Table 4 Demographic characteristics and contraceptive methods of postpartum and non-postpartum women before, during and after the program
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Postpartum n = 4736 (%) | Non-postpartum n = 652 (%) | Postpartum n = 3168 (%) | Non-postpartum n = 444 (%) | |||||
Mean age (y) ± SD | 27.8 ± 5.5 | 31.8 ± 8.8 |  | 29.0 ± 5.5 | 28.5 ± 8.8 |  |  |  |
Age Groups |  |  |  < 0.001 |  |  |  < 0.001 |  < 0.001 |  < 0.001 |
 ≤ 19 | 306 (6.5) | 44 (6.7) |  | 122 (3.9) | 82 (18.5) |  |  |  |
20–29 | 2716 (57.3) | 227 (34.8) |  | 1614 (50.9) | 167 (37.6) |  |  |  |
30–39 | 1612 (34.0) | 264 (40.5) |  | 1346 (42.5) | 149 (33.6) |  |  |  |
 ≥ 40 | 102 (2.2) | 117 (17.9) |  | 86 (2.7) | 46 (10.4) |  |  |  |
Occupation |  |  |  < 0.001 |  |  |  < 0.001 |  < 0.001 |  < 0.001 |
Agriculture | 54 (1.1) | 43 (6.6) | Â | 34 (1.1) | 10 (2.3) | Â | Â | Â |
Business | 143 (3.0) | 27 (4.1) | Â | 128 (4.0) | 27 (6.1) | Â | Â | Â |
Employee | 2,283 (48.2) | 271 (41.6) | Â | 1,616 (51.0) | 184 (41.4) | Â | Â | Â |
Government officer | 302 (6.4) | 59 (9.0) | Â | 282 (8.9) | 30 (6.8) | Â | Â | Â |
Merchant | 328 (6.9) | 67 (10.3) | Â | 222 (7.0) | 20 (4.5) | Â | Â | Â |
Housewife/unemployed | 1,441 (30.4) | 149 (22.9) | Â | 795 (25.1) | 60 (13.5) | Â | Â | Â |
Student | 185 (3.9) | 36 (5.5) | Â | 91 (2.9) | 113 (25.5) | Â | Â | Â |
Education |  |  |  < 0.001 |  |  |  < 0.001 |  < 0.001 |  < 0.001 |
None | 448 (9.5) | 68 (10.4) | Â | 246 (7.8) | 37 (8.3) | Â | Â | Â |
Primary school | 322 (6.8) | 99 (15.2) | Â | 90 (2.8) | 22 (5.0) | Â | Â | Â |
High school | 1,395 (29.5) | 174 (26.7) | Â | 768 (24.2) | 172 (38.7) | Â | Â | Â |
Diploma | 800 (16.9) | 76 (11.7) | Â | 427 (13.5) | 53 (11.9) | Â | Â | Â |
Bachelor degree | 1,665 (35.2) | 206 (31.6) | Â | 1,464 (46.2) | 131 (29.5) | Â | Â | Â |
Higher degree | 106 (2.2) | 29 (4.4) | Â | 173 (5.5) | 29 (6.5) | Â | Â | Â |
Sexual relationship |  |  |  < 0.001 |  |  |  < 0.001 | 0.739 | 0.021 |
Single | 8 (0.2) | 10 (1.5) | Â | 5 (0.2) | 19 (4.3) | Â | Â | Â |
Married/cohabiting | 4,684 (98.9) | 636 (97.5) | Â | 3128 (98.7) | 421 (94.8) | Â | Â | Â |
Divorced/widowed | 44 (0.9) | 6 (0.9) | Â | 35 (1.1) | 4 (0.9) | Â | Â | Â |
Parity |  |  |  < 0.001 |  |  |  < 0.001 | 0.017 |  < 0.001 |
Nulliparous | 4 (0.1) | 39 (6.0) | Â | 10 (0.3) | 128 (28.8) | Â | Â | Â |
Multiparous | 4,732 (99.9) | 613 (94.0) | Â | 3158 (99.7) | 316 (71.2) | Â | Â | Â |
Contraceptive methods |  |  |  < 0.001 |  |  |  < 0.001 |  < 0.001 |  < 0.001 |
Combined oral pill | 163 (3.4) | 151 (23.2) | Â | 58 (1.8) | 87 (19.6) | Â | Â | Â |
Progestin only pill | 1,582 (33.4) | 6 (0.9) | Â | 1135 (35.8) | 3 (0.7) | Â | Â | Â |
Condom | 470 (9.9) | 47 (7.2) | Â | 419 (13.2) | 39 (8.8) | Â | Â | Â |
DMPA | 2,250 (47.5) | 150 (23.0) | Â | 1238 (39.1) | 46 (10.4) | Â | Â | Â |
Subdermal Implant | 44 (0.9) | 82 (12.6) | Â | 143 (4.5) | 191 (43.0) | Â | Â | Â |
IUD | 13 (0.3) | 58 (8.9) | Â | 2 (0.1) | 12 (2.7) | Â | Â | Â |
Vaginal Ring | 1 (0.0) | 12 (1.8) | Â | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | Â | Â | Â |
Male sterilization | 4 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | Â | 3 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | Â | Â | Â |
Female sterilization | 1 (0.0) | 55 (8.4) | Â | 3 (0.1) | 11 (2.5) | Â | Â | Â |
Non-use | 208 (4.4) | 91 (14.0) | Â | 167 (5.3) | 55 (12.4) | Â | Â | Â |