2020; N=2318).
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1 | Period | Birth control | Pill | Birth control | IUDa | Birth control | Pill | Birth control | IUD | Birth control | ||||
2 | Pill | Copper IUD | Period | Get pregnant | Period | Copper IUD | Period | Copper IUD | Pill | Copper IUD | ||||
3 | IUD | Feel like | Day | Take pill | Get | Feel like | IUD | Use condom | Control | Sex drive | ||||
4 | Get | Sex drive | Take | Unprotected sex | Like | Get IUD | Get | Get IUD | Period | Feel like | ||||
5 | Month | Weight gain | Condom | Pregnancy test | Experience | Sex drive | Day | Feel like | Birth | Get pregnant | ||||
6 | Day | Mood swing | Get | Copper IUD | Cramp | Horror story | Know | Plan parenthood | Want | Weight gain | ||||
7 | Like | Take pill | Sex | Use condom | Pill | Felt like | Week | Take pill | Get | Use condom | ||||
8 | Experience | Month ago | IUD | Control pill | Day | Period cramp | Want | Control pill | Like | Long term | ||||
9 | Control | Get IUD | Pregnant | Have sex | Feel | Take pill | Condom | Week ago | Year | Control pill | ||||
10 | Feel | Control pill | Time | Week ago | Pain | Get pregnant | Like | IUD insert | Sex | Hormonal birth |
aIUD: intrauterine device.