Among women aged 22–49 years who have ever had sexual intercourse, 24.3% have ever used emergency contraception. The percentage of women who have ever used emergency contraception increased with education level, from 12.6% among women without a high school diploma or GED to 27.9% among women with a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Source: National Survey of Family Growth, 2017–2019. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg/index.htm
Footnotes
Abbreviation: GED = General Educational Development certificate.
Estimates are based on interviews of the U.S. household population aged 15–49 years and are shown for women aged 22–49 years; 95% confidence intervals are indicated with error bars. †
Use of emergency contraception was based on the following question asked of female respondents who ever had sexual intercourse with a man: “Have you ever used emergency contraception, also known as ‘Plan B,’ ‘Preven,’ ‘Ella,’ ‘Next Choice,’ or ‘Morning after’ pills?” Age and education of respondent are at the time of interview.