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. 2022 Apr 26;22:556. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-07965-9

Table 3.

Proportion of women choosing a more effective contraceptive method, by LS, all women (total) and immigrants

Baseline/LS1
Pre-QIC
1st Sep-12th Dec 2018
LS2
(13th Dec 2018-5th March 2019)
LS3
(6th March-4th June 2019)
LS4
(5th June-31st Aug 2019)
Increase in more effective method in %
Less effective/ no methodb
n (%)
More effective methodsa
n (%)
Less effective/
No methodb
n (%)
More effective methodsa
n (%)
Less effective/ no methodb
n (%)
More effective methodsa
n (%)
Less effective/ no methodb
n (%)
More effective methodsa
n (%)
LS4 vs. LS1 LS3 vs. LS1 LS2 vs. LS1
Immigrants 51 (70) 22 (30) 30 (48) 33 (52) 34 (45) 41 (55) 45 (53) 40 (47) + 16.9 (0.03)c + 24.5 + 22.2
TOTAL 98 (64) 55 (36) 49 (45) 59 (55) 66 (46) 78 (54) 80 (49) 82 (51) +  14.7 (0.008)c + 18.2 + 18.7

aMore effective contraception was defined as short-acting reversible contraception (SARC), including contraceptive pills, the combined hormonal contraceptive patch and ring, progestin only injectables and long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), including subdermal implant, intrauterine devices and levonorgestrel intrauterine systems. bLess effective methods were defined as a choice of methods such as barrier methods, withdrawal, natural family planning or choice of no method at all

cChi2-test was used to calculate p-values regarding the difference in choice of more effective contraceptive method between LS 4 and 1

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