Table 1.

Characteristics of sexually experienced females aged 15–24 years and ever use of emergency contraception from the National Survey of Family Growth, 2015–2017

Characteristic	Unweighted n = 1029		Ever used emergency contraception pills
	Weighted total	% Of total	Prevalence (95% CI)	p valuea
Total	12,711,422	100	31.8 (26.9–37.1)
Age group				<.001
15–17 years	1,262,623	9.9 (7.0–13.9)	14.0 (7.6–24.2)
18–19 years	2,707,406	21.3 (16.7–26.7)	21.2 (14.0–30.9)
20–24 years	8,741,393	68.8 (62.3–74.6)	37.6 (32.0–43.6)
Race/ethnicity				0.1
Hispanic	3,027,834	23.8 (17.7–31.2)	44.0 (32.5–56.1)
Non-Hispanic white, Single Race	6,340,0612	49.9 (42.4–57.4)	29.5 (23.9–35.9)
Non-Hispanic black, Single Race	010,097	15.8 (11.8–20.8)	21.9 (14.6–31.3)
Non-Hispanic Other or Multiple Raceb	1,333,430	10.5 (7.5–14.5)	29.6 (15.2–49.6)
Percent of poverty level				0.4
≤ 200	7,109,3375	55.9 (50.6–61.1)	30.3 (23.7–37.8)
>200	602,086	44.1 (38.9–49.4)	33.7 (28.1–39.6)
Marital status				.07
Ever married or cohabited	6,112,659	48.1 (42.4–53.9)	35.7 (29.3–42.7)
Never married or cohabited	6,598,764	51.9 (46.2–57.6)	28.09 (22.2–34.9)
Current health insurancec				.17
Private	6,304,608	49.6 (43.5–55.7)	32.1 (26.5–38.4)
Public	4,382,790	34.5 (28.7–40.7)	26.7 (20.6–33.8)
No insurance	2,024,025	15.9 (12.4–20.2)	41.7 (27.4–57.6)
Age at first sexual intercourse				.81
Less than 15 years old	2,093,691	16.5 (13.2–20.4)	33.1 (21.9–46.6)
15 years old or older	10,617,731	83.5 (79.6–86.8)	31.5 (26.6–36.9)
Used contraception at last sex				.17
Yes	9,676,235	81.2 (76.1–85.3)	34.4 (28.8–40.4)
No	2,247,003	18.9 (14.7–23.9)	26.6 (17.8–37.7)
Lifetime opposite-sex partners, n				<.001
1	3,160,366	24.9 (21.5–28.6)	13.1 (8.4–19.9)
2	1,772,209	13.9 (11.0–17.5)	25.8 (17.0–37.2)
3+	7,778,847	61.2 (57.0–65.3)	40.7 (33.7–48.1)
Number of pregnancies				.084
0	8,212,207	64.6 (59.8–69.2)	30.7 (24.1–38.2)
1	2,539,814	20.0 (16.9–23.4)	25.9 (17.9–35.9)
2+	1,959,402	15.4 (12.4–19.1)	44.0 (33.1–55.5)
Number of live births				.91
0	956,988	22.9 (16.6–30.6)	35.9 (21.8–52.9)
1	2,224,915	53.1 (44.9–61.2)	36.4 (26.3–47.9)
2+	1,007,081	24.0 (18.0–31.3)	32.4 (19.0–49.3)
Number of abortions				.04
0	3,474,020	82.9 (75.3–88.6)	29.7 (21.9–38.9)
1	646,832	15.4 (9.8–23.5)	61.8 (40.0–79.8)
2+	68,131	1.6 (.6–4.2)	71.6 (27.1–94.5)

^aChi-square.

^bNon-Hispanic Other includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, or Pacific Islander.

^cPrivate includes Medigap; public includes Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP, state-sponsored, military health, Indian Health Service, single-service plan or other government healthcare.