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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 25.
Published in final edited form as: Contraception. 2009 Apr 23;80(2):158–162. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.02.014

Table 1.

Characteristics of the participants, YRBSS (N= 66,882)

Variable Weighted n %
Age
 12 years old or younger 57 0.08
 13 years old 60 0.09
 14 years old 7251 10.84
 15 years old 17,140 25.63
 16 years old 17,600 26.32
 17 years old 15,683 23.45
 18 years old or older 9056 13.54
 Missing 36 0.05
Grade
 9th grade 19,411 29.02
 10th grade 17,472 26.12
 11th grade 15,533 23.22
 12th grade 14,248 21.30
 Ungraded or other grade 76 0.11
 Missing 142 0.21
Sex of subject
 Female 33,063 49.43
 Male 33,716 50.41
 Missing 103 0.15
Race
 Caucasian 44,386 66.36
 African American 10,062 15.04
 Hispanic 10,077 15.07
 Asian 2357 3.52
 Missing 0 0.00
Age of first sexual intercourse
 Never had sexual intercourse 32,032 47.89
 11 years old or younger 2170 3.24
 12 years old 2062 3.08
 13 years old 3802 5.69
 14 years old 6167 9.22
 15 years old 6779 10.14
 16 years old 5146 7.69
 17 years old or older 2539 3.80
 Missing 6186 9.25