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Table 2 Median percentages using specific methods among current users of any method: single women aged 15-24 years, sexually active in the past 3 months

From: Long term trends in behaviour to protect against adverse reproductive and sexual health outcomes among young single African women

Period

Condoms

Oral contraceptives and injectables

Other modern methods

IUDs and implants

Periodic Abstinence

Other traditional methods

Median (95% CI)

Median (95% CI)

Median (95% CI)

Median (95% CI)

Median (95% CI)

Median (95% CI)

1991–1995

25.9 (6.2, 34.0)

10.4 (5.7, 41.7)

0.3 (0.0, 1.1)

0.0 (0.0, 2.3)

45.9 (20.0, 69.7)

4.2 (1.2, 10.1)

1996–2000

35.2 (27.7, 47.7)

13.2 (10.9, 33.4)

0.0 (0.0, 0.8)

0.0 (0.0, 0.2)

25.2 (14.9, 48.3)

4.7 (2.5, 6.1)

2001–2005

61.1 (47.9, 68.4)

19.9 (12.8, 28.1)

0.4 (0.0, 0.7)

0.0 (0.0, 0.2)

14.0 (4.6, 29.0)

4.1 (1.8, 6.1)

2006–2010

58.5 (45.4, 69.5)

20.9 (15.5, 31.4)

0.4 (0.0, 1.5)

0.0 (0.0, 0.0)

4.9 (0.4, 13.2)

3.7 (1.7, 7.0)

2011–2015

51.3 (34.8, 65.9)

24.0 (11.0, 33.7)

2.4 (0.8, 9.5)

0.8 (0.0, 1.9)

6.4 (1.4, 15.0)

2.1 (1.4, 4.4)