Contraception use during the past 3 months (Wang et al., 2007)

• Populations: Female Adolescents and Young Adults
• Age ranges: 15.1-19.8
• Languages: Mandarin
• Countries: Taiwan

Items

5 Items, with the following example item:

“When I have sex, I use contraceptives every time.”

Responses

Items used a 5 point ordinal response format

•  total non-correspondence
• 25%correspondence
• 50% correspondence
• 75% correspondence
• total correspondence

Scoring

“Total scores could range from 0 to 20, with higher scores indicating better current contraception use during the past 3 months. “ (Wang et al., 2007)

Citations

Wang, R., Wang, H., Cheng, C., Hsu, H., & Lin, S. (2007). Testing a model of contraception use behavior among sexually active female adolescents in taiwan. Research in Nursing & Health, 30(6), 628-640. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.20222

Team comments

This measure is one of several developed alongside one another, including

• Contraception use during the past 3 months
• Self-efficacy for contraception use
• Perceptions of support from significant others for contraception
• Perceptions of support from sexual partners for contraception
• Perceptions of peers’ contraception use

(Wang et al., 2007)