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NSFG 2022-2023 · 5,586 women surveyed · EA-13c — Hormonal Implant

Hormonal Implant — Who Walks Away

How we get to the number

468 Ever used Hormonal Implant: respondents where this method appears in their contraceptive history (RECODE ever-use flag).
136 Stopped due to dissatisfaction: of those, respondents with METHSTOP code 9 in any METHSTOP01–09 slot (EA-13c / EA-17 section). Unique respondent count — multiple mentions of the same method are counted once.
The remaining 332 women either continued using the implant, stopped for other reasons (device expired, wanted to conceive), or were never dissatisfied with any method.

The takeaway

29.1%
Of all women who ever used hormonal implant explicitly stopped using it because they were unhappy with it.
136 out of 468 hormonal implant users
332
Used hormonal implant but did not stop it due to dissatisfaction — they either continued, switched for other reasons, or were never dissatisfied.
70.9% of hormonal implant users
136
Women who explicitly named hormonal implant as a method they stopped due to dissatisfaction.
out of 468 total hormonal implant users
332 = n_users − n_stopped = 468 − 136 (users who did not stop due to dissatisfaction)
136 = unique respondents with METHSTOP code 9 in any METHSTOP01–09 slot; source: EA-17. See funnel for details.

Who are these women?

Variable map — demographic profiles
Mention slot: which METHSTOP0N position this method appeared in. Most dissatisfied stoppers list their primary method in slot 1 (METHSTOP01).
Dissatisfied rate by race/ethnicity: n_stopped ÷ n_users within each group. Denominators vary; see individual n counts for context.