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Table 1 Demographics by Awareness of IUDsa

From: Knowledge and attitudes towards contraceptives among adolescents and young adults

 

Have you heard of the IUD?

P value

Yes

(n = 86)

No

(n = 43)

Gender

 Female

73 (84.9)

25 (58.1)

0.002

 Male

13 (15.1)

18 (41.8)

 

Sexual History

 Sexually Active

78 (90.7)

26 (60.5)

<  0.001

 Never Sexually Active

8 (9.3)

17 (39.5)

 

Birth Control Use (self or partner)

 Yes

62 (72.1)

13 (30.2)

<  0.001

 No

24 (27.9)

30 (60.8)

 

EC Use (self or partner)

 Yes

42 (49.4)

5 (11.9)

 

 No

43 (50.6)

37 (88.1)

<  0.001

  1. aThe results reported are frequency counts with percentages in parenthesis