Table 2 Proportion of all months of contraceptive discontinuation according to the type of discontinuation, by type of contraceptive method. São Paulo, Brazil – 2015
From: Contraceptive discontinuation: frequency and associated factors among undergraduate women in Brazil
Variables | Oral Pill | Condom | Discontinuation for method-related reasons | Abandonment or switching to less effective method | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oral Pill | Condom | Oral Pill | Condom | |||||||
N | N | % | p* | % | p* | % | p* | % | p* | |
Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||||||||
Age (years) | 0.301 | 0.874 | 0.489 | 0.032 | ||||||
18–19 | 2664 | 1053 | 2.4 | 9.4 | 3.1 | 6.5 | ||||
20–24 | 9714 | 2528 | 2.7 | 9.6 | 3.4 | 4.7 | ||||
Race/ethnicity | 0.137 | 0.165 | 0.501 | 0.661 | ||||||
White (caucasian) | 10,186 | 2719 | 2.6 | 9.9 | 3.2 | 5.4 | ||||
Black | 1515 | 660 | 3.3 | 7.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | ||||
Other race/ethnicity** | 677 | 202 | 1.9 | 10.4 | 3.4 | 4.9 | ||||
Religion | 0.029 | 0.348 | 0.029 | 0.817 | ||||||
No religion | 5554 | 1776 | 2.7 | 8.9 | 3.5 | 5.1 | ||||
Roman Catholic | 102 | 968 | 2.2 | 9.9 | 2.8 | 5.0 | ||||
Kardecist Spiritualism Doctrine | 55 | 358 | 2.7 | 10.3 | 3.7 | 5.3 | ||||
Evangelical | 23 | 260 | 2.9 | 8.1 | 3.4 | 5.8 | ||||
Other religion*** | 180 | 219 | 4.7 | 12.8 | 5.4 | 6.8 | ||||
Type of relationship at the time of discontinuation | < 0.001 | 0.054 | < 0.001 | 0.052 | ||||||
Steady | 8733 | 2179 | 2.2 | 8.8 | 2.8 | 5.4 | ||||
Casual relationship | 3645 | 1402 | 3.7 | 10.7 | 4.6 | 4.9 | ||||
Level of status | 0.020 | 0.473 | 0.032 | 0.315 | ||||||
A/B | 9946 | 2705 | 2.5 | 9.7 | 3.2 | 5.4 | ||||
C – D/E | 2432 | 876 | 3.3 | 8.9 | 4.0 | 4.6 | ||||
Educational Background | ||||||||||
Field of study | 0.045 | 0.510 | 0.234 | 0.563 | ||||||
Human Sciences | 4822 | 1591 | 3.1 | 10.1 | 3.6 | 5.3 | ||||
Health Sciences | 4662 | 1310 | 2.3 | 8.8 | 3.0 | 5.5 | ||||
Exact Sciences | 2894 | 680 | 2.5 | 9.4 | 3.3 | 4.4 | ||||
Period of study | 0.002 | 0.830 | 0.037 | 0.907 | ||||||
Full-time | 6514 | 1700 | 2.2 | 9.4 | 3.0 | 5.2 | ||||
Part-time | 5864 | 1881 | 3.1 | 9.6 | 3.7 | 5.3 | ||||
Campus | 0.007 | 0.134 | 0.043 | 0.340 | ||||||
São Paulo | 7761 | 2672 | 2.9 | 9.1 | 3.4 | 5.0 | ||||
Out of São Paulo | 4617 | 909 | 2.1 | 10.8 | 3.2 | 5.8 | ||||
Time since first sexual intercourse | 0.046 | 0.050 | 0.314 | 0.927 | ||||||
≤ 1 years | 2099 | 685 | 2.1 | 12.0 | 2.8 | 5.4 | ||||
2–3 years | 4372 | 1368 | 2.4 | 8.8 | 3.3 | 5.0 | ||||
≥ 4 years | 5907 | 1528 | 3.0 | 9.1 | 3.5 | 5.3 | ||||
Number of sexual partners in lifetime | < 0.001 | 0.666 | < 0.001 | 0.612 | ||||||
1 partner | 4783 | 1011 | 1.6 | 9.2 | 2.0 | 4.6 | ||||
2–3 partners | 3355 | 1079 | 2.7 | 10.2 | 3.5 | 5.6 | ||||
≥ 4 partners | 4240 | 1491 | 3.8 | 9.3 | 4.7 | 5.4 | ||||
Previous pregnancy | < 0.001 | 0.053 | 0.001 | 0.320 | ||||||
No | 365 | 3482 | 2.5 | 9.4 | 3.2 | 5.3 | ||||
Yes | 18 | 99 | 7.7 | 15.1 | 7.2 | 3.0 | ||||
Total | 12,378 | 3581 | 2.7 | 9.5 | 3.3 | 5.2 | ||||