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 | 3142, 3182 | 15.3 (13.6 to 17.0) | 21.3 (19.6 to 23.1) | 54.6 (52.3 to 56.8) | 30.6 (28.57 to 32.67) | 26.2 (24.2 to 28.3) |
Age group (years) | p=0.2423 | p<0.0001 | p=0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | |
16–17 | 195, 116 | 14.3 (9.8 to 20.4) | 58.9 (51.1 to 66.2) | 48.0 (40.4 to 55.8) | 41.2 (34.0 to 48.8) | 7.6 (4.3 to 13.0) |
18–19 | 287, 194 | 17.6 (13.2 to 23.0) | 53.0 (46.2 to 59.6) | 56.9 (49.9 to 63.6) | 46.7 (39.8 to 53.7) | 10.2 (6.9 to 14.8) |
20–24 | 671, 537 | 15.7 (12.7 to 19.3) | 37.3 33.4 to 41.4) | 63.1 (59.0 to 67.0) | 46.0 (41.9 to 50.2) | 16.0 (13.2 to 19.3) |
25–29 | 650, 514 | 12.9 (10.4 to 15.9) | 18.9 (15.6 to 22.6) | 57.1 (52.8 to 61.2) | 30.1 (26.1 to 34.4) | 25.7 (22.2 to 29.4) |
30–34 | 452, 476 | 18.2 (14.6 to 22.5) | 10.8 (7.9 to 14.6) | 55.6 (50.6 to 60.6) | 26.5 (22.3 to 31.2) | 28.3 (23.9 to 33.1) |
35–44 | 452, 802 | 14.3 (11.0 to 18.3) | 5.2 (3.5 to 7.8) | 47.0 (42.1 to 52.0) | 17.6 (14.1 to 21.8) | 38.6 (33.8 to 43.6) |
Ethnic group† | p=0.5357 | p=0.0431 | p=0.0658 | p=0.2708 | p=0.0052 | |
White | 2384, 2256 | 14.9 (13.3 to 16.7) | 21.0 (19.3 to 22.8) | 53.4 (51.0 to 55.7) | 30.7 (28.6 to 32.9) | 27.6 (25.4 to 29.9) |
Black | 89, 97 | 21.2 (13.1 to 32.5) | 28.6 (18.8 to 40.9) | 67.0 (54.7 to 77.4) | 40.1 (28.7 to 52.8) | 12.1 (6.5 to 21.4) |
Black: African | 51, 56 | 18.2 (8.9 to 33.6) | 26.0 (14.1 to 43.0) | 69.6 (52.4 to 82.7) | 41.5 (26.9 to 57.9) | 8.1 (3.2 to 19.3) |
Black: Caribbean | 30, 33 | 22.4 (9.1 to 45.4) | 24.4 (12.0 to 43.3) | 56.7 (34.6 to 76.4) | 31.3 (15.7 to 52.7) | 22.0 (9.3 to 43.7) |
Asian | 119, 170 | 16.4 (10.1 to 25.6) | 15.4 (9.2 to 24.7) | 63.4 (52.4 to 73.2) | 23.1 (15.6 to 32.7) | 16.5 (9.8 to 26.5) |
Mixed/Other | 119, 120 | 17.2 (10.6 to 26.6) | 32.1 (23.6 to 42.1) | 58.7 (47.5 to 68.9) | 33.9 (25.3 to 43.8) | 21.9 (13.2 to 34.2) |
Academic qualifications ‡§ | p=0.1968 | p=0.0265 | p<0.0001 | p=0.0001 | p<0.0001 | |
No academic qualifications | 205, 209 | 19.5 (13.8 to 26.7) | 20.7 (15.1 to 27.7) | 40.8 (33.1 to 49.0) | 26.9 (20.3 to 34.7) | 33.7 (26.0 to 42.4) |
Academic qualifications typically gained at age 16 years | 915, 888 | 15.6 (13.1 to 18.5) | 17.6 (15.1 to 20.5) | 48.5 (44.8 to 52.3) | 25.2 (22.2 to 28.4) | 33.0 (29.4 to 36.9) |
Studying for/attained further academic qualifications | 1432, 1408 | 14.0 (11.9 to 16.3) | 22.8 (20.4 to 25.4) | 61.6 (58.6 to 64.5) | 34.5 (31.6 to 37.4) | 21.3 (18.8 to 24.0) |
Quintiles of Index of Multiple Deprivation | p=0.0461 | p=0.0866 | p=0.8472 | p=0.2125 | p=0.1546 | |
1–2 (lower deprivation) | 1017, 1005 | 13.0 (10.7 to 15.8) | 19.7 (17.2 to 22.6) | 55.4 (51.8 to 59.0) | 30.5 (27.4 to 33.8) | 28.0 (24.8 to 31.5) |
