Table 1.
Characteristics of 86 patients who had telehealth visits for contraception during the Covid-19 pandemic in New York City and who responded to a survey, and a subset of 23 patients who participated in interviews.
| Survey respondents (n = 86) |
In-depth interview respondents (n = 23) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |
| Age | ||||
| 18–25 | 23 | 27 | 5 | 22 |
| 26–35 | 42 | 49 | 12 | 52 |
| 36–45 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 22 |
| 46 or older | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Race | ||||
| Black | 28 | 33 | 9 | 39 |
| White | 10 | 12 | 2 | 9 |
| Other | 47 | 55 | 11 | 48 |
| Asian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Missing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic | 48 | 56 | 13 | 57 |
| Not Hispanic | 37 | 43 | 10 | 44 |
| Missing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Insurance status | ||||
| Public insurance | 51 | 59 | 13 | 57 |
| Private insurance | 35 | 41 | 10 | 44 |
| Paritya | ||||
| 0 | 26 | 30 | 4 | 17 |
| 1 or 2 | 41 | 48 | 13 | 57 |
| 3 or more | 18 | 22 | 6 | 26 |
| Missing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Education | ||||
| High school or less | 28 | 33 | 6 | 26 |
| Some college | 28 | 33 | 9 | 39 |
| Bachelor's degree | 18 | 21 | 5 | 22 |
| Graduate degree | 10 | 12 | 3 | 13 |
| Other | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single/never married | 42 | 49 | 13 | 57 |
| Married/domestic partnership | 37 | 43 | 9 | 39 |
| Divorced or separated | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| Missing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Employment status | ||||
| Employed full time | 35 | 41 | 11 | 48 |
| Employed part time | 14 | 16 | 3 | 13 |
| Out of work looking for work | 11 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| Stay at home parent | 9 | 11 | 3 | 13 |
| Other | 17 | 20 | 2 | 9 |
| Contraceptive method used prior to visit | ||||
| No method | 24 | 27 | 5 | 22 |
| IUD | 29 | 34 | 8 | 35 |
| Implant | 19 | 22 | 8 | 35 |
| Pill, patch, or ring | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 |
| DMPA | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Condoms | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Difficulty accessing contraception in the last 5 years | ||||
| Never | 64 | 76 | 16 | 70 |
| Sometimes | 16 | 17 | 4 | 17 |
| Often | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| All the time | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
DMPA, depot medroxyprogesterone acetate; IUD, intrauterine device.
We conducted statistical analyses to compare groups, using the χ2, Fisher's exact or T test according to variable type and cell numbers. We did not find any statistically significant differences and do not show nonsignificant p values in this table.
aRefers to live children only.