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Table 1 Women´s socio-demographic characteristics and lifetime exposure to intimate partner violence stratified by ever use of hormonal emergency contraception (HEC)

From: Who is using the morning-after pill? Inequalities in emergency contraception use among ever partnered Nicaraguan women; findings from a national survey

Characteristic

HE. contraception No

HE. contraception Yes

All

n = 7901

n = 383

n = 8284

 

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

Age. Mean (SE)*

28.5 (0.14)

25.8 (0.34)

28.3 (0.13)

Residency. Rural*

48.2 (44.1-52.4)

9.1 (6.3-13.0)

45.9 (41.0-50.0)

Education*

   

No education

15.7 (14.2-17.0)

0.5 (0.0-1.5)

14.8 (13.4-16.1)

Primary school

42.8 (40.9-44.6)

10.8 (7.2-15.8)

40.8 (39.0-42.7)

High school education

31.7 (29.9-33.6)

48.7 (42.1-55.4)

32.8 (30.9-34.7)

College education

9.8 (8.6-11.0)

40.0 (33.6-46.4)

11.6 (10.2-13.0)

Parity. Mean (SE)*

2.49 (0.03)

1.28 (0.06)

2.41 (0.04)

Socioeconomic status*

   

Low

25.4 (22.2-28.3)

2.2 (1.0-4.7)

24.0 (21.1-26.8)

Medium - low

21.4 (19.8-23.2)

4.5 (2.6-7.2)

20.4 (18.7-22.1)

Intermediate

20.0 (18.4-21.6)

13.0 (9.3-17.6)

19.6 (18.0-21.2)

Medium - high

18.5 (16.5-20.2)

29.5 (23.5-36.2)

19.1 (17.2-20.9)

High

14.7 (12.9-16.7)

50.8 (43.8-57.8)

16.9 (14.8-19.2)

Current use of reversible

   

Contraception. Yes

57.7 (56.1-59.2)

60.4 (53.9-66.6)

57.8 (56.3-59.3)

Emotional IPV. Yes┼

43.6 (42.0-45.2)

49.3 (43.1-55.5)

43.9 (42.4-45.5)

Physical IPV. Yes┼

23.2 (22.0-24.1)

27.7 (21.9-34.2)

23.4 (22.3-24.6)

Sexual IPV. Yes┼

10.9 (10.0-11.8)

12.4 (8.6-17.4)

11.0 (10.1-11.9)

Controlling behavior by partner. Yes┼

53.7 (52.0-55.4)

57.2 (50.7-63.3)

54.0 (52.3-55.6)

  1. *T-test or Chi2 test, p < 0.05. ┼Lifetime exposure to intimate partner violence. Weighted percentages and 95% CIs shown.