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Table 3 Percentage distribution of sources of information on SRH, contraception, and abortion in Jharkhand, 2012

From: How prepared are young, rural women in India to address their sexual and reproductive health needs? a cross-sectional assessment of youth in Jharkhand

 

SRH Information

Contraception Information

Abortion Information

 

Married

Unmarried

 

Married

Unmarried

 

Married

Unmarried

 
 

(n = 690)

(n = 691)

p-value1

(n = 690)

(n = 691)

p-value

(n = 690)

(n = 691)

p-value

Received any information

89

69

0.001

89

74

0.001

10

3

0.001

Source of Information2

         

 Friends / neighbors

71

79

0.004

80

82

0.485

73

75

0.809

 Family members/ relatives

72

79

0.022

74

72

0.344

42

38

0.697

 Husband

34

--

 

38

--

 

17

--

 

 Outreach (AWW/ASHA)

27

15

<0.001

29

14

<0.001

20

17

0.699

 Mass media

17

20

0.185

22

37

<0.001

13

42

0.003

 Wall Sign

2

10

<0.001

9

20

<0.001

1

8

0.100

 ANM/ Nurse

5

3

0.069

6

3

0.016

9

4

0.468

 Health facility-Public

1

2

0.118

3

1

0.021

3

8

0.258

 Health facility-Private

7

2

<0.001

5

1

<0.001

19

0

0.022

 Other

1

1

0.963

1

<1

0.156

1

0

0.553

  1. AWW Anganwadi worker, ASHA Accredited social health activist, ANM Auxiliary nurse midwife
  2. 1P-value associated with Z-test of two 2 sample proportions
  3. 2Percentage computed among women who reported receiving any information on each topic
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