Community health worker promotions increase uptake of long-acting reversible contraception in Rwanda

Table 1 Demographics by LARC method uptake among (C)FPC clients (n = 8 clinics)

	Non-LARC uptakers (N = 329)		LARC uptakers (N = 5743)		p-value^a	IUD uptakers (N = 940)		p-value^b	Implant uptakers (N = 4803)		p-value^c	p-value^d
	N	%	N	%		N	%		N	%
Age (mean, SD)	28.4	5.3	28.4	5.9	> 0.999	29.0	5.3	0.078	28.3	6.0	0.743	<.001
Referral issued to					<.0001			<.0001			<.0001	0.005
Woman alone	257	78%	3589	63%		550	59%		3039	64%
Couple	72	22%	2117	37%		385	41%		1732	36%
Educational Level					0.235			0.001			0.005	<.0001
None	9	3%	263	5%		12	1%		251	5%
Primary	176	60%	3622	63%		477	51%		3145	66%
Secondary	92	32%	1633	29%		367	39%		1266	27%
Higher Degree	14	5%	194	3%		80	9%		114	2%
Religion					<.0001			0.089			<.0001	<.0001
Protestant	141	49%	2882	50%		405	43%		2477	52%
Catholic	114	39%	2475	43%		440	47%		2035	43%
Muslim	7	2%	129	2%		25	3%		104	2%
None/Other	28	10%	227	4%		65	7%		162	3%
Marital status					0.233			<.0001			0.095	<.0001
Legally married	148	51%	2721	48%		565	60%		2156	45%
Cohabiting/common law-union	113	39%	2505	44%		336	36%		2169	45%
Single, widowed, separated	29	10%	485	8%		35	4%		450	9%
Number of children living (mean, SD)	2.0	1.2	2.2	1.3	0.004	2.2	1.2	0.010	2.2	1.3	0.004	1.000
Number of additional children desired (mean, SD)	2.5	1.3	2.2	1.5	<.0001	2.0	1.4	<.0001	2.3	1.5	0.008	<.0001
Current contraceptive method ^e					<.0001			0.005			<.0001	<.0001
Condoms/none/traditional ^f	155	47%	3308	58%		522	56%		2786	58%
Injectable	107	33%	1629	28%		226	24%		1403	29%
OCPs	66	20%	564	10%		173	18%		391	8%
Implant	1	0%	226	4%		14	1%		212	4%
IUD	0	0%	15	0%		5	1%		10	0%
Collapsed categories current contraceptive					<.0001			0.001			<.0001	<.0001
Condoms/none/traditional	155	47%	3308	58%		522	56%		2786	58%
Injectable/OCPs	173	53%	2193	38%		399	42%		1794	37%
LARC	1	0%	241	4%		19	2%		222	5%

Counts may not sum to total due to missingness
LARC Long-acting reversible contraceptive. (C)FPC (Couples) Family Planning Counseling, IMP Contraceptive implant, IUD Intra-uterine device, SD standard deviation
P-values from Chi-square (or Fisher’s exact) tests for categorical variables or t-tests for continuous variables are two-sided
^aLARC uptakers vs. non-LARC uptakers
^bIUD uptakers vs. non-LARC uptakers
^cImplant uptakers vs. non-LARC uptakers
^dImplant vs IUD
^eCurrent reported contraceptive use on the day women came to the clinic with a community health worker referral
^fMost (> 95%) of these method users are no method users with occasional condom use; traditional method users are combined given similar typical use-failure rates

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