Table 2.

Percentage of females and males aged 15–19 years who had received formal instruction on specific sex education topics by age 18 years, by selected characteristics, 2006–2010 and 2011–2013

	Methods of birth control (BC)		Say no to sex		Say no to sex, no BC instruction		STDs		HIV/AIDS		Wait to have sex	Where to get BC	Condom use
	2006 –2010	2011 –2013	2006 –2010	2011 –2013	2006 –2010	2011 –2013	2006 –2010	2011 –2013	2006 –2010	2011 –2013	2011 –2013	2011 –2013	2011 –2013
Females	70b	60a	89b	82a	22b	28a	94b	90a	89	86a	76	53b	50b
Race/ethnicityd
Non-Hispanic white (ref)	71	57a	91	82a	23	29	94	91	89	86	79	51	46
Hispanic	68	67	83c	78	22	25	92	90	90	85	69c	56	59c
Non-Hispanic black	68	69c	89	88	24	23	92	93	89	88	83	61	63c
Age, years
15–17 (Ref)	64	53a	88	84	27	36a	93	90	88	86	79	48	44
18–19	78c	72c	89	80a	16c	18c	95	90a	90	85a	73	60c	60c
Religious attendance
Often (ref)	70	57a	91	85a	25	33	94	90	89	86	82	49	49
Sometimes	70	62	87	81	21	26	95	93	91	87	72c	59c	51
Never	74	67	85	75	16c	19	92	88	88	82	68c	56	53
Household poverty
<200% Poverty (ref)	67	60	87	80a	23	27	92	88	88	84	75	50	50
≥200%	75c	62a	91c	87c	21	30a	96c	94	91	88	79	58	52
Residence
Central city (ref)	70	70	89	86	23	24	93	91	88	89	74	64	65
Other metropolitan	71	59a,c	87	82	21	29a	93	93	89	87	79	49c	47c
Nonmetropolitan	71	48a,c	92	78a	23	35	96	81a	91	75a,c	70	44c	33c
Males	61	55a	82	84	29	35a	92	91	88	86	73	38	58
Race/ethnicityd
Non-Hispanic white (ref)	62	57	85	87	30	34	92	91	88	86	75	35	54
Hispanic	59	55	77c	77c	27	32	91	94	87	88	64c	43	64c
Non-Hispanic black	53c	46	79c	79c	34	41	90	90	86	84	82	39	61
Age, years
15–17 (Ref)	57	50a	84	82	33	38	91	91	88	85	72	33	55
18–19	67c	62c	80	86a	23c	30	92	91	88	88	76	45c	62
Religious attendance
Often (ref)	58	50a	84	83	32	38	91	99	86	83	79	34	54
Sometimes	64	59	83	84	28	33	93	96	91c	91c	68c	40	63
Never	62	60c	76c	83	25	28c	92	91	86	87	70c	43	57
Household poverty
<200% Poverty (ref)	55	51	80	81	32	36	89	89	85	83	74	34	58
≥200%	66c	60c	85c	87c	26c	33	94c	94	90c	90c	73	42	58
Residence
Central city (ref)	60	58	77	82	28	31	89	92	86	90	70	45	66
Other metropolitan	62	56	84c	87	29	36	92	93	88	88	77	37	56c
Nonmetropolitan	59	45*	86c	77a	32	37	95c	83a,c	91	76a,c	67	27c	51c

Ref =reference group; STD =sexually transmitted disease.

^*p < .06.

^aRefers to time. Significantly different from the previous period at p < .05.

^bRefers to gender. Significantly different between total males and total females at p < .05.

^cRefers to reference group. Significantly different from reference group at p < .05.

^dNon-Hispanic other not shown because of small sample size.