Table 1 Baseline characteristics
|  | Control N = 298, % (n) | Intervention N = 275, % (n) | All participants N = 573, % (n) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | mean [sd] | 20.00 [2.41] | 19.93 [2.24] | 19.98 [2.33] |
16–19 | 53.02 (158) | 56.73 (156) | 54.80 (314) | |
20–24 | 46.98 (140) | 43.27(119) | 45.20(259) | |
Gender | female | 45.97(137) | 47.27 (130) | 46.60 (267) |
male | 54.03 (161) | 52.73 (145) | 53.40 (306) | |
Marital status | married | 6.71 (20) | 5.82 (16) | 6.28 (36) |
not-married | 93.29 (278) | 94.18 (259) | 93.72 (537) | |
Number of children | 0 | 95.64 (285) | 97.09 (267) | 96.34 (552) |
1 | 2.01 (6) | 2.18 (6) | 2.09 (12) | |
2 or more | 2.35 (7) | 0.73 (2) | 1.57 (9) | |
Ethnicity | Tajik | 92.62 (276) | 93.82 (258) | 93.19 (534) |
Russian | 2.35 (7) | 0.36 (1) | 1.40 (8) | |
Uzbek | 5.03 (15) | 5.45 (15) | 5.24 (30) | |
other | 0 (0) | 0.36 (1) | 0.17 (1) | |
Occupation | school | 17.79 (53) | 17.09 (47) | 17.45 (100) |
university | 68.46 (204) | 70.55 (194) | 69.46 (398) | |
working | 10.74 (32) | 10.55 (29) | 10.65 (61) | |
training | 0.67 (2) | 0 (0) | 0.35 (2) | |
parent | 0.34 (1) | 0 (0) | 0.17 (1) | |
not working | 1.68 (5) | 1.82 (5) | 1.75 (10) | |
university & working | 0.34 (1) | 0 (0) | 0.17 (1) | |
Highest level of education completed | primary | 12.75 (38) | 13.09 (36) | 12.91 (74) |
secondary | 66.11 (197) | 59.64 (164) | 63.00 (361) | |
university | 19.46 (58) | 25.82 (71) | 22.51 (129) | |
other | 1.68 (5) | 1.45 (4) | 1.57 (9) | |
Current pregnancy intention (‘Do you want a pregnancy now?) | yes | 3.02 (9) | 4.00 (11) | 3.49 (20) |
no | 12.42 (37) | 5.82 (16) | 9.25 (53) | |
unsure | 1.01 (3) | 0.73 (2) | 0.87 (5) | |
not marrieda | 83.56 (249) | 89.45 (246) | 86.39 (495) | |
Baseline method | none | 31.88 (95) | 29.45 (81) | 30.72 (176) |
male condom | 2.01 (6) | 1.09 (3) | 1.57 (9) | |
IUDb | 0.67 (2) | 0 (0) | 0.35 (2) | |
not marrieda | 65.10 (194) | 69.09 (190) | 67.02 (384) | |
LAMc | 0 (0) | 0.36 (1) | 0.17 (1) | |
other | 0.34 (1) | 0 (0) | 0.17 (1) | |
At least one effective method is acceptable | yes | 2.68 (8) | 1.82 (5) | 2.27 (13) |
no | 97.32 (290) | 98.18 (270) | 97.73 (560) | |
Pill acceptability | yes | 1.34 (4) | 0.73 (2) | 1.05 (6) |
no | 98.66 (294) | 99.27 (273) | 98.95 (567) | |
IUD acceptability | yes | 1.34 (4) | 0 (0) | 0.70 (4) |
no | 98.66 (294) | 100 (275) | 99.30 (569) | |
Injection acceptability | yes | 0.67 (2) | 1.45 (4) | 1.05 (6) |
no | 99.33 (296) | 98.55 (271) | 98.95 (567) | |
Implant acceptability | yes | 0.34 (1) | 0.73 (2) | 0.52 (3) |
no | 99.66 (297) | 99.27 (273) | 99.48 (570) | |