Table 1 Demographic characteristics of women aged younger than 20Â years and those aged 20Â years and older before and after the free-LARC program for adolescents was applied
From: Change of contraceptive preference after the free-LARC program for Thai teenagers
Characteristics | Before the program (n = 5388) | P | After the program (n = 3612) | P | Pa | Pb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age < 20 yrs n = 350 (%) | Age ≥ 20 yrs n = 5038 (%) | Age < 20 yrs n = 204 (%) | Age ≥ 20 yrs n = 3408 (%) | |||||
Mean age (y) | 17.9 ± 1.3 | 29.0 ± 6.2 |  | 18.2 ± 2.0 | 29.6 ± 5.5 |  |  |  |
Occupation |  |  |  < 0.001 |  |  |  < 0.001 |  < 0.001 |  < 0.001 |
Agriculture | 5 (1.4) | 92 (1.8) | Â | 5 (2.5) | 39 (1.1) | Â | Â | Â |
Business | 1 (0.3) | 169 (3.4) | Â | 1 (0.5) | 154 (4.5) | Â | Â | Â |
Employee | 51 (14.6) | 2503 (49.7) | Â | 34 (16.7) | 1766 (51.8) | Â | Â | Â |
Government officer | 1 (0.3) | 360 (7.1) | Â | 0 (0.0) | 312 (9.2) | Â | Â | Â |
Merchant | 24 (6.9) | 371 (7.4) | Â | 7 (3.4) | 235 (6.9) | Â | Â | Â |
Housewife/unemployed | 179 (51.1) | 1411 (28.0) | Â | 64 (31.4) | 791 (23.2) | Â | Â | Â |
Student | 89 (25.4) | 132 (2.6) | Â | 93 (45.6) | 111 (3.3) | Â | Â | Â |
Education |  |  |  < 0.001 |  |  |  < 0.001 | 0.002 |  < 0.001 |
None | 26 (7.4) | 490 (9.7) | Â | 8 (3.9) | 275 (8.1) | Â | Â | Â |
Primary school | 31 (8.9) | 390 (7.7) | Â | 18 (8.8) | 94 (2.8) | Â | Â | Â |
High school | 219 (62.6) | 1350 (26.8) | Â | 154 (75.5) | 786 (23.1) | Â | Â | Â |
Diploma | 67 (19.1) | 809 (16.1) | Â | 22 (10.8) | 458 (13.4) | Â | Â | Â |
Bachelor degree | 7 (2.0) | 1864 (37.0) | Â | 2 (1.0) | 1593 (46.7) | Â | Â | Â |
Higher degree | 0 (0.0) | 135 (2.7) | Â | 0 (0.0) | 202 (5.9) | Â | Â | Â |
Sexual relationship |  |  |  < 0.001 |  |  |  < 0.001 | 0.029 | 0.501 |
Single | 9 (2.6) | 9 (0.2) | Â | 14 (6.9) | 10 (0.3) | Â | Â | Â |
Married/cohabiting | 331 (94.6) | 4989 (99.0) | Â | 181 (88.7) | 3368 (98.8) | Â | Â | Â |
Divorced/widowed | 10 (2.9) | 40 (0.8) | Â | 9 (4.4) | 30 (0.9) | Â | Â | Â |
Parity |  |  |  < 0.001 |  |  |  < 0.001 |  < 0.001 |  < 0.001 |
Nulliparous | 12 (3.4) | 31 (0.6) | Â | 48 (23.5) | 90 (2.6) | Â | Â | Â |
Multiparous | 338 (96.6) | 5007 (99.4) | Â | 156 (76.5) | 3318 (97.4) | Â | Â | Â |
Types of visit |  |  | 0.417 |  |  |  < 0.001 |  < 0.001 | 0.122 |
Postpartum care | 306 (87.4) | 4430 (87.9) | Â | 122 (59.8) | 3046 (89.4) | Â | Â | Â |
Postabortion care | 15 (4.3) | 267 (5.3) | Â | 18 (8.8) | 157 (4.6) | Â | Â | Â |
Contraceptive service | 29 (8.3) | 341 (6.8) | Â | 64 (31.4) | 205 (6.0) | Â | Â | Â |