Table 2.
Distribution of Receiving a Contraceptive Method or a Prescription for a Method and Receiving Contraceptive Counseling from a Health Care Provider in the Last 12 Months Among Sexual Orientation Identity and Racial/Ethnic Subgroups of U.S. Women 15–44 Years of Age (N = 25,473)
| Subgroup | Received contraception in last 12 months |
Received contraceptive counseling in last 12 months |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | |
| Total | 8641 | 33.9 (32.9–34.9) | 5039 | 18.3 (17.5–19.1) |
| White heterosexual (reference) | 4560 | 37.0 (35.8–38.4) | 2283 | 17.6 (16.5–18.7) |
| Black heterosexual | 1698 | 30.6 (28.7–32.6) | 1118 | 19.6 (18.1–21.2) |
| Latina heterosexual | 1821 | 29.5 (27.5–31.6) | 1255 | 19.6 (18.0–21.4) |
| White bisexual | 314 | 32.8 (28.4–37.5) | 194 | 20.0 (16.7–23.9) |
| Black bisexual | 96 | 21.1 (16.3–26.9) | 80 | 19.3 (13.7–26.6) |
| Latina bisexual | 99 | 31.2 (21.2–43.5) | 74 | 25.2 (16.8–35.9) |
| White lesbian | 28 | 12.8 (7.6–20.7) | 15 | 6.9 (3.3–14.0) |
| Black lesbian | 18 | 12.0 (6.2–21.7) | 11 | 9.1 (4.1–18.7) |
| Latina lesbian | 7 | 6.2 (2.3–15.6) | 9 | 4.9 (1.9–12.2) |
Prevalence estimates (%) account for the survey's complex sampling design and were directly age-standardized using the 2010 U.S. Census. Values in bold indicate p < 0.05 for comparisons using adjusted Wald tests.
CI, confidence interval.