Table 2 The contraceptive methods used among 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 (%) | |||||
Contraceptive methods |  |  |  < 0.001 |  |  |  < 0.001 |  < 0.001 |  < 0.001 |
Combined oral pill | 19 (5.4) | 295 (5.9) | Â | 7 (3.4) | 138 (4.0) | Â | Â | Â |
Progestin only pill | 80 (22.9) | 1508 (29.9) | Â | 21 (10.3) | 1117 (32.8) | Â | Â | Â |
Condom | 12 (3.4) | 505 (10.0) | Â | 8 (3.9) | 450 (13.2) | Â | Â | Â |
DMPA | 209 (59.7) | 2191 (43.5) | Â | 44 (21.6) | 1240 (36.4) | Â | Â | Â |
Subdermal Implant | 9 (2.6) | 117 (2.3) | Â | 115 (56.4) | 219 (6.4) | Â | Â | Â |
IUD | 1 (0.3) | 70 (1.4) | Â | 0 (0.0) | 14 (0.4) | Â | Â | Â |
Vaginal Ring | 0 (0.0) | 13 (0.3) | Â | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | Â | Â | Â |
Male sterilization | 0 (0.0) | 4 (0.1) | Â | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.1) | Â | Â | Â |
Female sterilization | 2 (0.6) | 54 (1.1) | Â | 0 (0.0) | 14 (0.4) | Â | Â | Â |
Non-use | 18 (5.1) | 281 (5.6) | Â | 9 (4.4) | 213 (6.3) | Â | Â | Â |