Descriptive characteristics of women in the sample by model of contraceptive counselling (n=18 573)
| Descriptive characteristics | Telephone (%) (n=5786) | Integrated (%) (n=12 787) |
| Type of abortion*** | ||
| Medical | 32.7 | 30.1 |
| Surgical | 67.3 | 69.9 |
| Weeks’ gestation*** | ||
| ≤9 | 80.6 | 77.2 |
| 10–15 | 15.3 | 18.1 |
| 16–23 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| Age (years)** | ||
| 12–19 | 19.3 | 18.1 |
| 20–24 | 31.7 | 29.5 |
| 25–29 | 21.5 | 23.5 |
| 30–34 | 15.1 | 15.4 |
| 35–39 | 8.8 | 9.2 |
| 40–51 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| Relationship status*** | ||
| Married | 13.6 | 13.9 |
| Single | 85.0 | 83.4 |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 1.4 | 2.8 |
| Race/ethnicity*** | ||
| White | 66.2 | 77.9 |
| South Asian | 7.3 | 6.3 |
| Black | 12.4 | 7.9 |
| East Asian | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| Mixed/other | 12.5 | 6.6 |
| Previous abortion | ||
| 0 | 60.3 | 60.1 |
| 1+ | 39.7 | 39.9 |
| *Previous difficulty obtaining contraception*** | ||
| No | 59.6 | 97.0 |
| Yes | 40.4 | 3.0 |
| †Method use at conception*** | ||
| Tier 1 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
| Tier 2 | 27.6 | 26.6 |
| Tier 3 | 32.8 | 35.8 |
| No method | 37.1 | 33.8 |
Method type: Tier 1 = intrauterine contraception, implant, sterilisation; Tier 2 = injection, pill, ring, patch; Tier 3 = condom, diaphragm, fertility awareness based method, emergency contraception.
***P<0.001, **P<0.01.
*Information not recorded for 66 women, who were excluded from the sample.
†Information not recorded for 79 women, who were excluded from the sample.