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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 8.
Published in final edited form as: Contraception. 2010 Apr 21;82(4):337–344. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.03.011

Table 3.

Womens’ contraceptive use before and after the abortion (n=7099)

Contraceptive use before the abortion n Prescription of contraception after the abortion, %
Totala
No contraception n=1515 IUD n=1126 Implant n=561 Patch/ vaginal ring n=209 pill n=3656 condom/other barrier-natural methods n=32
%
No contraception 2366 8.5 5.2 2.4 0.9 17.4 0.1 34.6
IUD 120 0.4 0.4 0 0 0.6 0 1.5
Patch-vaginal ring 57 0. 4 0 0 0 0.2 0 0.9
Pill 1908 6.1 4.9 2.9 0.7 12.6 0 27.2
Condom Other barrier/ natural methods 1259 3.3 2.0 0.8 0.4 9.6 0.2 16.3
/EC 1389 4.1 4.1 0.9 0.4 9.9 0.1 19.6
Totalb 7099 22.9 16. 7 7.1 2.6 50.3 0.5 100
a

Distribution of women’s contraceptive use at the time the pregnancy leading to the abortion started. Results are slighlty different from Table 2 as they are restricted to women who also provide information about post-abortion contraceptive prescription.

b

Distribution of women’s post-abortion contraceptive prescription.