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. 2022 Jan 28;2:804135. doi: 10.3389/fgwh.2021.804135

Table 2.

Bivariate associations between categorical variables of interest and discontinuation of baseline method by 12-months (due to side effects and all-cause).

N for row Discontinued due to side effects p N for row Discontinued (all-cause) p
# % # %
Region
Dakar 527 37 7.0% 0.64 548 58 10.6% 0.45
Thiès 150 15 10.0% 159 24 15.1%
Diourbel 123 8 6.5% 131 16 12.2%
Kaffrine 160 12 7.5% 170 22 12.9%
Baseline LARC method
IUD 273 35 12.8% <0.0001 290 52 17.9% 0.0002
Implant 687 37 5.4% 718 68 9.5%
Religion
Muslim 942 69 7.3% 0.14 989 116 11.7% 0.21
Christian 18 3 16.7% 19 4 21.1%
Urbanicity
Rural 210 13 6.2% 0.72 223 26 11.7% 0.71
Peri-urban 141 11 7.8% 151 21 13.9%
Urban 609 48 7.9% 634 73 11.5%
Highest level of education
None 426 30 7.0% 0.14 454 58 12.8% 0.70
Primary 276 16 5.8% 293 33 11.3%
Secondary 199 18 9.0% 201 20 10.0%
More 57 8 14.0% 57 8 14.0%
Married 938 72 7.7% 0.19 984 118 12.0% 0.63
Prior use hormonal contraception 589 40 6.8% 0.35 620 71 11.5% 0.63
Employed 433 27 6.2% 0.18 455 49 10.8% 0.32
Partner employed 909 70 7.7% 0.50 954 115 12.1% 0.59
Access to a phone 930 70 7.5% 0.86 976 116 11.9% 0.92
Side effects would make her want to remove LARC early 529 46 8.7% 0.13 557 74 13.3% 0.14
At baseline, counseled on
Side effects 616 49 8.0% 0.50 647 80 12.4% 0.58
Menstrual changes 531 42 7.9% 0.61 556 67 12.1% 0.90
Pain (abdominal, headache, other) 321 29 9.0% 0.21 334 42 12.6% 0.66
Ability to remove IUD/implant early 825 60 7.3% 0.46 866 101 11.7% 0.50
Social support
Decided to use IUD/implant on her own 718 57 7.9% 0.40 753 92 12.2% 0.64
Partner knows using IUD/implant 651 50 7.7% 0.79 680 79 11.6% 0.65