Table 2.
Percent of Women Surveyed Who Estimated Typical Use Efficacy By Category of Response
| Percent of Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Correctly Estimate COC Efficacy | Overestimated Efficacy of COCs | Underestimated Efficacy of COCs | Condoms Correctly Answered | Overestimated Efficacy | Underestimated Efficacy of COCs | Correctly Answered Both Birth Control Pill and Condoms Efficacy | |
| Total Population (n = 500) | 14.4% | 65.0% | 19.6% | 12.0% | 73.0% | 16.6% | 2.2% |
| Age (years) | |||||||
| ≤ 30 (n = 270) | 15.9 | 63.0 | 20.0 | 11.9 | 71.9 | 16.3 | 1.9 |
| > 30 (n = 230) | 12.6 | 67.4 | 19.1 | 12.2 | 70.4 | 17.0 | 2.6 |
| Education | |||||||
| ≤ High School graduate (n = 101) | 11.9 | 55.4 | 29.7 | 12.9 | 67.3 | 19.8 | .99 |
| Some college (n = 146) | 18.5 | 60.3 | 20.5 | 13.7 | 68.5 | 17.1 | 3.4 |
| ≥ 4-year college graduate (n = 253) | 13.0 | 71.1 | 15.2 | 10.7 | 74.3 | 15.0 | 2.0 |
| Parity | |||||||
| 0 (n = 258) | 14.0 | 68.6 | 16.7 | 9.5 | 72.1 | 14.3 | 2.3 |
| > 0 (n = 242) | 14.9 | 61.2 | 22.7 | 13.0 | 70.2 | 19.0 | 2.1 |