Table 1.
Satisfaction, Confidence in Correct Use, and Switching Intentions by Contraceptive Method Type in Delaware and Maryland, 2016-2017 (n = 1,077)
| Method type | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total % |
IUC (n = 224) |
Implant (n = 40) |
DMPA (n = 52) |
Pills, patches, or rings (n = 514) |
Coitally- dependent methods (n = 246) |
|
| Satisfaction* | ||||||
| Very satisfied | 60.9 | 75.0 | 69.3 | 66.6 | 64.9 | 36.7 |
| Less satisfied | 39.1 | 25.0 | 30.7 | 33.5 | 35.1 | 63.3 |
| Somewhat satisfied | 27.4 | 22.3 | 29.6 | 32.0 | 24.3 | 36.5 |
| Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied | 8.1 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 23.1 |
| Somewhat dissatisfied | 3.0 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 2.2 |
| Very dissatisfied | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| Confidence in Correct Use | ||||||
| Completely confident using correctly | 77.0 | 82.5 | 92.4 | 87.9 | 75.1 | 71.5 |
| less confident using correctly | 23.0 | 17.5 | 7.6 | 12.1 | 25.9 | 28.5 |
| Somewhat confident | 17.5 | 15.4 | 5.4 | 11.2 | 19.5 | 18.2 |
| Neither confident nor not confident | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 6.9 |
| Somewhat not confident | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
| Not at all confident | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| Switching Intentions* | ||||||
| Very low switching intentions | 68.3 | 88.0 | 58.7 | 78.9 | 70.9 | 43.2 |
| Greater switching intentions | 31.7 | 12.0 | 41.3 | 21.1 | 29.1 | 56.8 |
| Somewhat unlikely | 9.4 | 2.2 | 20.5 | 4.3 | 9.3 | 15.9 |
| Neither likely nor unlikely | 6.1 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 9.1 |
| Somewhat likely | 9.6 | 1.7 | 17.2 | 6.9 | 8.5 | 18.7 |
| Very likely | 6.6 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 5.6 | 13.0 |
Notes. IUC = intrauterine contraception; NA = not applicable
*
chi-square of dichotomous coding (i.e., very satisfied vs. not very satisfied and very low vs. not very low switching intentions) with method type is significant at p < .001.