Prevalence of source(s) used to obtain contraceptive supplies in the past year among women aged 16–44 years who had had vaginal sex in the past year by sociodemographic and behavioural characteristics*
| Sociodemographic and behavioural characteristics | General practice | Community clinics | Retail | More than one | None | |
| Denominators (unweighted, weighted) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | |
| All | 4571, 3088 | 59.1 (57.2 to 61.0) | 23.0 (21.6 to 24.5) | 28.6 (26.9 to 30.3) | 27.3 (25.7 to 28.9) | 13.0 (11.6 to 14.4) |
| Age group (years) | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p=0.0255 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | |
| 16–17 | 242, 118 | 50.3 (43.5 to 57.0) | 53.7 (46.8 to 60.5) | 23.9 (18.4 to 30.4) | 43.5 (36.8 to 50.5) | 11.5 (7.7 to 16.9) |
| 18–19 | 345, 182 | 59.7 (53.9 to 65.3) | 45.2 (39.4 to 51.1) | 21.4 (17.2 to 26.4) | 36.2 (30.8 to 42.0) | 7.2 (4.5 to 11.4) |
| 20–24 | 865, 504 | 67.3 (63.6 to 70.7) | 36.5 (32.8 to 40.3) | 29.4 (26.1 to 33.0) | 40.9 (37.3 to 44.5) | 6.1 (4.5 to 8.2) |
| 25–29 | 1042, 522 | 66.0 (62.5 to 69.3) | 19.7 (17.3 to 22.3) | 30.2 (27.1 to 33.5) | 27.7 (24.8 to 30.7) | 8.8 (7.0 to 11.0) |
| 30–34 | 725, 464 | 60.0 (55.8 to 64.0) | 17.1 (14.3 to 20.2) | 31.0 (27.3 to 35.0) | 24.4 (21.2 to 28.0) | 13.4 (10.8 to 16.7) |
| 35–44 | 629, 758 | 49.6 (45.5 to 53.8) | 9.9 (7.6 to 12.7) | 27.8 (24.4 to 31.5) | 15.0 (12.4 to 18.0) | 21.7 (18.4 to 25.4) |
| Ethnic group† | p<0.0001 | p=0.0002 | p=0.0263 | p=0.0687 | p=0.1049 | |
| White | 3410, 2223 | 61.4 (59.3 to 63.4) | 22.2 (20.7 to 23.7) | 28.3 (26.6 to 30.1) | 27.4 (25.8 to 29.1) | 12.3 (10.9 to 13.8) |
| Black | 120, 92 | 38.7 (28.9 to 49.4) | 40.2 (30.2 to 51.0) | 23.2 (16.0 to 32.6) | 26.1 (18.5 to 35.5) | 16.0 (9.2 to 26.5) |
| Black: African | 64, 51 | 46.7 (32.6 to 61.3) | 32.7 (21.0 to 47.0) | 21.2 (12.1 to 34.5) | 23.9 (14.3 to 37.2) | 17.8 (8.5 to 33.7) |
| Black: Caribbean | 41, 28 | 29.2 (16.0 to 47.1) | 57.9 (38.8 to 75.0) | 30.2 (16.0 to 49.7) | 41.8 (25.1 to 60.7) | 9.9 (3.3 to 26.5) |
| Asian | 160, 126 | 39.3 (30.9 to 48.3) | 18.5 (12.3 to 26.9) | 39.3 (31.1 to 48.2) | 19.2 (13.4 to 26.9) | 16.8 (11.2 to 24.3) |
| Mixed/other | 163, 113 | 49.3 (40.2 to 58.5) | 31.5 (23.7 to 40.6) | 24.7 (17.7 to 33.3) | 30.7 (23.0 to 39.5) | 19.3 (12.2 to 29.2) |
| Academic qualificationsठ| p=0.0474 | p=0.0251 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p=0.3574 | |
| No academic qualifications | 270, 162 | 63.1 (56.3 to 69.5) | 27.2 (21.2 to 34.3) | 14.8 (10.6 to 20.3) | 21.5 (16.5 to 27.6) | 9.8 (6.6 to 14.5) |
| Academic qualifications typically gained at age 16 years | 1225, 791 | 62.7 (59.2 to 66.0) | 20.0 (17.6 to 22.6) | 24.1 (21.4 to 27.0) | 22.8 (20.3 to 25.4) | 12.1 (9.9 to 14.6) |
| Studying for/attained further academic qualifications | 2150, 1463 | 57.8 (55.3 to 60.3) | 23.7 (21.8 to 25.8) | 32.8 (30.5 to 35.3) | 30.8 (28.7 to 33.0) | 13.2 (11.4 to 15.1) |
| Quintiles of Index of Multiple Deprivation | p=0.7373 | p<0.0001 | p=0.8767 | p=0.3140 | p=0.1343 | |
| 1–2 (lower deprivation) | 1354, 950 | 59.6 (56.5 to 62.6) | 18.5 (16.4 to 20.9) | 28.9 (26.3 to 31.7) | 26.0 (23.6 to 28.5) | 14.7 (12.6 to 17.2) |
| 3 | 780, 528 | 59.9 (55.8 to 64.0) | 24.1 (21.1 to 27.4) | 29.0 (25.5 to 32.8) | 26.7 (23.3 to 30.5) | 11.7 (9.0 to 15.1) |
| 4–5 (higher deprivation) | 1714, 1070 | 58.2 (55.2 to 61.2) | 26.5 (24.1 to 29.0) | 28.0 (25.5 to 30.7) | 28.7 (26.2 to 31.2) | 12.0 (10.1 to 14.1) |
| Area type¶ | p=0.0010 | p<0.0001 | p=0.8584 | p=0.0386 | p=0.3058 | |
