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Updated 5/1/97

Number of women 15-44 years of age who had premarital voluntary intercourse and percent who used the specified contraceptive method at first intercourse, by age at first intercourse, race and Hispanic origin, and year of first intercourse: United States, 1995
Age,
race and Hispanic origin,
and year 		Number in
thousands 		Used any
method 		Pill Condom Withdrawal All other
methods
Percent
All women 1 53,588 59.0 19.5 29.2 6.8 3.5

Age at first intercourse
Under 16 years 12,460 51.4 9.0 33.6 7.4 1.4
16 years 8,990 57.0 14.9 31.7 8.0 2.5
17 years 9,043 60.7 18.4 31.9 8.2 2.3
18 years 7,243 61.5 22.3 29.0 6.6 3.6
19 years 4,882 60.0 25.8 24.0 4.7 5.4
20 years and over 10,969 65.6 31.5 22.4 5.0 6.8
Age,
race and Hispanic origin,
and year 		Number in
thousands 		Used any
method 		Pill Condom Withdrawal All other
methods
Percent
Race and
Hispanic origin
Hispanic 5,882 36.2 10.6 19.8 4.1 1.7
Non-Hispanic white 38,090 64.8 21.0 32.0 7.8 4.0
Non-Hispanic black 7,462 50.1 20.5 24.5 2.9 2.2

Year of
first intercourse
1990-95 9,140 75.9 15.5 54.3 4.4 1.6
1985-89 10,063 63.9 19.7 36.4 5.6 2.2
1980-84 10,514 59.4 21.9 25.1 8.0 4.4
Before 1980 23,871 50.2 19.9 18.3 7.6 4.4
Age,
race and Hispanic origin,
and year 		Number in
thousands 		Used any
method 		Pill Condom Withdrawal All other
methods
Percent
First intercourse
in 1990-95 only
Race and Hispanic origin:
All race and origin 9,140 75.9 15.5 54.3 4.4 1.6
Hispanic 1,333 53.1 10.3 38.4 3.8 0.5
Non-Hispanic white 6,002 82.7 17.6 60.2 3.4 1.5
Non-Hispanic black 1,331 72.2 15.2 50.5 4.3 2.2

Age at
first intercourse
Under 20 years1 7,134 76.9 11.3 60.4 4.4 0.9
Hispanic 930 52.8 5.4 42.3 5.2 . . .
Non-Hispanic white 4,774 83.0 11.8 67.1 3.4 0.7
Non-Hispanic black 1,193 72.1 14.5 51.2 3.9 2.5
20 years and over1 2,006 72.4 30.6 32.9 4.7 4.2
Hispanic 403 53.7 21.7 29.4 0.8 1.8
Non-Hispanic white 1,228 81.5 39.9 33.3 3.8 4.5
Non-Hispanic black 137 72.4 20.7 44.5 7.3 . . .
. . . Category not applicable.
1 Includes women of other race and origin groups not shown separately. Also, the total includes women who were never married.

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.