Table 5.

Outcomes anticipated by respondents if laws are enacted to further protect adolescent confidentiality in sexual and reproductive health consultations, by survey year and respondent age group^a

Survey year and Outcomes	Survey year	Proportion of respondents who anticipated outcome, by age group			p-value1
		16–34 years	35–54 years	55–74 years
		%	%	%
Adolescents’ trust in physicians would increase	2005	59.0	56.6	46.6	0.006
	2012	55.6	47.2	41.4	0.004
	p-value2	0.393	0.014	0.226
Adolescents would visit physicians more frequently	2005	51.4	52.7	41.0	0.007
	2012	52.4	48.4	32.1	<0.001
	p-value	0.803	0.262	0.035
Adolescents would be more inclined to disclose their problems to physicians	2005	53.3	47.8	34.6	<0.001
	2012	52.6	53.1	44.4	0.084
	p-value	0.863	0.166	0.021
Adolescents would follow physicians’ recommendations more strictly	2005	15.9	17.8	16.6	0.802
	2012	25.5	18.0	16.4	0.016
	p-value	0.003	0.931	0.947
Parents of adolescents would feel less trusting of physicians	2005	7.6	6.3	11.3	0.062
	2012	8.4	11.5	13.2	0.198
	p-value	0.727	0.016	0.515
Relationships between adolescents and their parents would deteriorate	2005	6.7	8.2	10.6	0.220
	2012	9.5	7.7	7.4	0.636
	p-value	0.206	0.825	0.205
Adolescents would be more likely to engage in sexual activity	2005	3.2	4.6	9.5	0.002
	2012	6.0	5.0	8.2	0.276
	p-value	0.100	0.843	0.599
Situation would not change	2005	14.6	18.3	18.0	0.380
	2012	6.6	15.8	14.3	0.001
	p-value	0.002	0.382	0.255

^arespondents were given the possibility to select up to three outcome options

¹ comparing age groups (chi squared test)

²comparing 2005 and 2012 year of the survey (z test)

p-values in bold indicate a statistically significant difference