Table 3.
Preferred dosing
| Low- and middle-income countries (n = 107) | High-income countries (n = 129) | χ2p-value | TOTAL (n = 239)a | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prefer a contraceptive method that: | Take every day | 13 (12.1%) | 5 (3.9%) | 0.007 | 19 (7.9%) |
| Take every few months | 15 (14.0%) | 9 (7.0%) | 24 (10.0%) | ||
| Take every few weeks | 3 (2.8%) | 2 (1.6%) | 5 (2.1%) | ||
| Use only when having sex | 36 (33.6%) | 35 (27.1%) | 73 (30.5%) | ||
| Lasts forever | 13 (12.1%) | 37 (28.7%) | 50 (20.9%) | ||
| Protects against pregnancy for years | 26 (24.3%) | 40 (31.0%) | 66 (27.6%) | ||
| No response | 1 (0.9%) | 1 (0.8%) | 2 (0.8%) |
a
Includes 3 respondents not reporting country of residence and omitted from analysis of country income categories.