Table 1.
Demographic characteristics
| IUD n=215 |
Oral LNG n=327 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Age (mean, SD) | 23.1 (3.5) | 22.0 (3.3) | <0.001 |
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| Race (n, %) | |||
| White | 144 (67) | 212 (65) | 0.47 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 36 (17) | 68 (21) | |
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| Income | |||
| <$20,000 | 136 (63) | 205 (63) | 0.85 |
| $20,001–$40,000 | 59 (27) | 84 (26) | |
| >$40,000 | 16 (7) | 30 (9) | |
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| Insurance | |||
| Private insurance | 80 (37) | 122 (37) | 0.014 |
| Medicaid | 11 (5) | 43 (13) | |
| Uninsured | 117 (54) | 156 (48) | |
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| Nulligravid | 127 (59) | 172 (53) | 0.079 |
| Prior abortion | 34 (16) | 48 (15) | 0.72 |
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| Heard of IUD for birth control | |||
| Yes | 203 (94) | 240 (73) | <0.001 |
Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding and missing data.