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Table 4 Knowledge of sex/pregnancy, contraception and abortion among married and unmarried young women 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

 

Married (n = 690)

Unmarried (n = 691)

 
 

N

(%)

n

(%)

p-value1

Knowledge of Sex and pregnancy

     

 No correct response

18

(3)

99

(14)

 

 1-2 correct responses

244

(35)

449

(65)

 

 3-4 correct responses

370

(54)

139

(20)

 

 5 & above

58

(8)

4

(1)

 

Composite Score [Range 0–6]

     

 Mean

2.9

 

1.8

 

<0.001

 (sd)

(1.24)

 

(1.07)

  

Knowledge of contraception

     

 No correct response

0

(0)

4

(1)

 

 1–2 correct responses

261

(38)

563

(82)

 

 3–4 correct responses

322

(47)

120

(17)

 

 5 & above

107

(16)

4

(1)

 

Composite Score [Range 0–8]

     

 Mean

3.0

 

1.7

 

<0.001

 (sd)

(1.45)

 

(0.89)

  

Knowledge of legal aspect of safe abortion

     

 No correct response

382

(55)

488

(71)

 

 1–2 correct responses

274

(40)

186

(27)

 

 3–4 correct responses

31

(5)

15

(2)

 

 5 correct responses

3

(<1)

2

(<1)

 

Composite Score [Range 0–5]

     

 Mean

0.7

 

0.4

 

<0.001

 (sd)

(0.90)

 

(0.75)

  
  1. 1P-value associated with Z-test of two sample proportions