Table 3.
Bivariate relationship between contraceptive effectiveness level choice and study variables (n = 347)
| Low effectiveness (N = 25) |
Moderate effectiveness (N = 191) |
High effectiveness (N = 134) |
p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociodemographics | |||||
| Race (%) | 0.53 | ||||
| White | 20.0 | 28.9 | 26.5 | ||
| Black | 36.0 | 17.4 | 21.2 | ||
| Hispanic | 24.0 | 30.0 | 28.0 | ||
| Other | 20.0 | 23.7 | 24.2 | ||
| Education (%) | 0.80 | ||||
| Less than high school | 4.0 | 10.5 | 12.9 | ||
| High school | 28.0 | 22.1 | 23.5 | ||
| Some college | 52.0 | 43.7 | 41.7 | ||
| College graduate or more | 16.0 | 23.7 | 22.0 | ||
| Marital status (%) | 0.45 | ||||
| Never married | 68.0 | 53.7 | 47.0 | ||
| Cohabitating | 16.0 | 27.4 | 28.8 | ||
| Married | 4.0 | 10.0 | 13.6 | ||
| Separated/Divorced/Widowed | 12.0 | 8.9 | 10.6 | ||
| Age (Mean, SD) | 26.8 (6.3) | 26.0 (6.1) | 26.0 (6.1) | 0.83 | |
| Abortion Characteristics | |||||
| Abortion trimester (%) | 0.05 | ||||
| First | 84.0 | 95.8 | 91.7 | ||
| Second | 16.0 | 4.2 | 8.3 | ||
| Abortion procedure (%) | 0.02 | ||||
| Surgical | 72.0 | 62.1 | 76.5 | ||
| Medication | 28.0 | 37.9 | 23.5 | ||
| Adverse Experiences | |||||
| Intimate Partner Violence in past 6 months (%) | 0.05 | ||||
| Yes | 56.0 | 34.2 | 30.3 | ||
| No | 44.0 | 65.8 | 69.7 | ||
| Reproductive coercion in past 6 months (%) | 0.61 | ||||
| Yes | 16.0 | 14.7 | 18.9 | ||
| No | 84.0 | 85.3 | 81.1 | ||
| Number of childhood adversities (Mean, SD) | 3.7a (1.7) | 2.5b (2.2) | 2.8ab (2.0) | 0.02 | |
| Relationship Characteristics | |||||
| Multiple sexual partners in past 6 months (%) | 0.003 | ||||
| Yes | 52.0 | 22.6 | 20.5 | ||
| No | 48.0 | 77.4 | 79.5 | ||
| Relationship for more than a year (%) | 0.53 | ||||
| Yes | 60.9 | 63.1 | 68.7 | ||
| No | 39.1 | 36.9 | 31.3 | ||
| Talk very much with partner about things that matter | .95 | ||||
| Yes | 60.0 | 61.6 | 59.8 | ||
| No | 40.0 | 38.4 | 40.2 | ||
| Talk about very serious things with partner | .26 | ||||
| Yes | 40.0 | 57.4 | 54.5 | ||
| No | 60.0 | 42.6 | 45.5 | ||
| Previous Pregnancies | |||||
| Prior abortions (mean, SD) | 0.24 | ||||
| None | 64.0 | 55.8 | 48.5 | ||
| One or more | 36.0 | 44.2 | 51.5 | ||
| Childbirth (%) | 0.03 | ||||
| None | 56.0 | 53.7 | 39.4 | ||
| One or more | 44.0 | 46.3 | 60.6 | ||
| Future Pregnancy Desires | |||||
| Very important to avoid pregnancy in next year (%) | 0.03 | ||||
| Yes (strongly agree) | 60.0 | 72.1 | 81.8 | ||
| No (do not strongly agree) | 40.0 | 27.9 | 18.2 | ||
| Depressive symptoms | |||||
| Continuous (mean, SD) | 30.0a (9.4) | 22.4b (11.8) | 23.2b (12.2) | 0.01 | |
| Dichotomous (% at or above cutoff of 20) | 84.0 | 53.2 | 60.6 | 0.01 |
Notes. Means with different superscripts are significantly different at p < .05 by Tukey’s Honestly significant different pairwise test.