DiD Estimates of Young People’s Exposure to FP and Their FP Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors in Souhag, Egypt
| Percentagea | DiD Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | Baseline | Endline | Percentage Point Estimate | Adjusted Percentage Point Estimateb |
| Exposure outcomes | ||||
| Heard, read, or seen anything about FP in the last 6 months | ||||
| Intervention | 28.1 | 74.1 | 41.3c | 40.2c |
| Comparison | 18.9 | 23.5 | ||
| Has heard of Ma3looma website | ||||
| Intervention | 17.6 | 49.4 | 28.0c | 27.7c |
| Comparison | 8.7 | 12.5 | ||
| Knowledge outcomes | ||||
| Ever heard of an FP method | ||||
| Intervention | 83.3 | 96.1 | 12.6c | 11.5c |
| Comparison | 83.1 | 83.3 | ||
| Knows 3 modern FP methods | ||||
| Intervention | 56.0 | 83.0 | 22.0c | 19.6c |
| Comparison | 49.6 | 54.6 | ||
| Knows FP method that prevents sexually transmitted infections | ||||
| Intervention | 18.0 | 56.8 | 36.4c | 35.0c |
| Comparison | 13.0 | 15.4 | ||
| Attitudinal outcomes | ||||
| Disagrees with “FP methods can affect female fertility and it may reflect negatively on future pregnancies” | ||||
| Intervention | 52.6 | 73.5 | 18.6c | 17.8c |
| Comparison | 46.2 | 48.6 | ||
| Willing to use FP in the future (among individuals not currently using an FP method)d | ||||
| Intervention | 88.8 | 94.5 | 6.5e | 6.0e |
| Comparison | 85.9 | 85.2 | ||
| Behavioral outcomes (among married individuals who are not currently pregnant/whose wives are not currently pregnant) | ||||
| Currently using FPf | ||||
| Intervention | 62.6 | 62.9 | 0.1 | −3.0 |
| Comparison | 62.4 | 62.5 | ||
Abbreviations: DiD, Difference-in-Differences; FP, family planning.
↵a Sample sizes at baseline were n=778 for the intervention group and n=699 for the comparison group. Sample sizes at endline were n=741 for the intervention group and n=383 for the comparison group.
↵b Adjusted for age, residence, gender, education, employment, marital status, and number of children.
↵c P≤.01.
↵d Sample sizes at baseline were n=644 for the intervention group and n=490 for the comparison group. Sample sizes at endline were n=587 for the intervention group and n=263 for the comparison group.
↵e P≤.05.
↵f Sample sizes at baseline were n=214 for the intervention group and n=335 for the comparison group. Sample sizes at endline were n=245 for the intervention group and n=192 for the comparison group.