Multiple Method Contraception Use among African American Adolescents in Four US Cities
Table 1
Results of predicting dual/multiple contraceptive use typology (N = 850).
Predictor Variable
Contraceptive use category
Condoms Plus
Hormonal Plus
Condom and Hormonal Only
Some Less Effective Method
No Method
Select safe partners
1.01 (.85 – 1.20)
1.50 (1.15– 1.96)
1.16 (.98–1.37)
1.23 (1.01–1.49)
1.25 (1.03–1.51)
Someone you just met or casual partner
.64 (.31–1.33)
1.46 (.47–4.51)
.72 (.35–1.49)
1.13 (.49–2.60)
1.77 (.83–3.87)
Someone you knew well but not a steady partner
.76 (.48–1.19)
.55 (.20 –1.55)
.46 (.27–.78)
.98 (.57–1.72)
.97 (.55–1.74)
Female
1.01 (.67 –1.50)
2.23 (1.02–4.89)
1.18 (.77–1.80)
2.47 (1.49–4.10)
2.37 (1.41–3.97)
16-17 years old at baseline
.69 (.47 –1.01)
3.76 (1.64–8.65)
1.39 (.93–2.07)
1.15 (.72–1.82)
.94 (.58–1.51)
Pregnancy attempt or pregnancy in past 12 months
.45 (.18–1.13)
.18 (.06 –.55)
.40 (.16 –.96)
.35 (.13–.90)
.11 (.05–.24)
Notes: entries are odds ratios relative to the omitted group (Condoms Only). Bold, italic coefficients are significant at .05 level or less. Confidence intervals of odds ratio in parentheses.
