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Table 5 Postabortion Contraceptive Outcomes by Age Group, among clients who received contraceptive counseling

From: The association of quality contraceptive counseling measures with postabortion contraceptive method acceptance and choice: results from client exit interviews across eight countries

 

All Clients Receiving Contraceptive Counseling (N = 2,097)

Age Groups

Under 25

( n = 939)

25 and over

( n = 1,158)

n

%

n

%

n

%

Client felt like she was able to make the choice about her contraceptive method (or no method)

 Yes

1842

88.5%

817

87.8%

1025

89.0%

 No

240

11.5%

113

12.2%

127

11.0%

 Missing

15

 

9

 

6

 

Client received a modern contraceptive method postabortion***

 Yes

1487

70.9%

707

75.3%

780

67.4%

 No

610

29.1%

232

24.7%

378

32.6%

 Missing

0

     

Contraceptive Method Received a ***

 Condoms

113

5.4%

47

5.0%

66

5.7%

 Oral pills

179

8.5%

71

7.6%

108

9.3%

 Emergency Pills

4

0.2%

3

0.3%

1

0.1%

 Contraceptive Patch

2

0.1%

1

0.1%

1

0.1%

 Injectables

532

25.4%

251

26.7%

281

24.3%

 Implant

503

24.0%

269

28.6%

234

20.2%

 IUCD

143

6.8%

64

6.8%

79

6.8%

 Female Sterilization

13

0.6%

2

0.2%

11

0.9%

 No modern method

608

29.0%

231

24.6%

377

32.6%

 Missing

0

 

0

 

0

0%

  1. Percentages shown exclude missing data
  2. a For clients that received more than one modern contraceptive method (n = 4), the most effective method was selected.
  3. P-values reported from Chi-square test or Fisher’s Exact test for expected cell counts < 5. P-values from bivariate analyses demonstrate differences between each outcome variable and client age group.
  4. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001