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Table 3 Reasons not to choose the pill, patch, or ring (all countries combined)

From: Women’s perceptions and reasons for choosing the pill, patch, or ring in the CHOICE study: a cross-sectional survey of contraceptive method selection after counseling

Reasons why women who selected the:

Patch or ring

Pill or ring

Pill or patch

Did not select the:

Pilla

Patchb

Ringc

 

(%)

(%)

(%)

Daily use

5083 (72.0)

Not interested in weekly contraception

3879 (26.0)

Not interested in monthly contraception

2174 (19.8)

More convenient methods are available

3364 (47.6)

5893 (39.5)

4406 (40.2)

Not easy to use

541 (7.7)

1163 (7.8)

2766 (25.2)

Heard negative stories

1337 (18.9)

1908 (12.8)

993 (9.1)

Not effective

144 (2.0)

411 (2.8)

159 (1.5)

Will forget to take it

4788 (67.8)

Will forget to remove and replace

2877 (19.3)

Will forget to remove

1959 (17.9)

Do not like to detach from skin

3851 (25.8)

Do not like to use a foreign body

5308 (48.4)

No regular menstrual bleeding

339 (4.8)

486 (3.3)

436 (4.0)

Very old method

742 (10.5)

Cost

187 (2.6)

1957 (13.1)

2387 (21.8)

Not effective with certain antibiotics

1958 (27.7)

Efficacy reduced by vomiting, diarrhea

3167 (44.9)

Not discrete, visible

7911 (53.0)

Can fall off

7228 (48.4)

Can fall out

2116 (19.3)

Can irritate skin

5817 (38.9)

Do not know anybody who uses it

63 (0.9)

3920 (26.2)

3709 (33.8)

Doctor did not recommend it

441 (6.2)

1216 (8.1)

653 (6.0)

My partner does not like it

170 (2.4)

595 (4.0)

885 (8.1)

Side effects

2433 (34.5)

481 (3.2)

277 (2.5)

Dangerous

324 (4.6)

75 (0.5)

105 (1.0)

Other

318 (4.5)

727 (4.9)

592 (5.4)

  1. ‘—’ = reason not asked for particular method; other = other reason not previously specified.
  2. amissing responses, n = 28; bmissing responses, n = 47; cmissing responses, n = 34.