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. 2015 Oct 17;12:97. doi: 10.1186/s12978-015-0086-8

Table 3.

Percentage distribution of sources of information on SRH, contraception, and abortion in Jharkhand, 2012

SRH Information Contraception Information Abortion Information
Married Unmarried Married Unmarried Married Unmarried
(n = 690) (n = 691) p-value1 (n = 690) (n = 691) p-value (n = 690) (n = 691) p-value
Received any information 89 69 0.001 89 74 0.001 10 3 0.001
Source of Information2
 Friends / neighbors 71 79 0.004 80 82 0.485 73 75 0.809
 Family members/ relatives 72 79 0.022 74 72 0.344 42 38 0.697
 Husband 34 -- 38 -- 17 --
 Outreach (AWW/ASHA) 27 15 <0.001 29 14 <0.001 20 17 0.699
 Mass media 17 20 0.185 22 37 <0.001 13 42 0.003
 Wall Sign 2 10 <0.001 9 20 <0.001 1 8 0.100
 ANM/ Nurse 5 3 0.069 6 3 0.016 9 4 0.468
 Health facility-Public 1 2 0.118 3 1 0.021 3 8 0.258
 Health facility-Private 7 2 <0.001 5 1 <0.001 19 0 0.022
 Other 1 1 0.963 1 <1 0.156 1 0 0.553

AWW Anganwadi worker, ASHA Accredited social health activist, ANM Auxiliary nurse midwife

1P-value associated with Z-test of two 2 sample proportions

2Percentage computed among women who reported receiving any information on each topic