Participant characteristics of current oral contraceptive users, and by oral contraceptive users obtaining the method over the counter, among women aged 15–54 years in Mexico in 2014 (n=1970)
| Characteristic | All OC users (n, weighted %) | OC users obtaining the method OTC (n, weighted %) |
| All women | 1970, 100% | 993, 54.1% |
| Age (years) | ||
| 15–17 | 37, 1.7% | 23, 65.5% |
| 18–24 | 389, 20.1% | 199, 51.6% |
| 25–34 | 885, 44.0% | 451, 56.1% |
| 35–44 | 530, 27.1% | 261, 53.8% |
| 45–54 | 129, 7.1% | 59, 47.4% |
| Indigenous identity | ||
| Yes | 69, 2.6% | 24, 38.0% |
| No | 1901, 97.4% | 969, 54.6% |
| Household wealth index | ||
| First quintile of wealth distribution | 205, 8.7% | 53, 28.7% |
| Second quintile of wealth distribution | 326, 14.3% | 126, 43.5% |
| Third quintile of wealth distribution | 444, 22.0% | 201, 45.0% |
| Fourth quintile of wealth distribution | 452, 22.7% | 253, 57.4% |
| Fifth quintile of wealth distribution | 543, 32.2% | 360, 69.7% |
| Urbanicity | ||
| Urban locality (>2500 inhabitants) | 1618, 85.4% | 904, 59.0% |
| Rural locality (≤2500 inhabitants) | 352, 14.6% | 89, 25.8% |
| Region | ||
| North region | 1088, 43.9% | 541, 52.1% |
| Central region | 561, 42.4% | 301, 59.0% |
| South region | 321, 13.7% | 151, 45.9% |
| Lives in Federal District | ||
| Yes | 101, 11.1% | 74, 74.1% |
| No | 1869, 88.9% | 919, 51.7% |
| Marital status | ||
| Unmarried/not cohabitating | 398, 22.2% | 235, 60.7% |
| Married/cohabitating | 1572, 77.8% | 758, 52.3% |
| Participant is head of household | ||
| Yes | 245, 11.9% | 132, 54.3% |
| No | 1725, 88.1% | 861, 54.1% |
| Head of household sex | ||
| Male | 1545, 77.4% | 766, 53.8% |
| Female | 425, 22.6% | 227, 55.3% |
| Highest level education completed | ||
| No schooling or some primary | 97, 4.5% | 24, 25.7% |
| Primary | 244, 11.7% | 98, 43.1% |
| Secondary | 614, 29.3% | 257, 45.0% |
| High school | 337, 17.1% | 188, 57.1% |
| Tertiary education | 676, 37.3% | 425, 66.9% |
| Current school enrollment | ||
| In school | 167, 8.6% | 108, 67.0% |
| Not in school | 1803, 91.4% | 885, 52.9% |
| Current work status | ||
| Working | 1110, 58.9% | 616, 59.4% |
| Not working | 860, 41.1% | 377, 46.6% |
| Insurance | ||
| Private insurance | 111, 7.3% | 75, 74.9% |
| Employer-based public insurance | 968, 47.6% | 484, 54.5% |
| Universal (Seguro Popular) insurance | 566, 26.3% | 222, 40.0% |
| None | 325, 18.8% | 212, 65.1% |
| Ever been pregnant | ||
| Yes | 1567, 76.4% | 738, 50.1% |
| No | 403, 23.6% | 225, 67.3% |
| Sexual activity in the past month | ||
| Yes | 275, 13.2% | 113, 50.0% |
| No | 1695, 86.8% | 860, 54.8% |
OC, oral contraceptive; OTC, over the counter.