Factors related to family planning in border region

Data analysis: Camilla Barbosa Pedro, Adriana Zilly, Rosane Meire Munhak da Silva, Rosângela Aparecida Pimenta Ferrari, Gabriela Dominicci de Melo Casacio, Helder Ferreira.

Interpretation of results: Camilla Barbosa Pedro, Adriana Zilly, Rosane Meire Munhak da Silva, Rosângela Aparecida Pimenta Ferrari, Gabriela Dominicci de Melo Casacio, Helder Ferreira.

Writing and critical review of the manuscript: Camilla Barbosa Pedro, Gabriela Dominicci de Melo Casacio, Adriana Zilly, Helder Ferreira, Rosângela Aparecida Pimenta Ferrari, Rosane Meire Munhak da Silva.

Approval of the final version of the article: Camilla Barbosa Pedro, Gabriela Dominicci de Melo Casacio, Adriana Zilly, Helder Ferreira, Rosângela Aparecida Pimenta Ferrari, Rosane Meire Munhak da Silva.

Responsibility for all aspects of the content and integrity of the published article: Camilla Barbosa Pedro, Gabriela Dominicci de Melo Casacio, Adriana Zilly, Helder Ferreira, Rosângela Aparecida Pimenta Ferrari, Rosane Meire Munhak da Silva.

Variables	Planned Pregnancy		Unplanned Pregnancy		P value*
Variables	n (123)	%	n (157)	%	P value*
Age (years)
≤19	15	33.3	30	66.6
20 to 34 years	93	46.9	105	53.0	0.2269
≥35	15	40.5	22	59.4
Race/color
White	65	42.7	87	57.2
Non-white	58	45.6	69	54.3	0.5994
Education (years)
Up to 9	31	37.3	52	62.6
10 to 12 years	76	46.9	86	53.0	0.5369
13 and older	15	46.8	17	53.1
Without education	1	33.3	2	66.6
Marital status ^* * p <0.05.
With partner	122	47.4	135	52.5	0.0001
Without partner	1	4.3	22	95.6
Maternal occupation
Paid	60	45.1	73	54.8	0.7955
Unpaid	63	42.8	84	57.1
Family income (MW ^ MW equivalent to the year 2018 )
Less than 1 wage	18	34.6	34	65.3
1-2 wages	60	47.6	66	52.3
2-3 wages	27	40.9	39	59.0	0.1556
4 or more	17	58.6	12	41.3

Variables	Planned Pregnancy		Unplanned Pregnancy		P value ^* * p<0.05
Variables	n (123)	%	n (157)	%	P value ^* * p<0.05
Type of delivery
Vaginal	65	46.4	79	56.4	0.7646
Cesarean	58	43.9	78	59.0
Live births
Yes	61	37.6	101	62.3	0.0184
No	62	52.5	56	47.4
Parity
1^st	62	52.5	56	47.4
2^nd	40	46.5	46	53.4	0.0069
3^rd	11	25.5	32	74.4
4^th or higher	10	30.3	23	69.7
Abortion
Yes	21	42.8	28	57.1	0.9937
No	102	44.1	129	55.8
Interpartal period <2 years ^ Lower n values, justified by the first pregnancy.
Yes	5	26.3	14	73.6	0.2311
No	74	43.5	96	56.4
Previous diseases**
Yes	34	39.5	52	60.4	0.9552
No	39	41.0	56	58.9

Variables	n	%	P value ^* * p<0.05.
Planned pregnancy (n=280)
Yes	123	43.9	0.0486
No	157	56.1

Reason for not using the method (n=266)
Were not using it because wanted to get pregnant	103	38.7
Were using, but failed/forgot to use	95	35.1
Had no knowledge	7	2.6
Do not like it	18	6.8
Partner does not like it	2	0.7	0.0001
Had no access	3	1.1
Religious issues	3	1.1
They were not using it for another reason	35	13.2

Method used before pregnancy (n=280)
Condom	27	9.6
Oral contraceptive	100	35.7
Intrauterine device	2	0.7	0.0001
Injectable contraceptives	12	4.3
Do not use it	139	49.6

Professional who prescribed the method (n=176)
Nurse	10	5.7
Physician	128	72.7	0.0001
By their own	26	14.8
Other	12	6.8

Problems with methods used
Condom:
Used throughout the sexual act	1	1.0
Burst	2	2.1
Hormonal contraceptive:
Did not take it every day at the same time	8	8.2
Forgot sometime	26	26.8	0.0001
Did not take the injections on the scheduled dates	7	7.2
Non-hormonal contraceptive (IUD):
Over 10 years of use	33	34.0
Other Issues	3	3.1

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