Table 3. Adjusted* estimates of contraceptive use at last intercourse among women 18–50 years at risk for unintended pregnancy†, by disability type, 7 states, BRFSS, 2013 (n=5767a).
| Vision | Cognition | Mobility | Self-care | Independent living | ≥1 disability | No disability | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Method | N | Weighted %b (95% CI) |
N | Weighted %b (95% CI) |
N | Weighted %b (95% CI) |
N | Weighted %b (95% CI) |
N | Weighted %b (95% CI) |
N | Weighted %b (95% CI) |
N | Weighted %b (95% CI) |
| Highly effective permanent (male or female permanent contraception) |
54 | 25.5 (16.7–36.7) | 202 | 27.6 (21.8–34.3) | 188 | 36.4c (29.0–44.7) | 56 | 41.9c (29.5–55.2) | 136 | 35.3c (27.9–43.4) | 333 | 29.3c (24.2–35.0) | 1337 | 23.2 (20.6–26.0) |
| Highly effective - reversible (implant or IUD [LNG or copper] |
13 | 10.8e (4.6–23.5) | 50 | 9.2 (6.0–13.8) | 18 | 6.9e (2.9–15.6) | 10 | —f | 24 | 9.7e (5.2–17.4) | 74 | 8.4 (5.7–12.1) | 473 | 9.8 (7.4–12.8) |
| Moderately effective - (injection, oral contraceptive, patch, or ring) |
21 | 17.9e (9.7–30.8) | 89 | 13.9c (9.8–19.3) | 51 | 15.9 (9.9–24.6) | 11 | 15.8d (5.5–37.8) | 40 | 14.7 (8.8–23.5) | 137 | 15.8c (11.8–20.8) | 946 | 21.9 (19.2–25.0) |
| Less effective - (male or female condom, diaphragm, cervical cap, sponge, withdrawal, fertility awareness methods, spermicide or otherd) |
36 | 11.0 (5.8–19.9) | 102 | 20.4 (13.3–29.9) | 61 | 14.6 (9.7–21.4) | 20 | 8.9 c,e (4.6–16.3) | 59 | 15.8 (10.3–23.5) | 171 | 18.4 (13.0–25.3) | 850 | 17.5 (15.2–20.1) |
| No contraception | 63 | 34.8 (23.6–47.8) | 183 | 29.0 (22.4–36.6) | 135 | 26.2 (19.1–34.7) | 45 | 20.4 (11.2–34.3) | 104 | 24.5 (17.4–33.5) | 287 | 28.2 (23.0–34.2) | 1159 | 27.6 (24.6–30.9) |
Note: N for disability categories are not mutually exclusive, therefore do not add up to N for Column #6. Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; IUD, intrauterine device; LNG, levonorgestrel.
Prevalence estimates adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, marital status, education, health insurance status, and parity.
Women at risk for unintended pregnancy were defined as those who reported they were not currently pregnant, had not had a hysterectomy, did not have a same sex partner, did not want a pregnancy, and were sexually active (i.e., women who did not indicate that they had no partner or were not sexually active when asked about contraceptive use at last intercourse) at time of survey.
There were 228 women who did not report type of contraceptive method used.
Weights derived by iterative proportional fitting and adjust for nonresponse, noncoverage, and selection bias.
p<.05 for comparison of prevalence of contraceptive method for women with and without disability.
Less effective category includes “other” methods that could not be classified, including emergency contraception.
Relative standard error of the estimate is between 30% and 50%. Interpret with caution.
Relative standard error>50%, data not shown.