Table 1
Prevalence of oral contraceptive use, by selected characteristics, women aged 15 to 49, household population, Canada, 2007 to 2011

Table 1
Prevalence of oral contraceptive use, by selected characteristics, women aged 15 to 49, household population, Canada, 2007 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of oral contraceptive use. The information is grouped by Characteristic (appearing as row headers), Number '000 , 95% confidence interval and % (appearing as column headers).
Characteristic Number '000 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Total 1,297.8 1,096.4 1,499.2 16.2 14.0 18.7
Age group  
15 to 19Note † 316.3 242.6 390.0 29.9 24.4 36.0
20 to 24 312.9Note E: Use with caution 184.3 441.5 29.2 21.3 38.6
25 to 29 278.9Note E: Use with caution 155.8 402.0 26.8Note E: Use with caution 18.4 37.2
30 to 34 197.1Note E: Use with caution 106.1 288.0 20.0Note E: Use with caution Note * 13.4 28.9
35 to 39 120.2Note E: Use with caution 71.0 169.3 9.7Note E: Use with caution Note * 6.4 14.4
40 to 49 72.37Note E: Use with caution 40.7 104.1 2.8Note E: Use with caution Note * 1.8 4.1
Marital status  
Married 242.9Note E: Use with caution 145.8 340.1 7.6Note E: Use with caution Note * 5.2 10.8
Common-law 303.8 198.0 409.7 22.5 17.5 28.4
Previously married 22.4Note E: Use with caution 7.2 37.6 4.7Note E: Use with caution Note * 2.4 9.0
SingleNote † 728.6 570.1 887.1 24.7 20.2 29.9
Parity (number of children)  
Nulliparous (none)Note † 932.0 767.5 1,096.4 25.9Note * 21.7 30.7
Parous (one or more) 365.1 261.1 469.1 8.4 6.5 10.9
Sexually active in past year  
No 175.3Note E: Use with caution 69.5 281.2 13.7Note E: Use with caution 7.9 22.6
YesNote † 1,121.8 950.7 1,292.8 16.9 14.7 19.4
Immigrant  
NoNote † 1,164.6 971.8 1,357.3 19.0 16.7 21.5
Yes 133.2Note E: Use with caution 41.1 225.4 7.1Note E: Use with caution Note * 3.7 13.2
Household income  
LowerNote † 653.2 485.9 820.5 17.0 13.1 21.6
Higher 644.6 519.9 769.3 15.5 13.0 18.4
Has regular medical doctor  
No 150.0Note E: Use with caution 73.9 226.1 13.7Note E: Use with caution 8.9 20.6
YesNote † 1,147.8 935.8 1,359.8 16.6 14.0 19.5
E use with caution
Note †

reference category

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Note *

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

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Source: 2007 to 2009 and 2009 to 2011 Canadian Health Measures Survey, combined.
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