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Updated 5/1/97

Number of women 15-44 years of age who have ever had sexual intercourse and percent whose first intercourse was not voluntary, by selected characteristics: United States, 1995
Characteristic Number in
thousands 		Percent whose
first intercourse
was not voluntary1
All women2 53,793 7.8

Age at
first intercourse
Under 16 years 13,944 16.1
Under 15 years 7,290 22.1
16 years 8,750 6.5
17 years 8,754 4.9
18 years 6,941 5.1
19 years 4,759 5.0
20 years and over 10,646 3.3
Characteristic Number in
thousands 		Percent whose
first intercourse
was not voluntary1

Year of
first intercourse
1990-95 8,978 6.3
1985-89 9,988 6.4
1980-84 10,451 7.1
1975-79 11,005 8.4
1958-74 13,372 9.8
Characteristic Number in
thousands 		Percent whose
first intercourse
was not voluntary1

Race and
Hispanic origin
and age at
first intercourse
Hispanic 5,907 9.4
Under 16 years 1,456 18.1
16-19 years 2,894 7.4
20 years and over 1,558 5.0
Non-Hispanic white 38,212 7.0
Under 16 years 9,219 15.3
16-19 years 21,628 5.0
20 years and over 7,364 2.6
Non-Hispanic black 7,484 9.1
Under 16 years 2,835 15.0
16-19 years 3,852 5.5
20 years and over 796 5.1
Characteristic Number in
thousands 		Percent whose
first intercourse
was not voluntary1

Family
background
Both parents from birth3 33,232 6.4
Single parent from birth 1,850 13.0
Both parents, then one parent 7,083 7.5
Stepparent4 7,529 9.8
Other 4,098 13.2
1 Includes first intercourse reported as "rape" or "not voluntary."
2 Includes women of other race and origin groups not shown separately.
3 Includes women who lived with either both biological or both adoptive parents until they left home.
4 Parents separated or divorced, then custodial parent remarried.

Suggested citation: Abma JC, Chandra A, Mosher WD, Peterson L, Piccinino L. Fertility, family planning, and women's health: new data from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Stat 23(19). 1997.