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Table 3 Preferred contraceptive method in the three survey years, by sex and whether have a regular partner.

From: A comparison of sexual behaviour and attitudes of healthy adolescents in a Danish high school in 1982, 1996, and 2001

  1982   1996   2001   
Contraceptive method N (%) 95% CI N (%) 95% CI N (%) 95% CI Trend*
Regular partner        
   Boys:        
   Condom 12 (40) (7–17) 19 (61) (14–24) 14 (48) (9–19)  
   No current personal use 18 (60) (13–23) 12 (39) (7–17) 15 (52) (10–20)  
   Sexually experienced boys (total) 30 (100)   31 (100)   29 (100)   p = 0.245
   Girls:        
   Oral contraception 66 (53) (55–77) 70 (69) (61–79) 65 (72) (57–73) p = 0.005
   Condom and oral contraception 0 (0) (0–3) 5 (5) (1–11) 9 (10) (3–15) p = 0.009
   Condom 1 (1)   1 (1)   0 (0)   
   Intrauterine device 12 (10) (6–18) 0 (0)   0 (0)   p = 0.0001
   Other 5 (4) (1–9) 1 (1) (0–3) 3 (3) (0–6) p = 0.374
   No current personal use 41 (33) (31–51) 24 (24) (16–32) 13 (15) (6–20) p = 0.008
   Sexually experienced girls (total) 125 (100)   101 (100)   90 (100)   
No regular partner        
   Boys:        
   Condom 23 (61) (17–29) 29 (91) (26–32) 22 (85) (18–26)  
   No current personal use 15 (39) (9–21) 3 (9) (0–6) 4 (15) (0–8)  
   Sexually experienced boys (total) 38 (100)   32 (100)   26 (100)   p = 0.007
   Girls:        
   Oral contraception 30 (48) (22–38) 27 (35) (19–35) 33 (63) (26–40) p = 0.005
   Condom and oral contraception 0 (0) (0–3) 5 (6) (1–9) 0 (0) (0–3) p = 0.016
   Condom 0 (0)   2 (3)   1 (2)   
   Intrauterine device 1 (2) (0–3) 0 (0)   0 (0)   p = 0.594
   Other 6 (10) (1–11) 1 (1) (0–3) 1 (2) (0–3) p = 0.004
   No current personal use 25 (40) (17–33) 43 (55) (34–52) 17 (33) (10–24) p = 0.031
   Sexually experienced girls (total) 62 (100)   78 (100)   52 (100)   
  1. * χ2 tested for trend