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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Interpers Violence. 2023 Jul 29;38(23-24):11954–11979. doi: 10.1177/08862605231190346

Table 2.

Weighted Prevalence of Selected Characteristics by Contraceptive Use at the Time of Pregnancy and Ever Experienced Contraceptive Sabotage Among People with a Recent Live Birth Who Were Not Trying to Become Pregnant When They Conceived in five States, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), 2012 to 2015 (n = 8,981).

Contraceptive Use at the Time of Pregnancy Ever Experienced Contraceptive Sabotageb
Characteristics No Yes p-value No Yes p-value
Age in years grouped <.05 <.001
 <20 7.2 9.3 7.8 20.2
 20–24 26.5 28.3 27.2 28.4
 25–29 28.7 28.5 28.6 31.0
 30–34 21.6 20.8 21.5 12.2
 35–39 12.6 11.0 12.0 7.0
 40 + 3.4 2.12 3.0 1.3
Race/ethnicity <.05 <.05
 Non-Hispanic White 49.1 43.6 47.2 32.7
 Non-Hispanic Black 20.9 22.2 21.2 34.6
 Non-Hispanic Asian 4.2 3.8 3.9 9.6
 Non-Hispanic Multiracial 2.2 2.1 2.2 0.6
 Non-Hispanic Othera 0.9 0.7 0.8 3.1
 Hispanic of any race 22.7 27.7 24.8 19.5
Education level .7943 .2829
 Less than high school 15.4 16.9 15.6 22.6
 High school 30.3 29.7 30.0 30.4
 Some college or more 54.4 54.1 54.4 47.0
Currently married <.05 <.05
 No 52.9 56.6 54.1 70.1
 Yes 47.1 43.4 45.9 30.0
State of residence .2374 .5213
 Massachusetts 19.1 17.9 18.5 22.0
 Maryland 16.3 18.7 17.2 23.0
 Ohio 29.0 27.6 28.4 27.2
 Texas 28.6 29.7 29.1 23.0
 Virginia 7.1 6.1 6.7 4.8
Experienced physical IPV 12 months before pregnancy .2464 <.001
 No 97.0 97.6 97.6 76.1
 Yes 3.0 2.4 2.4 23.9
Ever experienced contraceptive sabotageb <.05
 No 98.6 97.7
 Yes 1.4 2.4
Contraceptive use at the time of pregnancy <.05
 No 60.3 47.4
 Yes 39.8 52.7

Note. IPV = intimate partner violence.

a

Other includes other non-White, Hawaiian, and American Indian.

b

With current partner.