Table 2

Provision of contraception in 2008–2009 in Scotland, UK by age, smoking and deprivation

Study year	Any contraceptive		LARC		EHC
	OR	OR_adj	OR	OR_adj	OR	OR_adj
Age group (years)
12–15	0.13 (0.13–0.14)	0.27 (0.26–0.29)	0.14 (0.11–0.16)	0.35 (0.28–0.42)	0.21 (0.18–0.25)	0.48 (0.40–0.58)
16–19†	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
20–35	1.27 (1.23–1.30)	1.07 (1.04–1.10)	1.98 (1.86–2.11)	1.72 (1.61–1.83)	1.03 (0.97–1.11)	0.90 (0.84–0.96)
36–45	0.62 (0.61–0.64)	0.51 (0.50–0.53)	3.01 (2.82–3.21)	2.58 (2.42–2.74)	0.42 (0.39–0.46)	0.36 (0.33–0.39)
46–55	0.24 (0.24–0.25)	0.20 (0.19–0.20)	1.94 (1.81–2.07)	1.64 (1.54–1.75)	0.10 (0.09–0.12)	0.09 (0.08–0.10)
Smoking status
Never smoked†	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Current smoker	1.00 (0.98–1.02)**	1.02 (1.00–1.04)**	1.56 (1.52–1.61)	1.49 (1.44–1.53)	1.81 (1.72–1.90)	1.91 (1.81–2.00)
Ex-smoker	0.99 (0.97–1.01)**	1.12 (1.10–1.14)	1.43 (1.38–1.48)	1.34 (1.29–1.39)	1.19 (1.11–1.28)	1.41 (1.32–1.52)
Deprivation category
DepCat 1–3† (most affluent)	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
DepCat 4	1.14 (1.12–1.16)	1.11 (1.09–1.13)	1.24 (1.20–1.28)	1.20 (1.17–1.24)	1.26 (1.20–1.33)	1.16 (1.09–1.22)
DepCat 5–7 (least affluent)	1.06 (1.04–1.08)	0.99 (0.97–1.01)**	1.11 (1.07–1.14)	1.05 (1.02–1.08)*	1.10 (1.04–1.16)	0.94 (0.89–1.00)**

All data are presented as odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals. All values shown in table with p<0.001, except *p<0.01, and **p>0.05.
†Reference groups: age groups=16–19 years old; smoking status=never smoked; DepCat=Deprivation Category 1–3 (i.e. most affluent). ‘Any contraceptive’ includes combined oral contraceptive pill, or progestogen-only pill, or LARC or EHC.
EHC, emergency hormonal contraception; LARC, long-acting reversible contraceptive; OR, odds ratio; OR_adj, adjusted OR (age, smoking and deprivation).