Prevalence of condom and primary contraceptive use* at last sexual intercourse among sexually active† high school students — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2019
* Condom with highly or moderately effective contraceptive method = students who responded “yes” to any condom use at last sexual intercourse and intrauterine device or implant; shot, patch, or ring; or birth control pills (i.e., highly or moderately effective methods) as primary pregnancy prevention method. Condom only = students who responded “yes” to any condom use at last sexual intercourse and condom or no method as primary pregnancy prevention method. Highly or moderately effective contraceptive method only = students who responded “no” to any condom use at last sexual intercourse and intrauterine device or implant; shot, patch, or ring; or birth control pills (i.e., highly or moderately effective methods) as primary pregnancy prevention method. Withdrawal or other contraceptive method only = students who responded “no” to any condom use at last sexual intercourse and withdrawal or some other method as primary pregnancy prevention method. No condom and no primary contraceptive method = students who responded “no” to any condom use at last sexual intercourse and no method of pregnancy prevention.
† Defined as having had sexual intercourse with at least one person during the 3 months before the survey (n = 2,698). Students reporting only same-sex sexual contact were excluded from the analytic sample.