| Urban | 3162, 2082 | 57.6 (55.5 to 59.8) | 24.6 (23.0 to 26.3) | 28.5 (26.6 to 30.4) | 28.1 (26.3 to 29.9) | 13.3 (11.8 to 14.9) |
| Rural | 686, 465 | 65.7 (61.5 to 69.7) | 15.8 (13.1 to 19.1) | 28.9 (25.2 to 32.9) | 23.6 (20.2 to 27.4) | 11.4 (8.7 to 14.9) |
| Relationship status | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p=0.4251 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | |
| Married/civil partnership | 1044, 924 | 52.5 (49.1 to 55.8) | 11.1 (9.1 to 13.5) | 29.8 (26.8 to 33.1) | 18.0 (15.5 to 20.8) | 18.7 (16.0 to 21.6) |
| Living with partner | 899, 621 | 65.2 (61.5 to 68.7) | 21.1 (18.4 to 24.1) | 27.3 (24.2 to 30.6) | 27.1 (24.2 to 30.3) | 10.8 (8.4 to 13.7) |
| In a steady relationship | 993, 515 | 65.5 (62.0 to 68.8) | 36.3 (33.0 to 39.8) | 29.7 (26.4 to 33.2) | 38.8 (35.4 to 42.4) | 6.7 (5.0 to 8.9) |
| Single, never married | 902, 482 | 57.1 (53.4 to 60.7) | 34.1 (30.5 to 37.9) | 26.6 (23.3 to 30.2) | 32.9 (29.4 to 36.5) | 11.7 (9.4 to 14.4) |
| Opposite-sex partners, past year | p=0.4996 | p<0.0001 | p=0.1243 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | |
| 1 | 2889, 2023 | 59.0 (56.7 to 61.1) | 18.8 (17.3 to 20.4) | 28.0 (26.1 to 30.0) | 23.7 (22.1 to 25.5) | 14.4 (12.9 to 16.2) |
| 2+ | 937, 510 | 60.4 (56.8 to 63.9) | 39.7 (36.0 to 43.5) | 31.0 (27.6 to 34.7) | 41.7 (38.2 to 45.4) | 6.8 (5.2 to 8.8) |
| Any STI diagnosis (excluding thrush) (past year) | p=0.9270 | p<0.0001 | p=0.4544 | p<0.0001 | p=0.0038 | |
| No | 3729, 2482 | 59.1 (57.2 to 61.1) | 22.2 (20.8 to 23.6) | 28.7 (27.0 to 30.5) | 26.8 (25.2 to 28.4) | 13.2 (11.8 to 14.6) |
| Yes | 94, 49 | 59.7 (46.2 to 71.9) | 65.4 (52.7 to 76.2) | 24.3 (15.0 to 37.0) | 56.8 (46.0 to 67.0) | 3.7 (1.5 to 9.0) |
| Pregnancy in past year | p=0.4000 | p<0.0001 | p=0.3186 | p=0.0002 | p=0.0004 | |
| Pregnancy: unplanned/ambivalent | 306, 178 | 59.8 (53.0 to 66.3) | 32.3 (26.6 to 38.5) | 28.4 (22.5 to 35.1) | 32.0 (26.4 to 38.1) | 6.1 (3.7 to 9.9) |
| Pregnancy: planned | 293, 188 | 60.5 (54.1 to 66.6) | 13.9 (10.2 to 18.8) | 24.6 (19.7 to 30.3) | 20.5 (16.0 to 25.9) | 17.2 (12.6 to 23.1) |
| Trying to get pregnant | 176, 125 | 53.3 (44.3 to 62.1) | 16.6 (11.3 to 23.7) | 20.0 (14.1 to 27.5) | 15.2 (10.5 to 21.6) | 20.8 (14.0 to 29.6) |
| No pregnancy | 1551, 1100 | 56.2 (53.2 to 59.2) | 17.4 (15.4 to 19.7) | 26.3 (23.8 to 28.9) | 21.0 (18.8 to 23.3) | 16.2 (14.1 to 18.7) |
| Number of children | p=0.0081 | p<0.0001 | p=0.0007 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | |
| 0 | 1936, 1210 | 62.0 (59.5 to 64.5) | 29.8 (27.6 to 32.1) | 31.9 (29.5 to 34.4) | 35.3 (32.9 to 37.7) | 9.3 (7.8 to 11.1) |
| 1 | 783, 459 | 58.0 (54.0 to 62.0) | 19.6 (16.7 to 22.8) | 26.0 (22.6 to 29.7) | 22.4 (19.3 to 25.8) | 13.4 (10.7 to 16.8) |
| 2+ | 1119, 874 | 55.6 (52.1 to 59.1) | 15.3 (13.1 to 17.9) | 25.3 (22.4 to 28.3) | 18.7 (16.4 to 21.3) | 17.8 (15.2 to 20.7) |
| Used LARC only (past year) | 509, 374 | 48.0 (42.6 to 53.4) | 23.4 (19.5 to 27.7) | 2.0 (1.2 to 3.5) | 7.4 (5.5 to 10.0) | 30.8 (26.1 to 36.0) |
*P-values indicate differences within exposure category (ie, source of contraceptive supplies). Row percentages are presented; the categories are not mutually exclusive and add up to more than 100%.
†P-value presented corresponds to the categories: White, Black, Asian, Mixed/Other.
‡Participants aged ≥17 years.
§English General Certificate of Secondary Education or equivalent.
¶Urban is defined as areas with a population of >=10 000 people.
LARC, long-acting reversible contraception; STI, sexually transmitted infection.