Table 2.

Baseline characteristics

	All surveyed participants (n=740)
	Female	Male	Total
Ever had sexual intercourse	231/347	281/393	512/740 (69%)
Used any contraception at last sexual intercourse	126/231 (55%)	148/281 (53%)	274/512 (54%)
Used a modern contraceptive at last sexual intercourse	118/231 (51%)	145/281 (52%)	263/512 (51%)
Used pharmacy-available contraception*	116/231 (50%)	143/281 (51%)	259/512 (51%)
Where contraception was obtained	(n=116)	(n=143)	(n=259)
Pharmacy	63%	56%	59%
Shop	5%	17%	11%
Public dispensary or health centre	13%	7%	10%
Hospital	11%	6%	8%
NGO, private doctor	3%	4%	4%
Community-based distributor, school, supermarket	1%	2%	2%
Other person†	1%	4%	3%
Other source (not specified)/don’t know†	3%	3%	3%
	Included participants using pharmacy-available contraception (n=243)
	Female (n=111)	Male (n=132)	Total (n=243)
Age
18–19	17%	18%	18%
20–24	83%	82%	82%
Education (highest level attended)
Primary or below	54%	27%	40%
Secondary	38%	55%	47%
Post-secondary	8%	18%	14%
Relationship status
Single	23%	42%	33%
Friends with benefits	3%	8%	5%
Dating	42%	42%	42%
Cohabiting	3%	1%	2%
Engaged	9%	5%	7%
Married	20%	3%	11%
Any children
No	74%	92%	84%
Yes	26%	8%	16%
Living situation
Lives alone	8%	23%	16%
Lives with family (dependent)	66%	73%	70%
Lives with child or partner	26%	4%	14%
Contraception used‡
Male condom	56%	86%	72%
Female condom	4%	2%	2%
ECP	20%	6%	12%
Daily contraceptive pills	5%	2%	3%
Injection	16%	5%	10%

*These included male or female condom, emergency contraception (ECP), daily contraceptive pills and injectable contraception.

†These were excluded from analysis.

‡Participants could enter one contraceptive method.