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Table 5 Reasons for willingness to use or not use ECPs in future with yes answers

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

Variables

Male

Female

Total

Chi-square

P-value

Effect size

 

N = 57

%

N = 277

%

N = 334

%

   

Reasons for using ECPs (n = 334)

         

Easy to use

26

45.6

146

52.7

172

51.5

0.952

0.383

0.053

Cheap price

0

0.0

13

4.7

13

3.9

2.783

0.0.095

0.091

Minimum side effects

5

8.8

41

14.8

46

13.8

1.447

0.293

0.065

High effectiveness

37

64.9

166

59.9

203

60.8

0.493

0.483

0.038

Reasons for non-use of ECPs (n = 166)

Male N = 43

%

Female N = 123

%

Total N = 166

%

   

Do not know selling place

1

2.3

3

2.4

4

2.4

0.001

0.967

0.003

Do not know how to use

2

4.6

11

8.9

13

7.8

0.813

0.367

0.070

No one gives information

2

4.6

9

7.3

11

6.6

0.366

0.545

0.047

Concerned about health effects

36

83.7

70

56.9

106

63.8

9.22

0.002

0.244

Concerned about effectiveness

4

9.3

17

13.8

21

12.6

0.588

0.443

0.059

Concerned about the price

0

0.0

5

4.1

5

3.0

1.802

0.179

0.104

  1. Note: Multiple responses.
  2. .10 - small effect size.
  3. .30 - medium effect size.
  4. .50 - large effect size.