Table 4.

Percentage distribution of women using any withdrawal, only withdrawal and withdrawal with other methods (with parallel measures for condoms), by selected characteristics

	N	Withdrawal								Condoms

		Any use of withdra wal	p	Only withdra wal	p	Dual or rotating use with…				Any use of condo ms	p	Only condo ms	p	with highly- effectiv e method s^a	p
		Any use of withdra wal	p	Only withdra wal	p	Highly- effectiv e method s^a	p	Condo ms	p	Any use of condo ms	p	Only condo ms	p	with highly- effectiv e method s^a	p
Total	3,276	33.1		11.5		12.9		11.3		34.5		12.9		13.3
Age group			0.000		0.230		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.084		0.000
18–24	889	40.7		10.3		20.5		17.3		42.0		11.2		21.6
25–29	1,230	32.8		11.0		13.9		10.3		33.0		12.4		12.6
30–34	655	28.4		12.2		7.6		7.9		31.0		13.9		9.3
35–39	502	26.3		13.7		4.0		7.6		29.3		15.7		5.6
Relationship status			0.000		0.028		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.002		0.000
Married	1,650	26.2		11.0		6.9		8.5		30.8		14.2		7.9
Cohabiting	812	38.3		13.7		17.1		10.1		29.3		9.2		14.3
Dating	708	43.2		11.2		21.5		18.1		46.2		13.1		22.9
Not in a relationship	106	32.1		4.7		17.0		18.9		51.9		17.9		26.4
Race/ethnicity			0.000		0.000		0.004		0.012		0.029		0.236		0.825
White, Non-Hispanic	2,095	29.9		9.2		13.1		10.1		32.8		12.0		13.5
Black, Non-Hispanic	299	44.1		16.7		15.4		15.1		40.1		14.7		13.4
Other, Non-Hispanic	245	44.1		16.7		17.6		15.1		38.8		14.7		14.3
Hispanic	637	34.1		14.6		9.4		12.1		35.5		14.3		12.2
Education			0.000		0.000		0.046		0.030		0.223		0.081		0.396
Not a high school graduate	168	25.0		10.7		6.0		7.1		30.4		14.3		8.9
High school graduate	510	37.3		14.3		14.1		13.3		32.7		10.6		13.7
Some college	1,250	36.4		13.8		13.2		12.5		33.7		11.9		13.4
College graduate	1,348	29.5		8.3		13.1		10.0		36.4		14.5		13.6
Number of births			0.005		0.014		0.000		0.010		0.000		0.19		0.000
0	1,494	35.9		9.6		17.9		13.2		39.0		12.1		19.1
1	673	32.1		11.7		11.9		11.1		33.6		13.5		11.1
2	681	31.1		13.4		7.9		9.3		27.9		12.2		7.5
3+	421	27.6		14.3		5.0		8.6		30.9		15.9		5.7
Health insurance			0.024		0.001		0.013		0.249		0.039		0.000		0.000
Private	2,088	31.5		10.1		13.9		10.7		35.2		13.1		14.8
Medicaid	554	34.8		11.9		13.4		11.7		30.0		7.8		13.4
Uninsured or “other”	618	37.1		15.5		9.4		13.1		36.4		16.9		8.7
How important to avoid pregnancy^b			0.003		0.052		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.586		0.000
Not all (1)	208	24.0		14.9		3.4		4.8		19.7		10.6		4.3
In between (2–5)	1,413	32.0		12.3		11.0		9.7		30.8		13.0		9.2
Very (6)	1,643	35.2		10.2		15.8		13.6		39.4		13.1		17.8

All p values were calculated using the X2 test

Highly-effective methods include IUDs, implants, pills, patch, ring or Depo.

Responses were based on a 6-point scale where “1” indicated “not at all important” and “6” indicated “very important.”