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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: South Med J. 2018 Jun;111(6):317–323. doi: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000820

Table 3.

Pregnancy intention and contraceptive use when this pregnancy occurred

Characteristic No. (N = 376) % ≤HS
(n = 200), %
>HS
(n = 168), %
P
Type of birth control used when this pregnancy occurred
 No method 198 53.8 59.0 47.6 **
 Some method 170 46.2 41.0 52.4 **
Method used at time of pregnancy among those using some method (n = 170)a,b 45 26.5 20.7 31.8
 Oral contraceptive pill 4 2.4 3.7 1.1
 Injection 2 1.2 1.2 1.4
 Implant 0 0 0 0
 Diaphragm/foam/patch 2 1.2 1.2 1.1
 Vaginal ring 1 0.6 0 1.1
 IUD 47 27.7 31.7 23.9
 Condom 50 29.4 19.5 38.6 **
 Withdrawal 8 4.7 0 9.1 **
 Natural family planning methods 7 4.1 3.7 4.6
 Other
Emergency contraception used to prevent this pregnancy (% yes among all women surveyed) 26 6.9 5.5 8.3
How much did you want to become pregnant in the month before this pregnancy?
 Not at all 281 74.7 76.5 72.6
 A little 22 5.9 5.5 6.6
 Neutral 15 4.0 2.5 6.0
 Somewhat 10 2.7 2.0 3.6
 Very much 10 2.7 1.5 4.2
 Don’t know 7 1.9 2.5 1.2
 Missing/refused 31 8.2 9.5 6.0

HS, high school; IUD, intrauterine device.

a

Results by education exclude 8 cases missing on education.

b

Multiple responses possible.

*

P < 0.1,

**

P < 0.05,

***

P < 0.001.