Table 5 Women’s perceptions about the pill, patch and ring after counseling a
Women who selected specified method | Women who did not select specified method | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perception statement | Method | Strongly agree/agree n (%) | Strongly disagree/disagree n (%) | No opinion/do not know n (%) | Missing (n) | Method (%) | Strongly agree/agree (%) | Strongly disagree/disagree (%) | No opinion/do not know (%) | Missing (n) |
Prevents pregnancy effectively | Pill | 8969 (95.7) | 92 (1.0) | 309 (3.3) | 74 | Pill | 8263 (90.2) | 222 (2.4) | 680 (7.4) | 178 |
Patch | 1284 (84.7) | 11 (0.7) | 221(14.6) | 33 | Patch | 10525(63.6) | 469 (2.8) | 5546(33.5) | 698 | |
Ring | 4837 (89.1) | 13 (0.2) | 580 (10.7) | 110 | Ring | 8348 (66.2) | 270 (2.1) | 3986(31.6) | 643 | |
Many side effects | Pill | 2351 (25.2) | 3941 (42.3) | 3029 (32.5) | 123 | Pill | 4258 (46.5) | 2344 (25.6) | 2564 (28.0) | 177 |
Patch | 151 (10.1) | 649 (43.4) | 696 (46.5) | 53 | Patch | 2429 (14.7) | 3435 (20.9) | 10610 (64.4) | 764 | |
Ring | 361 (6.7) | 2861 (52.9) | 2182 (40.4) | 136 | Ring | 1335 (10.6) | 3200 (25.5) | 8038 (63.9) | 674 | |
Can be dangerous for your health | Pill | 1704 (18.3) | 4528 (48.7) | 3073 (33.0) | 139 | Pill | 3000 (32.8) | 3092 (33.8) | 3045 (33.3) | 206 |
Patch | 119 (7.9) | 804 (53.7) | 574 (38.3) | 52 | Patch | 1575 (9.6) | 6082 (37.0) | 8760 (53.4) | 821 | |
Ring | 339 (6.3) | 3276 (60.7) | 1785 (33.1) | 140 | Ring | 956 (7.6) | 4824 (38.4) | 6774 (54.0) | 693 | |
Easy to use | Pill | 8627 (92.5) | 214 (2.3) | 489 (5.2) | 114 | Pill | 6293 (69.2) | 1473 (16.2) | 1334 (14.7) | 243 |
Patch | 1318 (87.7) | 34 (2.3) | 151 (10.1) | 46 | Patch | 9248 (56.4) | 1779 (10.8) | 5382 (32.8) | 829 | |
Ring | 4188 (77.5) | 149 (2.8) | 1067 (19.7) | 136 | Ring | 4257 (33.9) | 2568 (20.5) | 5716 (45.6) | 706 | |
Easy to forget | Pill | 4894 (52.7) | 2457 (26.5) | 1931 (20.8) | 162 | Pill | 7140 (78.3) | 983 (10.8) | 998 (10.9) | 222 |
Patch | 229 (15.3) | 860 (57.6) | 405 (27.1) | 55 | Patch | 4716 (28.7) | 4635 (28.2) | 7073 (43.1) | 814 | |
Ring | 713 (13.3) | 3179 (59.2) | 1475 (27.5) | 173 | Ring | 2532 (20.2) | 4072 (32.6) | 5902 (47.2) | 741 | |
Regular menstrual bleeding | Pill | 8274 (88.8) | 221 (2.4) | 825 (8.9) | 124 | Pill | 7571 (82.9) | 405 (4.4) | 1155 (12.7) | 212 |
Patch | 1063 (70.7) | 31 (2.1) | 410 (27.3) | 45 | Patch | 8177 (49.9) | 431 (2.6) | 7789 (47.5) | 841 | |
Ring | 4064 (75.5) | 86 (1.6) | 1233 (22.9) | 157 | Ring | 6003 (47.9) | 346 (2.8) | 6180 (49.3) | 718 | |
Protects against cancer | Pill | 2686 (28.9) | 1542 (16.6) | 5076 (54.6) | 140 | Pill | 2687 (29.5) | 1495 (16.4) | 4941 (54.2) | 220 |
Patch | 358 (23.9) | 204 (13.6) | 938 (62.5) | 49 | Patch | 2735 (16.7) | 2458 (15.0) | 11231 (68.4) | 814 | |
Ring | 1457 (27.0) | 645 (11.9) | 3299 (61.1) | 139 | Ring | 1920 (15.3) | 1896 (15.1) | 8725 (69.6) | 706 | |
Many women use it | Pill | 8361 (89.3) | 82 (0.9) | 920 (9.8) | 81 | Pill | 7455 (81.3) | 256 (2.8) | 1454 (15.8) | 178 |
Patch | 413 (27.4) | 185 (12.3) | 910 (60.3) | 41 | Patch | 1744 (10.6) | 4154 (25.2) | 10584 (64.2) | 756 | |
Ring | 1316 (24.4) | 706 (13.1) | 3379 (62.6) | 139 | Ring | 1310 (10.4) | 2756 (21.9) | 8514 (67.7) | 667 | |