Table 2.
Women's Contraceptive Method Preference, by Sociodemographic and Reproductive Characteristics
| Preferred contraceptive method | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Permanent (n = 23) | LARC (n = 67) | Hormonal, non-LARC (n = 124) | Condoms (n = 40) | Withdrawal/other (n = 23) | None (n = 85) | p-value | |
| All women (%) | 100 | 6.4 | 18.3 | 34.3 | 11.0 | 6.5 | 23.4 | |
| Age group (n = 363) | <0.0001 | |||||||
| 18–24 years (n = 68) | 18.2 | 0.4 | 19.3 | 65.4 | 10.6 | 1.7 | 2.8 | |
| 25–34 years (n = 138) | 38.1 | 3.2 | 28.6 | 33.1 | 12.1 | 4.0 | 19.0 | |
| 35–44 years (n = 157) | 43.5 | 11.9 | 9.0 | 21.9 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 36.3 | |
| Educational attainment (n = 363) | 0.0204 | |||||||
| <High School (n = 31) | 8.2 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 62.9 | 11.1 | 2.3 | 14.9 | |
| High School (n = 83) | 24.9 | 5.3 | 16.1 | 23.6 | 15.9 | 4.1 | 35.0 | |
| Some college (n = 117) | 32.2 | 7.9 | 23.4 | 28.3 | 5.7 | 11.6 | 23.2 | |
| ≥Bachelor's (n = 132) | 34.7 | 6.0 | 18.8 | 39.6 | 12.8 | 4.4 | 18.4 | |
| Income (n = 363) | 0.8484 | |||||||
| <$25,000 (n = 63) | 17.8 | 4.2 | 16.1 | 43.6 | 13.9 | 2.7 | 19.5 | |
| $25–49,999 (n = 78) | 21.5 | 6.3 | 18.1 | 29.6 | 13.8 | 6.0 | 26.2 | |
| $50–74,999 (n = 66) | 18.9 | 6.6 | 12.3 | 27.9 | 9.7 | 11.1 | 32.4 | |
| ≥$75,000 (n = 155) | 41.8 | 7.3 | 22.0 | 35.6 | 9.1 | 6.3 | 19.8 | |
| Race/ethnicity (n = 363) | —* | |||||||
| White, non-Hisp (n = 236) | 65.5 | 7.8 | 17.6 | 38.4 | 6.6 | 3.7 | 25.9 | |
| Black, non-Hisp (n = 30) | 9.2 | 0 | 16.9 | 25.4 | 14.4 | 10.5 | 32.8 | |
| Other, non-Hisp (n = 35) | 9.1 | 0 | 26.2 | 24.9 | 32.9 | 6.9 | 9.2 | |
| Hispanic (n = 62) | 16.3 | 8.0 | 17.6 | 28.2 | 14.1 | 14.8 | 17.3 | |
| Type of insurance (n = 363) | —* | |||||||
| Private (n = 221) | 61.4 | 8.8 | 19.2 | 32.3 | 8.9 | 6.8 | 24.0 | |
| Medicaid/care (n = 38) | 10.6 | 2.0 | 29.8 | 39.9 | 5.9 | 0 | 22.5 | |
| Other (n = 29) | 7.6 | 0 | 21.1 | 51.3 | 15.4 | 3.9 | 8.3 | |
| None/Don't know (n = 75) | 20.3 | 4.3 | 9.2 | 30.7 | 18.1 | 9.6 | 29.1 | |
| Health service use past 5 years (n = 363) | 0.0210 | |||||||
| >once per year (n = 147) | 40.3 | 9.1 | 19.1 | 38.7 | 8.8 | 3.3 | 21.0 | |
| About once per year (n = 134) | 36.4 | 6.4 | 22.1 | 31.8 | 10.9 | 4.7 | 24.2 | |
| <once per year (n = 57) | 16.3 | 1.1 | 13.9 | 34.3 | 19.6 | 9.7 | 21.4 | |
| Never (n = 24) | 7.1 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 21.7 | 5.3 | 27.7 | 39.1 | |
| Religious affiliation (n = 363) | 0.5685 | |||||||
| Yes (n = 276) | 75.9 | 6.3 | 17.7 | 31.5 | 11.2 | 7.5 | 25.8 | |
| No (n = 87) | 24.1 | 6.7 | 20.4 | 43.3 | 10.4 | 3.3 | 15.9 | |
| Religious service attendance (n = 355) | —* | |||||||
| ≥Weekly (n = 75) | 21.9 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 36.8 | 12.9 | 4.6 | 26.0 | |
| Once or twice a month (n = 39) | 10.8 | 7.5 | 23.0 | 40.4 | 10.6 | 0 | 18.5 | |
| A few times a year or less (n = 159) | 42.2 | 6.1 | 21.5 | 24.3 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 28.6 | |
| Never (n = 82) | 25.1 | 1.1 | 18.2 | 47.6 | 13.7 | 4.8 | 14.7 | |
| Political party (n = 361) | —* | |||||||
| Democrat (n = 116) | 31.7 | 2.5 | 22.0 | 38.6 | 10.9 | 7.5 | 18.6 | |
| Republican (n = 90) | 23.8 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 27.7 | 6.7 | 8.5 | 29.0 | |
| Independent/Other (n = 50) | 13.6 | 1.8 | 19.0 | 48.9 | 12.0 | 0 | 18.2 | |
| None (n = 105) | 30.9 | 6.5 | 18.0 | 28.7 | 14.6 | 6.7 | 25.4 | |
| Marital status (n = 363) | 0.0006 | |||||||
| Married/Previously married (n = 220) | 59.9 | 9.6 | 13.9 | 28.6 | 10.0 | 8.3 | 29.7 | |
| Never married (n = 85) | 24.5 | 0.6 | 24.2 | 53.0 | 10.5 | 3.3 | 8.4 | |
| Cohabitating (n = 57) | 15.6 | 2.9 | 26.8 | 28.3 | 15.7 | 4.3 | 21.9 | |
| Pregnancy (ever) (n = 358) | <0.0001 | |||||||
| Yes (n = 224) | 62.0 | 9.7 | 19.2 | 22.1 | 11.4 | 7.9 | 29.8 | |
| No (n = 135) | 38.1 | 1.2 | 15.5 | 54.6 | 10.7 | 4.2 | 13.7 | |
| Childbirth (ever) (n = 361) | 0.0002 | |||||||
| Yes (n = 211) | 57.5 | 8.8 | 16.8 | 23.3 | 12.1 | 7.5 | 31.5 | |
| No (n = 150) | 42.5 | 3.2 | 20.6 | 49.2 | 9.6 | 5.1 | 12.3 | |
Results are from the subsample of eligible women that reported a contraceptive method preference (n = 363). Less than 5% missing data across sociodemographic characteristics. Results are presented as weighted proportions (%). Numbers may not add to 100% because sampling weights were applied and we rounded to the nearest tenth. Comparisons of % across sociodemographic groups with Chi-square. Fifty-one respondents did not respond with their preferred contraceptive method, 8 respondents did not indicate their religious service attendance, 2 respondents did not designate a political affiliation, 4 respondents did not indicate their pregnancy history, and 1 respondent did not indicate their childbirth history.
p-values <0.05 considered significant and indicated in bold.
Missing p-values are due to insufficient cell sizes in “Withdrawal/other” and “Permanent” categories across some variables. When the categories “Withdrawal/other” and “Permanent” were collapsed into one category, p-values were not significant for race/ethnicity, insurance, religious service attendance, and political party and were significant for the same above significant covariates: age, education, health service use, marital status, pregnancy history, and childbirth history.