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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents (n = 500)

From: Awareness and attitudes towards emergency contraceptive pills among young people in the entertainment places, Vientiane City, Lao PDR

Characteristics

Male

Female

Total

Chi-square

P-value

Effect size

 

N = 100

%

N = 400

%

N = 500

%

   

Age

      

4.908

0.086

0.099

 15-19

31

31.0

140

35.0

171

34.2

   

 20-25

52

52.0

160

40.0

215

43.0

   

 26- 30

17

17.0

97

24.3

114

22.8

   

Marital status

      

4.338

0.114

0.093

 Single

93

93.0

341

85.3

434

86.8

   

 Married

7

7.0

57

14.3

64

12.8

   

 Divorced

0

0.0

2

0.5

2

0.4

   

Education

      

18.128

0.003

0.190

 Primary

1

1.0

20

5.0

21

4.2

   

 Junior Secondary

3

3.0

52

13.0

55

11.0

   

 Senior Secondary

55

55.0

157

39.3

212

42.4

   

 Vocational

2

2.0

26

6.5

28

5.6

   

 Technician

11

11.0

44

11.0

55

11.0

   

 Bachelor degree & other

28

28.0

101

25.3

129

25.8

   

Occupation

      

14.62

0.023

0.171

 Student

58

58.0

163

40.8

221

44.2

   

 Public servant

16

16.0

111

27.8

127

25.4

   

 Laborer

8

8.0

41

10.3

49

9.8

   

 Merchants / Business

9

9.0

42

10.5

51

10.2

   

 Unemployed

8

8.0

23

5.8

31

6.2

   

 House wife

0

0.0

14

3.5

14

2.8

   

 Farmer

1

1.0

6

1.5

7

1.4

   

Religion

      

9.217

0.009

0.135

 Buddhist

85

85.0

376

94.0

461

92.2

   

 Animist

13

13.0

20

5.0

33

6.6

   

 Christian

2

2.0

4

1.0

6

1.2

   
  1. Note: .10 - small effect size.
  2. 30 - medium effect size.
  3. 50 - large effect size.