Table 1.
Receipt of Parental and Formal Sexual and Reproductive Health Communication by U.S. Adolescents, 2002 to 2006-2008
| Total (N=2,326) |
2002 (N=1,065) |
2006-2008 (N=1,261) |
’02 vs. ’06-08 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sexual and Reproductive Health Communication | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | P-value |
| * Received any parental and/or formal communication | 2,251 (97) | 1,025 (96) | 1,226 (97) | 0.12 |
| Both parental and formal | 1,615 (70) | 700 (66) | 915 (73) | 0.004 |
| Only formal | 517 (22) | 270 (25) | 247 (20) | 0.001 |
| Only parental | 119 (5) | 55 (5) | 64 (5) | 0.62 |
| Neither parental or formal | 75 (3) | 40 (3) | 35 (3) | 0.08 |
| aReceived any parental communication | 1734 (75) | 755 (71) | 979 (78) | <0.001 |
| Any contraceptive communication | 1309 (56) | 581 (55) | 728 (58) | 0.23 |
| Contraceptive methods | 1170 (50) | 531 (50) | 639 (51) | 0.89 |
| Where to get contraception | 881 (38) | 391 (37) | 490 (39) | 0.89 |
| Using condoms | 668 (29) | 301 (28) | 367 (29) | 0.85 |
| STIs | 1,237 (53) | 554 (52) | 683 (54) | 0.13 |
| bHIV | - | - | 508 (40) | NA |
| How to say no to sex (abstinence) | 1391 (60) | 614 (58) | 777 (62) | 0.03 |
| Only abstinence parental communication | 199 (9) | 81 (8) | 118 (9) | 0.18 |
| Received any formal communication | 2,132 (92) | 970 (91) | 1,162 (92) | 0.63 |
| Methods of contraception | 1,643 (71) | 749 (70) | 894 (71) | 0.72 |
| bSTIs | - | - | 1,187 (51) | NA |
| bHIV | - | - | 508 (40) | NA |
| How to say no to sex (abstinence) | 2,030 (87) | 921 (87) | 1,109 (88) | 0.54 |
| Only abstinence formal communication | 489 (21) | 221 (21) | 268 (21) | 0.51 |
| Both abstinence and contraceptive formal communication | 1,541 (66) | 700 (66) | 841 (66) | 0.85 |
Results are presented as frequencies with percentages and p-values (p) from chi-square comparisons between survey years.
*
Significant differences found between those receiving parental versus formal communication p=0.01 for total sample and for 2002 but not for 2006. STI = sexually transmitted infection. HIV = human immunodeficiency syndrome.
a
Does not include informal HIV communication since asked only in 2006-2008.
b
Asked only in 2006-2008.