Table 3.
Health Insurance Status and Payment Source for Contraceptive Services, National Survey of Family Growth, 2002–2015
| Survey year and age | Receiving contraceptive services, N (in thousands) | Total % using public or private insurance to pay for care | Insurance status and payment
source for contraceptive servicesa |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Private insurance past
year |
Medicaid past year |
Uninsured all yearc | |||||
| Used to pay for care | Did not use for careb | Used to pay for care | Did not use for careb | |||||
| Ages 15–25 years | ||||||||
| 2002 | 11,258 | 68.0 (64.7, 71.3) | 100.0 | 49.1 (45.3, 52.8) | 20.9 (18.3, 23.5) | 19.0 (16.1, 21.9) | 4.4 (3.0, 5.7) | 6.7 (5.0, 8.4) |
| 2006–2010 | 11,024 | 74.7* (71.8, 77.7) | 100.0 | 51.0 (46.8, 55.2) | 13.5* (11.5, 15.6) | 23.8* (20.5, 27.0) | 4.1 (3.0, 5.2) | 7.6 (5.6, 9.6) |
| 2011–2015 | 11,015 | 81.2 *, ** (78.5, 83.8) | 100.0 | 55.5* (51.6, 59.4) | 8.8*, **(6.8, 10.7) | 25.7* (22.6, 28.8) | 3.4 (2.6, 4.3) | 6.6 (5.1, 8.1) |
| Ages 15–17 years | ||||||||
| 2002 | 1,853 | 65.0 (56.4, 73.5) | 100.0 | 40.3 (32.6, 48.0) | 23.6 (17.4, 29.7) | 24.7 (17.6, 31.7) | 7.6 (4.1, 11.1) | 3.8 (0.6, 7.1) |
| 2006–2010 | 1,487 | 71.4 (65.3, 77.4) | 100.0 | 42.0 (35.8, 48.1) | 16.0* (11.4, 20.6) | 29.4 (23.4, 35.4) | 10.9 (6.2, 15.6) | 1.7 (0.4, 3.1) |
| 2011–2015 | 1,698 | 83.1*, ** (78.4, 87.8) | 100.0 | 47.3 (39.6, 55.0) | 7.9*, ** (4.7, 11.1) | 35.7* (28.3, 43.2) | 6.0 (3.1, 8.9) | 3.0 (1.2, 4.9) |
| Ages 18–25 years | ||||||||
| 2002 | 9,405 | 68.6 (65.2, 72.1) | 100.0 | 50.8 (46.5, 55.1) | 20.4 (17.6, 23.2) | 17.9 (15.0, 20.8) | 3.8 (2.4, 5.1) | 7.2 (5.3, 9.2) |
| 2006–2010 | 9,537 | 75.3* (72.2, 78.3) | 100.0 | 52.4 (48.0, 56.8) | 13.2* (10.9, 15.4) | 22.9* (19.3, 26.5) | 3.0 (2.0, 4.0) | 8.5 (6.2, 10.8) |
| 2011–2015 | 9,318 | 80.9*, **(77.8, 83.9) | 100.0 | 57.0* (52.5, 61.4) | 8.9*, **(6.6, 11.2) | 23.9* (20.6, 27.2) | 3.0 (2.0, 4.0) | 7.3 (5.6, 9.0) |
Note: Values are weighted proportions (95% CIs). Boldface indicates statistical significance
Significantly different from 2002 at p≤0.05
Significantly different from 2006–2010 at p≤0.05.
Health insurance status during the past 12 months and whether women used their insurance to pay for their contraceptive service visit.
Women may not have used their health insurance to pay for their visit for several reasons: They were not insured at the time of the visit, their insurance did not cover the service they received, or they opted not to use their insurance for confidentiality or other reasons. These women paid for the visit themselves (self-pay) or received free or reduced-fee care.
Uninsured women paid for the visit themselves (self-pay) or received free or reduced-fee care.