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Table 1 Demographic characteristics by country

From: Women’s perceptions and reasons for choosing the pill, patch, or ring in the CHOICE study: a cross-sectional survey of contraceptive method selection after counseling

Question

All

Austria

Belgium

Israel

Netherl

Sweden

Switzerl

CZ&SVK

Poland

Russia

Ukraine

 

(N=18,787)

(N=2478)

(N=1801)

(N=1802)

(N=727)

(N=1944)

(N=2629)

(N=1954)

(N=1836)

(N=1749)

(N=1867)

Age, mean (SD)

25.8 (6.4)

24.9 (6.5)

27.8 (6.3)

26.7 (6.0)

24.4 (7.0)

22.6 (6.1)

23.7 (6.3)

26.6 (6.7)

26.8 (5.9)

27.3 (5.7)

27.4 (5.8)

Highest educational level, n (%)

 

Primary school

2163 (11.6)

396 (16.2)

34 (1.9)

51 (2.8)

87 (12.2)

195 (10.1)

1032 (39.9)

241 (12.4)

72 (3.9)

24 (1.4)

31 (1.7)

Completed high school

5565 (29.8)

832 (33.9)

581 (32.3)

612 (34.2)

339 (47.7)

1041 (53.9)

710 (27.4)

298 (15.3)

753 (41.2)

180 (10.4)

219 (11.8)

Advanced education

5192 (27.8)

728 (29.7)

826 (46.0)

469 (26.2)

225 (31.6)

198 (10.2)

472 (18.2)

1014 (52.0)

239 (13.1)

466 (26.9)

555 (29.8)

University

5724 (30.7)

495 (20.2)

355 (18.9)

660 (36.8)

60 (8.4)

498 (25.8)

374 (14.5)

397 (20.4)

762 (41.7)

1065 (61.4)

1058 (56.8)

Missing

143

27

5

10

16

12

41

4

10

14

4

Employment status, n (%)

 

Not employed

5614 (30.5)

846 (35.3)

518 (29.3)

410 (23.0)

169 (24.9)

901 (47.3)

726 (28.4)

592 (31.5)

582 (31.9)

414 (23.9)

456 (24.5)

Part-time employed

3619 (19.7)

452 (18.9)

263 (14.9)

531 (29.7)

316 (46.5)

506 (26.5)

509 (19.9)

184 (9.8)

256 (14.1)

262 (15.1)

340 (18.3)

Full-time employed

9147 (49.8)

1096 (45.8)

988 (55.9)

845 (47.3)

194 (28.6)

499 (26.2)

1318 (51.6)

1103 (58.7)

984 (54.0)

1054 (60.9)

1066 (57.3)

Missing

407

84

32

16

48

38

76

75

14

19

5

Do you plan to have (more) children later?

 

No

3420 (18.5)

351 (14.4)

479 (26.7)

214 (11.9)

110 (15.4)

192 (10.7)

259 (10.1)

503 (26.0)

475 (26.2)

340 (19.6)

497 (26.7)

Yes

11,552 (62.6)

1562 (63.9)

1027 (57.3)

1365 (76.2)

410 (57.4)

1077 (60.2)

1802 (70.0)

1172 (60.6)

1028 (56.7)

1130 (65.0)

979 (52.6)

Do not know yet

3479 (18.9)

531 (21.7)

286 (16.0)

213 (11.9)

194 (27.2)

521 (29.1%)

512 (19.9)

258 (13.3)

310 (17.1)

268 (15.4)

386 (20.7)

Missing

336

34

9

10

13

154

56

21

23

11

5

Have you had unplanned pregnancies?

 

No

14,848 (79.9)

2196 (89.7)

1638 (91.4)

1444 (80.6)

616 (86.5)

1528 (79.2)

2384 (91.6)

1541 (79.1)

1513 (83.1)

1041 (60.2)

947 (52.4)

Yes

3732 (20.1)

252 (10.3)

154 (8.6)

348 (19.4)

96 (13.5)

401 (20.8)

220 (8.4)

407 (20.9)

307 (16.9)

687 (39.8)

860 (47.6)

Missing

207

30

9

10

15

15

25

6

16

21

60

Have you had induced abortions?

 

No

13,423 (82.2)

2164 (91.9)

1603 (94.2)

1481 (84.2)

633 (90.8)

1576 (82.9)

2357 (92.5)

1623 (84.6)

0

1025 (59.9)

961 (55.1)

Yes

2914 (17.8)

191 (8.1)

99 (5.8)

277 (15.8)

64 (9.2)

325 (17.1)

192 (7.5)

296 (15.4)

1 (100)

686 (40.1)

783 (44.9)

Missing

2450

123

99

44

30

43

80

35

1835

38

123

Are you in a steady relationship with a partner?

 

No

3181 (17.0)

615 (25.0)

257 (14.3)

264 (14.8)

199 (27.9)

392 (20.3)

467 (17.9)

321 (16.5)

266 (14.5)

165 (9.5)

235 (12.6)

Yes

15,492 (83.0)

1843 (75.0)

1541 (85.7)

1522 (85.2)

513 (72.1)

1543 (79.7)

2147 (82.1)

1621 (83.5)

1566 (85.5)

1569 (90.5)

1627 (87.4)

Missing

114

20

3

16

15

9

15

12

4

15

5

Last contraceptive method (four most cited)

 

Combined oral contraceptive pill

7652 (41.8)

1179 (49.3)

1206 (67.4)

844 (47.9)

314 (44.7)

828 (43.5)

1245 (48.3)

795 (42.0)

697 (38.7)

175 (10.6)

369 (19.8)

Condoms

4622 (25.2)

438 (18.3)

94 (5.3)

379 (21.5)

137 (19.5)

529 (27.8)

608 (23.6)

398 (21.0)

448 (24.9)

783 (47.6)

808 (43.4)

Natural Family Planning

1010 (5.5)

49 (2.0)

11 (0.6)

45 (2.6)

5 (0.7)

9 (0.5)

37 (1.4)

100 (5.3)

61 (3.4)

419 (25.5)

274 (14.7)

I have not used contraception previously

1877 (10.2)

228 (9.5)

72 (4.0)

144 (8.2)

127 (18.1)

157 (8.3)

254 (9.9)

301 (15.9)

357 (19.8)

112 (6.8)

125 (6.7)

  1. Country: All, all countries combined; Netherl, Netherlands; Switzerl, Switzerland; CZ&SVK, Czech & Slovak Republics.