Table 3.
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.
Results by education exclude 8 cases missing on education.
Multiple responses possible.
P < 0.1,
P < 0.05,
P < 0.001.