TABLE 1.

Characteristics of Women With a New Prescription for Pharmacy-dispensed Hormonal Contraception (Contraceptive Pill or Patch/Ring) by Copayment Amount, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, 2011–2014(n = 39,142)

Characteristics	Total	Copayment for Contraceptive Prescription				P
		$0	<$15	<$30	≥$30
		37.98	21.72	13.50	26.80
Method						< 0.001
Pill	93.74	93.49	96.08	95.97	91.06
Patch/ring	6.26	6.51	3.92	4.03	8.94
Age (y)						< 0.001
19–24	72.64	76.87	75.56	75.02	63.09
25–29	27.36	23.13	24.44	24.98	36.91
Race/ethnicity						< 0.001
Non-Hispanic white	46.33	44.61	45.41	45.56	49.90
Non-Hispanic black	7.51	8.97	7.22	9.35	4.74
Hispanic	21.92	22.89	22.30	19.89	21.25
Asian	17.83	16.94	18.80	18.22	18.11
Other/unknown	6.42	6.60	6.27	6.98	6.01
Low-income residence*						< 0.001
Yes	10.71	11.65	9.84	10.23	10.31
No	89.29	88.35	90.16	89.77	89.69
Abortion in the past						0.71
12 mo
Yes	2.84	2.73	2.94	2.78	2.94
No	97.16	97.27	97.06	97.22	97.06

^*Residence in census tract with ≥ 20% incomes below the Federal Poverty Level; missing n = 16.