Non-adherence by self-report†
n=24/172 (14.0%)
Non-adherence by pharmacy record‡
n=110/202 (54.5%)
Predictor Total, n
(col %)
Non-adherent, n
(col %)
Prevalence (%) Prevalence ratio (95% CI) P-value Total, n
(col %)
Non-adherent, n (col %) Prevalence (%) Prevalence ratio (95% CI) P-value
Age at screening (years): 0.542 0.150
18-24 90 (52.3) 15 (62.5) 16.7 1.28 (0.40, 4.04) 0.677 104 (51.5) 52 (47.3) 50.0 1.04 (0.67, 1.61) 0.865
25-29 59 (34.3) 6 (25.0) 10.2 0.78 (0.21, 2.86) 0.707 71 (35.1) 45 (40.9) 63.4 1.32 (0.86, 2.02) 0.210
30-34 23 (13.4) 3 (12.5) 13.0 Ref. 27 (13.4) 13 (11.8) 48.1 Ref.
Marital status: 0.459 0.559
Single 30 (17.9) 5 (21.7) 16.7 0.72 (0.20, 2.58) 0.617 31 (15.7) 19 (17.3) 61.3 1.43 (0.73, 2.78) 0.293
Married/cohabiting 125 (74.4) 15 (65.2) 12.0 0.52 (0.17, 1.56) 0.244 153 (77.3) 85 (77.3) 55.6 1.30 (0.70, 2.41) 0.413
Other 13 (7.7) 3 (13.0) 23.1 Ref. 14 (7.1) 6 (5.5) 42.9 Ref.
Religion: 0.119 0.549
Roman Catholic 76 (44.4) 11 (47.8) 14.5 0.58 (0.24, 1.40) 0.225 89 (44.3) 51 (46.4) 57.3 0.97 (0.69, 1.35) 0.837
Other Christian 71 (41.5) 6 (26.1) 8.5 0.34 (0.12, 0.95) 0.040 80 (39.8) 40 (36.4) 50.0 0.84 (0.59, 1.21) 0.351
Other non-Christian 24 (14.0) 6 (26.1) 25.0 Ref. 32 (15.9) 19 (17.3) 59.4 Ref.
Highest education completed:
Primary or less 116 (68.2) 15 (65.2) 12.9 0.87 (0.39, 1.93) 0.737 135 (67.5) 76 (69.7) 56.3 1.11 (0.84, 1.47) 0.472
Secondary or higher 54 (31.8) 8 (34.8) 14.8 Ref. 65 (32.5) 33 (30.3) 50.8 Ref.
Employment status:
Employed 107 (62.9) 11 (47.8) 10.3 0.54 (0.25, 1.15) 0.110 126 (63.0) 66 (60.6) 52.4 0.90 (0.70, 1.16) 0.426
Unemployed 63 (37.1) 12 (52.2) 19.0 Ref. 74 (37.0) 43 (39.4) 58.1 Ref.
Main source of personal income:
Salary-based 88 (51.5) 9 (39.1) 10.2 0.61 (0.28, 1.33) 0.210 105 (52.2) 48 (43.6) 45.7 0.71 (0.55, 0.91) 0.008
Not salary-based/None 83 (48.5) 14 (60.9) 16.9 Ref. 96 (47.8) 62 (56.4) 64.6 Ref.
Parity: N/A N/A 0.407
0 live births 10 (5.9) 0 (0.0) 0.0 14 (7.0) 8 (7.3) 57.1 0.95 (0.58, 1.54) 0.831
1-2 live births 88 (51.8) 15 (65.2) 17.0 103 (51.5) 52 (47.3) 50.5 0.84 (0.65, 1.09) 0.181
3 or more live births 72 (42.4) 8 (34.8) 11.1 83 (41.5) 50 (45.5) 60.2 Ref.
Hormonal contraceptive method at screening:
DMPA 135 (78.5) 16 (66.7) 11.9 0.55 (0.25, 1.18) 0.124 161 (79.7) 87 (79.1) 54.0 0.96 (0.71, 1.31) 0.811
OCPs 37 (21.5) 8 (33.3) 21.6 Ref. 41 (20.3) 23 (20.9) 56.1 Ref.
Age (years) of first sex:
14 or less 35 (25.5) 7 (35.0) 20.0 1.57 (0.68, 3.62) 0.290 45 (27.8) 28 (32.6) 62.2 1.26 (0.94, 1.68) 0.127
15 or older 102 (74.5) 13 (65.0) 12.7 Ref. 117 (72.2) 58 (67.4) 49.6 Ref.
History of unwanted/forced sex:
Yes 57 (33.3) 9 (39.1) 15.8 1.29 (0.59, 2.79) 0.525 64 (31.8) 38 (34.5) 59.4 1.13 (0.87, 1.46) 0.353
No 114 (66.7) 14 (60.9) 12.3 Ref. 137 (68.2) 72 (65.5) 52.6 Ref.
Pregnancy intentions in next 12 months:
Intends/desires to get pregnant 8 (4.8) 1 (5.0) 12.5 1.05 (0.16, 6.91) 0.957 8 (4.7) 4 (5.2) 50.0 1.10 (0.54, 2.25) 0.788
No intent/desire to get pregnant 160 (95.2) 19 (95.0) 11.9 Ref. 161 (95.3) 73 (94.8) 45.3 Ref.
Incident pregnancy:
Yes 5 (2.9) 2 (8.3) 40.0 3.04 (0.97, 9.51) 0.057 5 (2.5) 2 (1.8) 40.0 0.73 (0.25, 2.15) 0.568
No 167 (97.1) 22 (91.7) 13.2 Ref. 197 (97.5) 108 (98.2) 54.8 Ref.
Would recommend CVR to others:
Agrees 154 (90.6) 23 (95.8) 14.9 2.39 (0.35, 16.54) 0.378 182 (91.9) 101 (93.5) 55.5 1.27 (0.72, 2.24) 0.414
Strongly agrees 16 (9.4) 1 (4.2) 6.3 Ref. 16 (8.1) 7 (6.5) 43.8 Ref.
CVR dissatisfaction:§
More than 3 dissatisfaction aspects 43 (30.5) 13 (54.2) 30.2 2.69 (1.31, 5.52) 0.007 47 (29.0) 27 (30.0) 57.4 1.05 (0.78, 1.41) 0.754
3 or less dissatisfaction aspects 98 (69.5) 11 (45.8) 11.2 Ref. 115 (71.0) 63 (70.0) 54.8 Ref.
CVR tolerability:
Side effect (SE) reported more than once 28 (16.8) 4 (18.2) 14.3 1.10 (0.40, 3.01) 0.848 34 (18.8) 18 (19.8) 52.9 1.07 (0.75, 1.52) 0.725
0 to 1 SE reported 139 (83.2) 18 (81.8) 12.9 Ref. 147 (81.2) 73 (80.2) 49.7 Ref.
Attitude toward pelvic exam:
Negative 26 (21.7) 4 (25.0) 15.4 1.21 (0.42, 3.43) 0.726 29 (20.4) 15 (19.2) 51.7 0.93 (0.63, 1.37) 0.705
Neutral or positive 94 (78.3) 12 (75.0) 12.8 Ref. 113 (79.6) 63 (80.8) 55.8 Ref.