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 | |||||
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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%).