TABLE 1.

Characteristics of Students in States With HPV Legislation and States Without HPV Legislation Overall and by Prelegislation and Postlegislation Time Periods

	2001–2015	2001–2005		2007–2015
	All States (n = 886 981), %	No Legislation (n = 122 164), %	HPV Legislation (n = 95 728), %	No Legislation (n = 282 363), %	HPV Legislation (n = 386 726), %
Age, y
≤14	11.1	9.7	11.7	10.4	11.9
15	25.7	26.3	26.5	25.2	25.6
16	25.8	26.2	25.7	25.8	25.7
17	23.3	22.7	22.3	23.9	23.3
18	14.2	15.1	13.9	14.8	13.4
Sex
Male	50.8	50.8	50.7	50.9	50.8
Female	49.2	49.3	49.3	49.2	49.2
Grade
9	28.7	30.4	30.2	27.8	28.2
10	25.8	25.8	26.0	25.9	25.8
11	23.5	23.0	22.9	23.8	23.6
12	22.0	20.9	20.9	22.5	22.5
Race
White	58.4	65.7	63.4	56.9	55.0
African American or Hispanic or other	41.6	34.3	36.6	43.1	45.0
Smoking in last 3 mo
Yes	17.5	22.6	22.5	15.8	15.3
No	82.5	77.4	77.5	84.2	84.7
Alcohol use in last 3 mo
Yes	38.5	43.5	43.8	35.6	36.8
No	61.5	56.5	56.2	64.4	63.2
Taught about AIDS in school
Yes	90.1	91.9	91.8	89.3	89.1
No	9.9	8.1	8.2	10.7	10.9
Condom use during last sexual intercourse
Yes	60.8	63.0	62.8	60.0	59.8
No	39.2	37.0	37.2	40.0	40.2
Sexual intercourse in last 3 mo
Yes	33.3	35.2	33.7	33.0	32.7
No	66.7	64.8	66.3	67.0	67.4

Percentages are adjusted for survey weights; the question regarding being taught about AIDS in school is not available for states that participated in the 2015 sample (n = 461 218 for 2001–2015). Condom use is restricted to students who reported having sexual intercourse in the last 3 mo.