Table 2.

Relative risk of reporting they would ever not go for sexual or reproductive health care because their parents might find out among U.S. residents 15–25 years old (n = 2,291), NSFG 2013–2015

Selected characteristics	15- to 17-year-olds (n = 1,209)							18- to 25-year-olds on parents’ health insurance (n = 1,082)
	Row weighted %	RR	95% CI		ARR (n = 1,187)	95% CI		Row weighted %	RR	95% CI		ARR (n = 981)	95% CI
Total	17.9							8.6
Demographics
Age
15 (18–19)	19.6	1.00			1.00			12.1	1.00			1.00
16 (20–21)	21.3	1.09	.76	1.56	1.01	.7	1.46	8.2	.68	.35	1.34	.76	.38	1.53
17 (22–25)	13.7	.70	.47	1.05	.63*	.41	.98	5.7	.47	.22	1.04	.43	.18	1.05
Gender
Female	18.9	1.11	.78	1.57	1.11	.81	1.53	8.7	1.02	.63	1.66	1.16	.65	2.07
Male	17.1	1.00			1.00			8.5	1.00			1.00
Race/ethnicity
White	18.9	1.00			1.00			8.2	1.00			1.00
Black	16.6	.88	.58	1.33	1.19	.78	1.82	7.1	.87	.36	2.15	.62	.26	1.46
Latina/Latino	17.2	.91	.63	1.31	1.23	.84	1.8	9.7	1.19	.51	2.79	1.45	.63	3.33
Other	15.7	.83	.46	1.50	.93	.53	1.62	15.4	1.89	.93	3.84	1.56	.65	3.73
Socioeconomic position
Living arrangements
Living with two parents	19.7	1.00			1.00			11.1	1.00			1.00
Living with single parent	12.9	.65	.43	1.01	.76	.48	1.2	7.4	.67	.36	1.27	.74	.38	1.46
Other	28.6	1.45	.92	2.29	2.00**	1.27	3.16	5.9	.54*	.31	.93	.71	.38	1.3
Mother’s education
Less than HS	15.7	.66	.44	1.01	.76	.49	1.19	4.7	.46	.14	1.56	.54	.15	2.02
HS graduate	14.9	.63*	.44	.91	.68*	.47	.99	6.9	.68	.35	1.34	.82	.43	1.57
Some college	15.4	.65	.41	1.05	.73	.47	1.13	8.9	.89	.47	1.68	1.06	.54	2.09
University degree or higher	23.5	1.00			1.00			10.1	1.00			1.00
Mother was teen at first birth
Yes	14.1	.71*	.51	.99	.83	.6	1.15	3.8	.38*	.18	.81	.39**	.2	.78
No	19.8	1.00			1.00			9.8	1.00			1.00
Health insurance status								N/A
Parents’ private insurance	22.2	1.00			1.00
Medicaid	12.4	.56***	.39	.79	.61*	.41	.91
Medicare	15.1	.68	.35	1.32	.59	.33	1.07
Single payer/none	12.8	.57	.30	1.09	.63	.32	1.21
Sexual experience and education
Ever had sexual intercourse
Yes	17.2	.94	.71	1.26	1.23	.86	1.75	7.9	.70	.37	1.31	1.16	.6	2.23
No	18.2	1.00			1.00			11.3	1.00			1.00
Received formal contraceptive education
Yes	16.4	.71	.48	1.05	.72	.52	1	8.9	1.19	.57	2.47	1.15	.54	2.43
No	23.1	1.00			1.00			7.5	1.00			1.00
# of SRH topics discussed with parent
0	15.9	1.00			1.00			11.0	1.00			1.00
1–3	20.8	1.31	.94	1.83	1.34	.97	1.86	8.7	.80	.44	1.43	.74	.42	1.33
4–6	16.0	1.01	.60	1.68	1.11	.71	1.74	7.0	.64	.30	1.38	.55	.26	1.19

ARR = adjusted risk ratio; CI = confidence interval; HS = high school; NSFG = National Survey of Family Growth; RR = risk ratio; SRH = sexual and reproductive health.

^*p ≤ .05;

^**p ≤ .01;

^***p ≤ .001.