Variables | Male | Female | Total | Chi-square | P-value | Effect size | |||
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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 |