Characteristic | Injectables (n=1039) (51.49%) | Pills (n=158) (7.83%) | Condom (n=627) (31.07%) | Others† (n=194) (9.61%) | p |
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Age (years) [median (IQR)] | 25 (21–32) | 26 (23–36) | 26 (21–36) | 38 (23–43) | <0.001‡ |
<25 | 505 (48.60) | 61 (38.61) | 276 (44.02) | 55 (28.35) | |
25–29 | 211 (20.31) | 36 (22.78) | 102 (16.57) | 15 (7.73) | |
30–34 | 119 (11.45) | 19 (12.03) | 72 (11.48) | 16 (8.25) | |
35+ | 294 (19.63) | 42 (26.58) | 177 (28.23) | 108 (55.67) | |
Employment status | 0.050 | ||||
Employed/regular income | 171 (16.46) | 36 (22.78) | 100 (15.95) | 43 (22.16) | |
Not employed/regular income | 868 (83.54) | 122 (77.22) | 527 (84.05) | 151 (77.84) | |
Religion | 0.100 | ||||
Others | 653 (62.85) | 90 (56.96) | 358 (57.10) | 116 (59.79) | |
Christian | 386 (37.15) | 68 (43.04) | 269 (42.90) | 78 (40.21) | |
Level of education | 0.008 | ||||
Secondary school or more | 337 (32.44) | 48 (30.38) | 232 (37.00) | 47 (24.23) | |
Less than secondary school | 702 (67.56) | 110 (69.62) | 395 (63.00) | 147 (75.77) | |
Age at first sex (years) | 0.237 | ||||
<15 | 59 (5.68) | 9 (5.70) | 25 (3.99) | 15 (7.73) | |
15–19 | 816 (78.54) | 121 (76.58) | 487 (77.67) | 140 (72.16) | |
20+ | 164 (15.78) | 28 (17.72) | 115 (18.34) | 39 (20.10) | |
Number of sexual acts in past week | 0.005 | ||||
≤1 | 279 (26.85) | 42 (26.58) | 191 (30.46) | 74 (38.14) | |
2 | 307 (29.55) | 40 (25.32) | 157 (25.07) | 58 (29.90) | |
≥3 | 453 (43.60) | 76 (48.10) | 279 (44.50) | 62 (31.96) | |
Condom used in last sexual act | <0.001 | ||||
Yes | 586 (56.40) | 92 (58.23) | 511 (81.50) | 57 (29.38) | |
No | 453 (43.60) | 66 (41.77) | 116 (18.50) | 137 (70.62) | |
Diagnosis with STIs§ | 0.934 | ||||
Yes | 236 (22.71) | 33 (20.89) | 144 (22.97) | 46 (23.71) | |
No | 803 (77.29) | 125 (79.11) | 483 (77.03) | 148 (76.29) |
*Excluding those women who were sterile or who had undergone tubal ligation.
†Includes traditional methods (oral/vaginal), intrauterine contraceptive device (only three women), etc.
‡Both age variables: Kruskal–Wallis non-parametric test for the median, Chi square (χ2) test for age groups.
§Chlamydia, gonorrhoea or syphilis.
IQR, interquartile range; STI, sexually transmitted infection.