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Table 1 Demographic and sexual history characteristics by sex (n = 1372)

From: Sex differences in the awareness of emergency contraceptive pills associated with unmarried Korean university students’ intention to use contraceptive methods: an online survey

Characteristic

Category

Total

Men (n = 755)

Women (n = 617)

χ2 (p) or t (p)

n (%) or mean ± SD

Demographic characteristics

 Age

<22 years

764 (55.7)

373 (49.4)

391 (63.4)

26.84 (<0.001)

 

>22 years

608 (44.3)

382 (50.6)

226 (36.6)

 
  

23.54 ± 3.60

24.04 ± 3.65

22.94 ± 2.62

32.63 (<0.001)

 Grade

Freshman

176 (12.8)

78 (10.3)

98 (15.9)

20.42 (<0.001)

 

Sophomore

168 (12.2)

104 (13.8)

64 (10.4)

 
 

Junior

186 (13.6)

105 (13.9)

81 (13.1)

 
 

Senior

281 (20.5)

136 (18.0)

145 (23.5)

 
 

Graduate student

561 (40.9)

332 (44.0)

229 (37.1)

 

 Major

Humanities and society

264 (19.2)

118 (15.6)

146 (23.7)

196.90 (<0.001)

 

Business administration

34 (2.5)

21 (2.8)

13 (2.1)

 
 

Science and engineering

531 (38.7)

404 (53.5)

127 (20.6)

 
 

Agriculture biotechnology

161 (11.7)

66 (8.7)

95 (15.4)

 
 

Medicine and nursing

113 (8.2)

33 (4.4)

80 (13.0)

 
 

Law

14 (1.0)

9 (1.2)

5 (0.8)

 
 

Education

108 (7.9)

54 (7.2)

54 (8.8)

 
 

Veterinary medicine and pharmacy

57 (4.2)

27 (3.6)

30 (4.9)

 
 

Music and art

67 (4.9)

10 (1.3)

57 (9.2)

 
 

Free or associated major

23 (1.7)

13 (1.7)

10 (1.6)

 

 Religion

No

519 (37.8)

264 (35.0)

255 (41.3)

5.84 (0.02)

 

Yes

853 (62.2)

491 (65.0)

362 (58.7)

 

 Smoking

Non-smoking

1067 (77.8)

538 (71.3)

529 (85.7)

44.00 (<0.001)

 

Previous smoking

176 (12.8)

118 (15.6)

58 (9.4)

 
 

Currently smoking

129 (9.4)

99 (13.1)

30 (4.9)

 

 Alcohol drinking

None

102 (7.4)

44 (5.8)

58 (9.4)

33.99 (<0.001)

1–2/month

746 (54.4)

374 (49.5)

372 (60.3)

 
 

1/week

367 (26.7)

233 (30.9)

134 (21.7)

 
 

2–3/week

143 (10.4)

92 (12.2)

51 (8.3)

 
 

over

14 (1.0)

12 (1.6)

2 (0.3)

 

Sexual history characteristics

 Sexual experience

Never experienced

507 (37.0)

248 (32.8)

259 (42.0)

25.78 (<0.001)

Experienced with different partners

200 (14.6)

140 (18.5)

60 (9.7)

 

Experienced with fixed partner

665 (48.5)

367 (48.6)

298 (48.3)

 

Number of sexual partners (n = 865)

3.48 ± 5.71

4.09 ± 7.04

2.62 ± 2.69

14.08 (<0.001)

 Sexuality patterns (n = 865)

Opposite sex

839 (97.0)

490 (96.6)

349 (97.5)

17.66 (0.001)

Same sex

11 (1.3)

10 (2.0)

1 (0.3)

 

Both

15 (1.7)

7 (1.4)

8 (2.2)

 

 STI experiences (n = 865)

No

830 (96.0)

493 (97.2)

337 (94.1)

17.25 (<0.001)

Yes

35 (4.0)

14 (2.8)

21 (5.9)

 

 Previous use of emergency contraceptive pills (n = 865)

No

682 (78.8)

432 (85.2)

250 (69.8)

29.74 (<0.001)

Yes

183 (21.2)

75 (14.8)

108 (30.2)

 

 Previous condom use (n = 865)

No

33 (3.8)

13 (2.6)

20 (5.6)

5.22 (0.03)

Yes

832 (96.2)

494 (97.4)

338 (94.4)

 

 Previous use of oral contraceptive pills (n = 865)

No

693 (80.1)

433 (85.4)

260 (72.6)

21.51 (<0.001)

Yes

172 (19.9)

74 (14.6)

98 (27.4)

 

 Previous use of withdrawal method (n = 865)

No

629 (72.7)

372 (73.4)

257 (71.8)

0.27 (0.64)

Yes

236 (27.3)

135 (26.6)

101 (28.2)

 

 Previous use of rhythm method (n = 865)

No

521 (60.2)

320 (63.1)

201 (56.1)

4.26 (0.04)

Yes

344 (39.8)

187 (36.9)

157 (43.9)

 

 Previous unwanted sex (n = 865)

No

762 (88.1)

471 (92.9)

291 (81.3)

26.99 (<0.001)

Yes

103 (11.9)

36 (7.1)

67 (18.7)

 

 Previous unwanted pregnancy (n = 865)

No

822 (95.0)

483 (95.3)

339 (94.7)

0.15 (0.75)

Yes

43 (5.0)

24 (4.7)

19 (5.3)

 

 Previous abortion (n = 865)

No

836 (96.6)

494 (97.4)

342 (95.5)

2.35 (0.13)

Yes

29 (3.4)

13 (2.6)

16 (4.5)

 
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