3 | 529, 535 | 14.5 (11.5 to 18.1) | 19.6 (16.3 to 23.5) | 54.2 (49.3 to 59.0) | 27.3 (23.2 to 31.9) | 27.5 (22.9 to 32.6) |
4–5 (higher deprivation) | 1161, 1098 | 17.7 (15.1 to 20.6) | 23.5 (20.9 to 26.2) | 54.0 (50.4 to 57.5) | 32.2 (29.1 to 35.5) | 23.8 (20.9 to 27.0) |
Area type¶ | p=0.3805 | p=0.8600 | p=0.002 | p=0.217 | p=0.002 | |
Urban | 2201, 2166 | 14.9 (13.1 to 16.9) | 21.3 (19.5 to 23.3) | 56.1 (53.6 to 58.6) | 31.1 (28.8 to 33.5) | 24.6 (22.5 to 26.9) |
Rural | 506, 472 | 16.7 (13.4 to 20.7) | 21.0 (17.4 to 25.0) | 47.5 (42.7 to 52.3) | 28.1 (24.2 to 32.4) | 33.2 (28.2 to 38.6) |
Relationship status | p=0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | |
Married/civil partnership | 617, 887 | 19.1 (15.9 to 22.8) | 7.6 (5.7 to 10.2) | 47.0 (42.6 to 51.4) | 17.9 (14.8 to 21.5) | 34.7 (30.5 to 39.0) |
Living with partner | 570, 604 | 17.3 (14.1 to 21.0) | 14.1 (11.4 to 17.3) | 44.0 (39.4 to 48.7) | 25.2 (21.5 to 29.3) | 37.9 (33.4 to 42.6) |
In a steady relationship | 698, 525 | 10.9 (8.6 to 13.6) | 34.9 (30.8 to 39.1) | 61.6 (57.4 to 65.6) | 41.7 (37.3 to 46.1) | 18.4 (15.3 to 21.9) |
Single, never married | 816, 617 | 11.6 (9.1 to 14.7) | 36.2 (32.5 to 40.0) | 70.0 (66.5 to 73.4) | 44.6 (40.7 to 48.6) | 9.1 (7.0 to 11.6) |
Opposite-sex partners, past year | p=0.0289 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | |
1 | 1802, 1913 | 16.3 (14.4 to 18.5) | 15.4 (13.7 to 17.3) | 50.2 (47.5 to 52.9) | 25.6 (23.3 to 28.0) | 31.5 (29.0 to 34.2) |
2+ | 882, 702 | 12.5 (10.2 to 15.4) | 37.3 (33.6 to 41.1) | 66.3 (62.7 to 69.8) | 44.0 (40.1 to 47.9) | 11.9 (9.5 to 14.6) |
Any STI diagnosis (excluding thrush) (past year) | p=0.6319 | p<0.0001 | p=0.5533 | p=0.0342 | p=0.1018 | |
No | 2617, 2552 | 15.1 (13.5 to 16.9) | 20.6 (18.9 to 22.3) | 54.7 (52.4 to 56.9) | 30.3 (28.2 to 32.4) | 26.5 (24.4 to 28.7) |
Yes | 57, 47 | 18.0 (8.5 to 34.1) | 57.4 (42.6 to 71.1) | 50.2 (35.7 to 64.7) | 45.2 (31.1 to 60.1) | 15.5 (7.5 to 29.5) |
Number of children | p=0.0268 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | |
0 | 1893, 1614 | 13.5 (11.7 to 15.6) | 27.8 (25.6 to 30.1) | 61.3 (58.7 to 63.8) | 36.8 (34.3 to 39.4) | 19.4 (17.4 to 21.6) |
1 | 382, 416 | 17.3 (13.3 to 22.1) | 11.6 (8.7 to 15.3) | 43.2 (37.6 to 48.9) | 18.7 (14.9 to 23.2) | 35.9 (30.4 to 41.8) |
2+ | 429, 605 | 18.6 (14.9 to 22.9) | 10.5 (7.8 to 13.9) | 44.6 (39.4 to 49.9) | 22.3 (18.2 to 27.0) | 37.4 (32.3 to 42.8) |
Partner used LARC only (past year) | 177, 193 | 20.4 (14.1 to 28.5) | 7.5 (4.4 to 12.6) | 9.1 (5.4 to 15.0) | 5.2 (2.6 to 10.0) | 64.2 (55.6 to 71.9) |
*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.