Table 8.
Current contraceptive use in South Africa—conventional modality survey (CMS) and app-based samples compared with 2016 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) sample (aged 15-44 years).
| Responses | CMS sample (n=2523), n (%) | App sample (n=879), n (%) | DHS 2016 (n=7632) | |||||||||
| Current users | 1130 (44.8)a | 586 (66.7)a,b | Weighted %c (47a) | |||||||||
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Hormonal methods (total) | 703 (62.2)c,d | 203 (34.6)c | 73c | ||||||||
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LARCe methods | 519 (45.9)c | 56 (9.6)c | 62c | |||||||
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IUDf or IUSg (coil) | 11 (1)c | 33 (5.6)c | 2c (1a) | ||||||
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Injection | 411 (36.4)c | 14 (2.4)c | 53c (24a) | ||||||
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Implant | 97 (8.6)c | 9 (1.5)c | 7c (3a) | ||||||
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Non-LARC methods | 139 (12.3)c | 133 (22.7)c | 11c | |||||||
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Pill | 139 (12.3)c | 125 (21.3)b,c | 11c (5a) | ||||||
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Patch or Ring | 0 (0) | 8 (1.4)c | 0 (0) | ||||||
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Morning-after pill | 45 (4)c | 14 (2.4)c | <1c (<1a) | ||||||||
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Nonhormonal methods (total) | 427 (37.8)b,c | 289 (49.3)b,c | 27c | ||||||||
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Condoms | 379 (33.5)b,c | 192 (32.8)b,c | 26c (12a) | |||||||
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Natural methods | 48 (4.2)c | 26 (4.4)c | <1c (<1a) | |||||||
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Copper IUD | 0 (0) | 39 (6.7)c | 0 (0) | |||||||
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Other methods | 0 (0) | 32 (5.5)c | <1c (<1a) | |||||||
| Other responses | 1393 (55.2)a | 293 (33.3)a | 53a | |||||||||
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None used in last 3 months | 1393 (55.2)a | 196 (22.3)a | 50a | ||||||||
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Female sterilization | N/Ah | N/A | 3a | ||||||||
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No answer or N/A | 0 (0) | 97 (11)a | N/A | ||||||||
aPercentage of survey sample.
bOverrepresentation compared with benchmark.
cPercentage of current contraceptive users (samples do not include sterilized respondents).
dUnderrepresentation compared with benchmark.
eLARC: long-acting reversible contraception.
fIUD: intrauterine device.
gIUS: intrauterine system.
hN/A: not applicable.