TABLE 3.

Percentage of youth, by contraceptive method used at last sex, according to gender and level of motivation to avoid pregnancy

Method	Total (N=277)	Males		Females
		High motivation (N=84)	Low motivation (N=80)	High motivation (N=69)	Low motivation (N=44)
Prescription method only	12	7	16	14	8
Condom only	37	51	33	36	17
Prescription method and condom*,†	8	10	10	6	1
Withdrawal only	19	21	9	30	13
None*,†	25	11	31	14	62

^*Differences by gender are significant at p<.05.

^†Differences by motivation level are significant at p<.05.

Notes: Youth were classified as having a high motivation to avoid pregnancy if they thought it was very important to avoid pregnancy and would be upset by a pregnancy; they were classified as having a low motivation to avoid pregnancy if they thought it was less than very important to avoid a pregnancy or would be pleased by a pregnancy. Comparisons by gender and level of motivation were assessed in separate logistic regression analyses for each type of method.