Do Indonesian medical practitioners approve the availability of emergency contraception over-the-counter? A survey of general practitioners and obstetricians in Jakarta

Table 3 The association between approval for OTC availability of EC and other variables

Variables (n = 276)	Approves EC as an OTC product		Disapproves EC as an OTC product¹
	n	%	n	%
Age group ²
Younger	23	18	121	82	0.0025⁴
Older	43	34	85	66
Missing = 1
Gender
Male	47	30	112	70	0.0418
Female	22	19	95	81
Speciality
GP	25	17	124	83	0.0006
O&G	44	35	83	65
Location of work
Jakarta	63	25	190	75
Other	1	14	6	86	0.8569
Both	4	31	9	69
Missing = 3
Knowledge score ³
Very good	19	34	37	66
Good	22	33	45	67	0.0086
Poor	25	19	110	82
Missing = 18
Prescribes EC
Yes	57	37	96	63	<0.0001
No	12	11	100	89
Missing = 5

EC: emergency contraception; GP: general practitioner, O&G: obstetrician and gynaecologist, OTC: over the counter
¹Includes "not sure"
²Younger: 21 – 40 years, older: 41 – 70 years
³Very good (4 or 5 out of 5 correct), Good (3 out of 5 correct), and Poor (none or 1 or 2 out of 5 correct)
⁴Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test was used to examine the association between variables and attitude (Kruskall-Wallis test was used for location of work)

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