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Table 4 Probability of individual contraception contributing to contraceptive patterns over time for Australian women born 1989–1995, using a six-status LTA model

From: Patterns of contraceptive use among young Australian women with chronic disease: findings from a prospective cohort study

Latent status

Latent status description (contraceptive pattern)

Item-response probabilities for each status

Condom

Pill

LARCa

Other

None

Status 1

Condom

1.00

0.06

–

–

–

Status 2

Pill and condom

0.91

0.94

–

–

 

Status 3

None

–

–

–

–

0.95

Status 4

Pill

0.10

1.00

–

–

–

Status 5

LARCa and condom

0.19

0.03

1.00

–

–

Status 6

Other and condom

0.18

0.04

–

1.00

–

  1. Dashed cells have probability < 0.01
  2. aLARC refers to the use of hormonal long-acting reversible contraception (progestogen-only implant and the progestogen IUD)