TABLE 3.
Means, SDs, Effect Sizes, and Post Hoc Differences for Bonferroni-Adjusted Significant Differences for Product Characteristics, Protective Properties, and Importance for Pregnancy Protection
| A. PC subscale: significant after Bonferroni adjustment | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | N | Mean | Mean | P | Ω2 |
| History of douching | |||||
| No history | 132 | 31.7 | 5.7 | 0.002 | 0.013 |
| One or more times | 391 | 29.8 | 7.0 | ||
| Employment status | |||||
| Not employed | 280 | 29.4 | 7.0 | 0.001 | 0.020 |
| Full- or part-time | 233 | 31.4 | 6.2 | ||
| Willingness to Use Microbicides*(correlation with PC subscale) | |||||
| 485 | r = 0.21 | <0.001 | (r2 = 0.042) | ||
| B. PP subscale: significant after Bonferroni adjustment | |||||
| Willingness to Use Microbicides*(correlation with PP subscale) | |||||
| 485 | r = 0.27 | <0.001 | (r2 = 0.072) | ||
| C. Importance that product protects against pregnancy: significant after Bonferroni adjustment | |||||
| Method to prevent pregnancy or STD in past 3 months | |||||
| No | 217 | 3.6 | 1.5 | <0.001 | 0.033 |
| Yes | 302 | 4.1 | 1.2 | ||
| Condom use during last vaginal sex | |||||
| No | 282 | 3.7 | 1.5 | <0.001 | 0.037 |
| Yes | 215 | 4.2 | 1.2 | ||
| Willingness to Use Microbicides*(correlation with importance that product protects against pregnancy) | |||||
| 485 | r = 0.24 | <0.001 | (r2 = 0.060) | ||
Ω2 is a population-adjusted measure of systematic variance accounted for.
r2 is a commonly used measure of variance used with the Pearson correlation statistic.
PC indicates Product Characteristic; PP, Protective Property.
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From Morrow KM, Fava JL, Rosen RK, et al. Willingness to use microbicides varies by race/ethnicity, experience with prevention products, and partner type. Health Psychol. (In press).