Table 5

Barriers to accessing contraception: N = 895; not every question was answered by every woman.

BARRIERIMMIGRANTS (N = 451), N (%)NONIMMIGRANTS (N = 444), N (%)P VALUE
Any problems getting birth control112 (24.8)68 (15.3)< .001
Did not know about it31 (29.5)4 (5.9)< .001
Did not know where to get it10 (9.5)5 (7.4).62
Not enough money to buy it11 (10.5)43 (63.2)< .001
No doctor for prescriptions12 (11.4)10 (14.7).64
Too busy (inconvenient to get it)36 (34.3)27 (39.7).519