Table 3 Sex differences in ECP awareness by levels of previous ECP use (n = 1210)
Characteristic | Category | Total | Men (n = 654) | χ2 (p) or t (p) | Total | Women (n = 556) | χ2 (p) or t (p) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unused ECPa (n = 580) | Used ECPb (n = 580) | Unused ECP (n = 448) | Used ECP (n = 108) | ||||||
n (%) or mean ± SD | n (%) or mean ± SD | ||||||||
Maximum time for taking ECP | Incorrect | 434 (66.4) | 397 (68.4) | 37 (50.0) | 10.01 (<0.01) | 352 (63.3) | 304 (67.9) | 48 (44.4) | 20.54 (<0.001) |
Correct | 220 (33.6) | 183 (31.6) | 37 (50.0) | 204 (36.7) | 144 (32.1) | 60 (55.6) | |||
ECP use is necessary | Disagree | 15 (2.3) | 14 (2.4) | 1 (1.4) | 0.33 (1.00) | 5 (0.9) | 3 (0.7) | 2 (1.9) | 1.37 (0.25) |
Agree | 639 (97.7) | 566 (97.6) | 73 (98.6) | 551 (99.1) | 445 (99.3) | 106 (98.1) | |||
ECP should be available OTC | Disagree | 254 (38.8) | 228 (39.3) | 26 (35.1) | 0.48 (0.53) | 233 (41.9) | 186 (41.5) | 47 (43.5) | 0.14 (0.75) |
Agree | 400 (61.2) | 352 (60.7) | 48 (64.9) | 323 (58.1) | 262 (58.5) | 61 (56.5) | |||
ECP should be prescribed by a doctor | Unnecessary | 414 (63.3) | 371 (64.0) | 43 (58.1) | 0.97 (0.37) | 319 (57.4) | 257 (57.4) | 62 (57.4) | 0.00 (1.00) |
Necessary | 240 (36.7) | 209 (36.0) | 31 (41.9) | 237 (42.6) | 191 (42.6) | 46 (42.6) | |||
ECP is necessary for women’s health | No | 146 (22.3) | 138 (23.8) | 8 (10.8) | 6.38 (0.01) | 98 (17.6) | 85 (19.0) | 13 (12.0) | 2.88 (0.09) |
Yes | 508 (77.7) | 442 (76.2) | 66 (89.2) | 458 (82.4) | 363 (81.0) | 95 (88.0) | |||
ECP is necessary in cases of | |||||||||
Rape | No | 2 (0.3) | 2 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0.26 (1.00) | 2 (0.4) | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0.48 (1.00) |
Yes | 652 (99.7) | 578 (99.7) | 74 (100.0) | 554 (99.6) | 446 (99.6) | 108 (100.0) | |||
Condom breakage | No | 88 (13.5) | 84 (14.5) | 4 (5.4) | 4.64 (0.03) | 91 (16.4) | 83 (18.5) | 8 (7.4) | 7.86 (<0.01) |
Yes | 566 (86.5) | 496 (85.5) | 70 (94.6) | 465 (83.6) | 365 (81.5) | 100 (92.6) | |||
Unwanted sex | No | 62 (9.5) | 57 (9.8) | 5 (6.8) | 0.72 (0.53) | 39 (7.0) | 33 (7.4) | 6 (5.6) | 0.44 (0.68) |
Yes | 592 (90.5) | 523 (90.2) | 69 (93.2) | 517 (93.0) | 415 (92.6) | 102 (94.4) | |||
ECP will reduce unwanted Pregnancy | No | 59 (9.0) | 57 (9.8) | 2 (2.7) | 4.06 (0.05) | 40 (7.2) | 39 (8.7) | 1 (0.9) | 7.89 (<0.01) |
Yes | 595 (91.0) | 523 (90.2) | 72 (97.3) | 516 (92.8) | 409 (91.3) | 107 (99.1) | |||
ECP can cause sex with multiple partners | No | 458 (70.0) | 405 (69.8) | 53 (71.6) | 0.10 (0.79) | 368 (66.2) | 293 (65.4) | 75 (69.4) | 0.64 (0.50) |
Yes | 196 (30.0) | 175 (30.2) | 21 (28.4) | 188 (33.8) | 155 (34.6) | 33 (30.6) | |||