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. 2019 Aug 27;27(3):20–31. doi: 10.1080/26410397.2019.1652028

Table 3. Frequency distribution of answers given to the questionnaire with CUS scale.

CUS scale items 4) Agree and 5) strongly agree 3) Not sure 1) Strongly disagree and 2) disagree Mean SD N Missing
n (%) n (%) n (%)       n (%)
1. A girl who uses a contraceptive method is promiscuous 492 (40.8) 262 (21.7) 433 (35.9) 3.08 1.42 1187 20 (1.7)
2. A girl who uses a contraceptive method will encourage others to be promiscuous 566 (46.9) 197 (16.3) 430 (35.6) 3.15 1.40 1193 14 (1.2)
3. A girl cannot decide for herself if to use a contraceptive method 220 (18.2) 244 (20.2) 723 (59.9) 2.37 1.26 1187 20 (1.7)
4. A married woman is more deserving of a contraceptive method than an unmarried woman 320 (26.5) 240 (19.9) 632 (52.4) 2.59 1.36 1192 15 (1.2)
5. A girl who uses contraceptives will have problem when she decides to get pregnant 544 (45.1) 240 (19.9) 400 (33.1) 3.18 1.45 1184 23 (1.9)
6. A girl who carries condoms is likely to have many sexual partners 447 (37.0) 191 (15.8) 552 (45.7) 2.86 1.49 1190 17 (1.4)
7. A girl should not insist to use a condom, it is the man to decide whether to use a condom or not 129 (10.7) 120 (9.9) 944 (78.2) 1.80 1.18 1193 14 (1.2)

aThe analysis is based on respondents who responded to all items in the table.

bThe internal drop-out range between 14 and 23 (1.2–1.9%).