Table 1 Age-specific percentage of adolescents who were aware of emergency contraception and those who had used EC according to the year of survey
Emergency contraception | Prescription status for EC | Non-prescription status for EC | N | p-value * | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | 2001 | 2003 | |||
Awareness of EC | |||||
Age | |||||
12 | 58 | 67 | 61 | 1164 | 0.02 |
14 | 91 | 94 | 96 | 3966 | <0.001 |
16 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 3732 | 0.18 |
18 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 3051 | 0.29 |
EC use | |||||
Age | |||||
14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3966 | 0.22 |
16 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 3732 | 0.24 |
18 | 24 | 26 | 29 | 3051 | 0.09 |