Table 4.
Sources of Information about Birth Control by Weight Status.
| Healthy Weight | SOComps | WLS | |||||||||
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| No | Yes but not effective | Yes and effective | No | Yes but not effective | Yes and effective | B (SE) | No | Yes but not effective | Yes and effective | B (SE) | |
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| Doctor | 29.7 | 10.2 | 60.2 | 44.1 | 8.8 | 47.1 | −0.35(0.19) | 28.7 | 10.2 | 61.1 | 0.02(0.24) |
| Mother | 29.7 | 21.2 | 49.2 | 38.2 | 14.7 | 47.1 | −0.15(0.13) | 25.9 | 18.5 | 55.6 | 0.15(0.12) |
| Learn on own | 39.1 | 20.3 | 41.5 | 45.6 | 16.2 | 38.2 | −0.14(0.20) | 32.4 | 20.4 | 47.2 | 0.15(0.16) |
| Sexual Education | 27.1 | 24.6 | 48.3 | 41.2 | 16.2 | 42.6 | −0.26(0.06)* | 29.6 | 30.6 | 39.8 | −0.15(0.08) |
| Friend | 32.2 | 28.0 | 39.8 | 47.1 | 22.1 | 30.9 | −0.32(0.17) | 38.0 | 25.0 | 37.0 | −0.11(0.04)* |
| Relative | 66.1 | 10.2 | 23.7 | 64.7 | 19.1 | 16.2 | −0.04(0.15) | 63.0 | 9.3 | 27.8 | 0.08(0.15) |
| Sibling | 72.0 | 11.9 | 16.1 | 77.9 | 10.3 | 11.8 | −1.68(0.10) | 72.2 | 5.6 | 22.2 | 0.05(0.08) |
| Boyfriend | 69.5 | 11.0 | 19.5 | 75.0 | 11.8 | 13.2 | −0.18(0.16) | 81.5 | 4.6 | 13.9 | −0.35(0.04)* |
| Father | 83.9 | 6.8 | 9.3 | 85.3 | 8.8 | 5.9 | −0.10(0.12) | 86.1 | 8.3 | 5.6 | −0.14(0.12) |
Note.
*
Significantly different ( p < .05) from Healthy Weight. Covariates included age, race, and whether the adolescent had experienced any childhood maltreatment.