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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2017 Nov 20;62(1):36–43. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.10.011

Table 3.

Relative risk of having time alone with a provider at last health-care visit in the past year among U.S. residents 15–17 years old (n = 1,032a), NSFG 2013–2015

Selected characteristics Girls (n = 528) Boys (n = 504)
Row weighted % RR 95% CI ARR (n = 516) 95% CI Row weighted % RR 95% CI ARR (n = 496) 95% CI
Total 43.6 45.6
Demographics
Age
 15 (18–19) 33.7 1.00 1.00 37.9 1.00 1.00
 16 (20–21) 43.5 1.29 .87 1.90 1.33 .93 1.9 46.2 1.22 .86 1.74 1.16 .89 1.51
 17 (22–25) 51.4 1.52* 1.11 2.10 1.44* 1.07 1.93 52.3 1.38* 1.00 1.90 1.24 .9 1.72
Race/ethnicity
 White 43.0 1.00 1.00 44.0 1.00 1.00
 Black 57.9 1.35 .97 1.86 1.57* 1.11 2.22 47.1 1.07 .76 1.51 1.26 .93 1.72
 Latina/o 37.8 .88 .68 1.14 .96 .74 1.25 50.9 1.16 .86 1.56 1.23 .93 1.62
 Other 34.9 .81 .48 1.38 .96 .6 1.54 41.4 .94 .51 1.73 1.00 .62 1.61
Socioeconomic position
Living arrangements
 Living with two parents 45.3 1.00 1.00 55.3 1.00 1.00
 Living with a single parent 39.7 .88 .67 1.14 .80 .63 1.03 33.8 .61* .43 .87 .64** .48 .86
 Other 43.2 .95 .63 1.44 .96 .6 1.54 22.3 .40* .21 .78 .48* .25 .91
Mother’s education
 Less than HS 32.9 .70 .40 1.20 .84 .47 1.48 41.7 .67 .44 1.02 .72 .48 1.08
 HS graduate 42.8 .91 .66 1.25 .94 .7 1.26 34.6 .56* .39 .81 .59** .42 .84
 Some college 45.3 .96 .70 1.32 .95 .69 1.3 38.7 .62* .45 .86 .63** .45 .87
 University degree or higher 47.1 1.00 1.00 62.0 1.00 1.00
Mother was teen at first birth
 Yes 46.2 1.08 .83 1.40 1.04 .82 1.31 35.4 .70* .54 .90 .86 .66 1.12
 No 42.9 1.00 1.00 51.0 1.00 1.00
Health insurance status
 Parents’ private insurance 48.0 1.00 53.0 1.00
 Medicaid 34.8 .72* .55 .95 .72* .56 .92 37.6 .71* .56 .90 .90 .68 1.15
 Medicare 59.2 1.23 .75 2.04 1.22 .72 2.08 46.2 .87 .52 1.45 .97 .55 1.68
 Single payer/none 41.5 .86 .47 1.58 .89 .51 1.55 25.8 .49* .27 .87 .65 .34 .96
Sexual experience and education
Ever had sexual intercourse
 Yes 50.4 1.23* 1.0 1.5 1.04 .84 1.29 48.7 1.09 .82 1.45 1.12 .84 1.49
 No 41.0 1.00 1.0 44.5 1.00 1.00
Received formal contraceptive education
 Yes 45.8 1.28 .97 1.69 1.15 .89 1.48 47.9 1.23 .87 1.73 1.19 .89 1.6
 No 35.7 1.00 1.00 39.0 1.00 1.00
# of SRH topics discussed with parent
 0 34.3 1.00 1.00 43.5 1.00 1.00
 1–3 39.2 1.14 .77 1.69 1.28 .9 1.83 44.6 1.03 .77 1.37 1.03 .81 1.31
 4–6 54.7 1.59 1.11 2.28 1.64** 1.19 2.26 50.8 1.17 .85 1.60 1.02 .81 1.28

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

a

Denominator is 15–17 years old with a health visit in the last year; the 16% of all 15- to 17-year-olds reporting no health visit in the last year are excluded.

*

p ≤ .05;

**

p ≤ .01.