Table 2.
Percent who perceive specific barriers to obtaining contraceptive methods and STI diagnosis and treatment among 12–19 year olds who had sex in the last 12 months in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi and Uganda, 2004
| Burkina Faso | Ghana | Malawi | Uganda | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| female (n=654) | male (n=474) | female (n=274) | male (n=131) | female (n=339) | male (n=549) | female (n=536) | male (n=500) | |
| Barriers to obtaining contraceptive methods | ||||||||
| Does not know any contraceptive methods | 6.3 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.2* |
| Feel afraid, embarrassed or shy | 41.6 | 40.0 | 63.8 | 58.6 | 51.1 | 38.1* | 50.7 | 44.0 |
| Cost | 9.5 | 7.4 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 7.2 | 8.8 | 35.2 | 23.0* |
| Provider-specific factors (privacy not respected, not treated nicely) | 2.1 | 1.9 | 9.9 | 6.0 | 18.2 | 11.1* | 11.2 | 5.2* |
| Does not know where to go or how to get there | 15.1 | 20.7* | 6.0 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 13.2* | 22.2 | 30.3* |
| No/does not know any barriers | 32.0 | 40.1 | 26.1 | 27.3 | 39.7 | 48.1* | 26.3 | 31.5 |
| Barriers to getting STI diagnosis and treatment | ||||||||
| Does not know any STIs | 65.3 | 50.4* | 43.3 | 35.5 | 13.5 | 19.8 | 27.5 | 25.1 |
| Feel afraid, embarrassed or shy | 17.9 | 26.6* | 40.5 | 39.7 | 54.5 | 42.7* | 50.5 | 43.2* |
| Cost | 3.4 | 6.7* | 32 | 8.7* | 6.2 | 6.1 | 25.1 | 21.5 |
| Provider-specific factors (privacy not respected, not treated nicely) | 1.0 | 1.6 | 6.2 | 7.7 | 22.2 | 10.1* | 10.8 | 3.9* |
| Does not know where to go or how to get there | 5.6 | 8.9 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 6.9 | 13.8* | 11.8 | 29.2* |
| No/does not know any barriers | 12.0 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 15.6 | 26.2 | 25.4 | 10.8 | 13.6 |
*
Chi-square p< 0.05