TABLE 3. Prevalence of sexual behaviors and substance use behaviors among high school students, by demographic characteristics and levels of parental monitoring — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021*.
| Characteristic | Ever had sex† |
Used condom† |
Multiple partners† |
Current prescription opioid misuse† |
Current marijuana use† |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High parental monitoring |
Low parental monitoring |
High parental monitoring |
Low parental monitoring |
High parental monitoring |
Low parental monitoring |
High parental monitoring |
Low parental monitoring |
High parental monitoring |
Low parental monitoring |
|
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | |
|
Sex
| ||||||||||
| Female |
28.7 (25.7–32.0) |
54.5 (49.9–59.1) |
48.4 (44.4–52.5) |
37.7 (27.2–49.6) |
4.3 (3.4–5.5) |
12.8 (10.1–16.1) |
6.8 (5.8–7.9) |
18.7 (14.2–24.2) |
15.7 (13.6–18.0) |
39.6 (32.2–47.5) |
| Male |
26.5 (24.2–28.9) |
52.7 (47.5–57.7) |
60.9 (55.1–66.3) |
43.6 (35.1–52.5) |
4.9 (4.1–5.9) |
20.0 (16.0–24.7) |
3.0 (2.4–3.8) |
9.6 (6.5–13.3) |
11.2 (9.5–13.1) |
32.3 (27.4–37.5) |
|
Race and ethnicity§
| ||||||||||
| American Indian or Alaska Native |
27.2 (15.8–42.6) |
—¶ |
— |
— |
7.8 (2.9–19.4) |
— |
4.5 (1.1–16.3) |
— |
13.8 (7.1–25.0) |
— |
| Asian |
10.4 (7.8–13.6) |
25.1 (17.5–34.5) |
— |
— |
2.0 (1.2–3.2) |
3.0 (0.5–15.7) |
3.3 (2.3–4.6) |
12.7 (5.1–28.1) |
4.4 (2.9–6.5) |
16.9 (8.2–31.6) |
| Black or African American |
34.5 (28.1–41.4) |
56.5 (47.3–65.4) |
50.6 (43.6–57.6) |
44.0 (30.2–58.9) |
7.0 (4.1–11.9) |
23.5 (17.3–31.0) |
7.3 (4.6–11.2) |
14.2 (9.9–20.1) |
18.7 (15.5–22.5) |
35.7 (27.8–44.4) |
| Hispanic or Latino |
29.1 (26.9–31.5) |
53.6 (44.5–62.4) |
50.0 (43.5–56.5) |
45.8 (35.5–56.5) |
5.4 (4.8–6.1) |
14.0 (9.6–20.1) |
6.9 (5.4–8.8) |
16.8 (11.6–23.7) |
14.8 (12.4–17.5) |
34.7 (28.8–41.0) |
| Multiple races |
32.8 (26.6–39.6) |
44.8 (31.2–59.2) |
— |
— |
5.3 (3.0–8.9) |
13.9 (7.2–24.9) |
4.6 (2.5–8.1) |
12.4 (5.7–25.1) |
18.6 (12.9–26.1) |
40.6 (26.7–56.2) |
| White |
27.5 (25.4–29.8) |
55.5 (50.6–60.4) |
57.4 (54.5–60.3) |
38.0 (30.0–46.8) |
4.1 (3.1–5.5) |
18.3 (14.4–23.0) |
3.8 (3.1–4.6) |
10.1 (6.5–15.4) |
12.5 (10.6–14.6) |
36.7 (30.8–42.9) |
|
Sexual identity
| ||||||||||
| Heterosexual |
27.2 (24.8–29.6) |
52.4 (48.2–56.7) |
56.6 (53.4–59.9) |
44.6 (37.8–51.6) |
4.5 (3.9–5.3) |
15.9 (13.3–18.9) |
3.5 (3.0–4.1) |
10.0 (7.0–14.0) |
11.8 (10.3–13.4) |
34.1 (31.0–37.3) |
| Lesbian, gay, or bisexual |
35.9 (32.9–39.0) |
60.7 (52.7–68.1) |
39.4 (33.3–45.7) |
38.7 (23.0–57.2) |
5.7 (4.5–7.3) |
19.5 (12.7–28.8) |
9.5 (7.4–12.2) |
21.7 (14.0–31.9) |
23.3 (19.6–27.3) |
43.9 (34.0–54.4) |
| Questioning or other |
20.7 (17.0–24.9) |
54.3 (43.9–64.4) |
53.9 (43.1–64.4) |
15.9 (6.8–32.6) |
4.1 (2.3–7.3) |
23.6 (14.7–35.7) |
9.1 (6.9–11.9) |
24.0 (14.3–37.6) |
14.1 (10.5–18.6) |
43.7 (29.7–58.8) |
|
Grade
| ||||||||||
| 9 and 10 |
17.2 (15.3–19.3) |
41.8 (37.2–46.5) |
58.6 (51.8–65.1) |
49.9 (41.0–58.9) |
2.3 (1.8–3.0) |
10.1 (7.5–13.4) |
5.2 (4.4–6.2) |
12.2 (8.5–17.1) |
9.5 (8.0–11.3) |
26.3 (21.3–32.0) |
| 11 and 12 | 38.5 (35.2–41.8) | 62.1 (57.9–66.1) | 52.3 (48.4–56.1) | 37.5 (31.6–43.9) | 7.2 (5.9–9.7) | 22.4 (19.1–26.0) | 4.6 (3.7–5.6) | 13.3 (10.8–16.2) | 17.5 (15.3–19.9) | 41.6 (38.0–45.4) |
* N = 17,232 respondents. Because the state and local questionnaires differ by jurisdiction, students in these schools were not asked all national YRBS questions. Therefore, the total number (N) of students answering each question varied. Percentages in each category are calculated on the known data.
† Refer to Table 1 for variable definitions.
§ Persons of Hispanic or Latino (Hispanic) origin might be of any race but are categorized as Hispanic; all racial groups are non-Hispanic.
¶ Dashes indicate cell data are suppressed because the denominator is <30 and therefore considered to be statistically unreliable.