Table 3.

Percent distributions according to most preferred sources for contraceptive methods or STI diagnosis and treatment among 12–19 year olds w ho 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)
Most preferred sources for contraceptive methods	*						*
Public clinic	47.5	30.0	32.1	32.0	57.0	47.1	59.6	55.9
Private clinic	1.9	3.6	2.4	3.2	3.3	2.8	7.5	8.4
Other (e.g, drug shop, healer)†	8.4	22.0	15.3	27.1	16.3	20.2	5.2	10.4
Does not know any sources	35.9	40.9	49.4	37.7	21.7	28.0	26.3	25.1
Does not know any contraceptive methods	6.3	3.5	0.8	0.0	1.7	2.0	1.4	0.2
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Most preferred sources for STI diagnosis/treatment	*						*
Public clinic	24.8	34.9	34.4	46.4	51.3	50.4	46.6	56.7
Private clinic	25	1.4	1.5	26	3.6	4.3	4.7	5.7
Other (e.g, drug shop, healer)	0.8	1.1	27	3.3	11.3	11.1	4.0	1.5
Does not know any sources	6.6	12.3	18.0	12.1	20.3	14.4	17.2	10.9
Does not know any STIs	65.3	50.4	43.3	35.7	13.5	19.8	27.5	25.1
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

^*Chi-square p< 0.05

^†Country-specific sources in the “other” category were “boutiques/marche” in Burkina Faso, drug shops or phamacies in Ghana and the non-governmental organization Banja La Mtsogolo in Malawi Note: Percent distribution totals may not exactly sum to 100 due to rounding.