Table 1.
Sample characteristics by contraceptive type among sexually active adolescent and young adult women 15–24 years, 2011–2015 National Survey of Family Growth
| Overall (n = 2,018) | Continuing LARC (n = 155) %(95%CI) |
New LARC (n = 95) % (95% CI) |
Moderately effective (n = 798) %(95%CI) |
Less effective (n = 489) %(95%CI) |
No contraception (n = 480) %(95%CI) |
p-Valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 6.9 (5.5–8.5) | 4.4 (3.3–5.9) | 43.5 (40.4–46.7) | 24.3 (21.6–27.2) | 20.9 (18.6–23.5) | ||
| Age (mean, SE) | 20.7 (.1) | 21.9 (.2) | 21.0 (.2) | 20.7 (.1) | 20.8 (.2) | 19.9 (.2) | p < .001 |
| Race/ethnicity | p < .001 | ||||||
| Whiteb | 54.6 (50.6–58.5) | 46.4 (37.1–55.9) | 52.4 (38.3–66.2) | 64.0 (58.5–69.1) | 50.3 (43.3–57.3) | 43.4 (36.6–50.5) | |
| Blackb | 14.9 (12.7–17.3) | 12.2 (6.7–21.1) | 19.3 (11.6–30.4) | 11.9 (9.1–15.3) | 16.5 (12.9–21.0) | 19.1 (14.8–24.2) | |
| Hispanicc | 21.4 (18.4–24.6) | 33.8 (24.6–44.4) | 18.4 (9.7–32.4) | 14.9 (11.2–19.6) | 23.3 (18.3–29.2) | 29.0 (22.6–36.2) | |
| Other | 9.2 (6.7–12.5) | 7.6 (3.6–15.4) | 9.8 (4.0–22.2) | 9.2 (6.3–13.4) | 9.9 (6.1–15.7) | 8.6 (5.3–13.6) | |
| Mother’s level of education | p = .015 | ||||||
| <High school | 16.5 (14.1–19.2) | 19.0 (12.4–27.9) | 12.6 (7.1–21.5) | 11.9 (9.1–15.3) | 22.3 (16.5–29.4) | 19.4 (14.6–25.3) | |
| High school or equivalent | 28.1 (25.3–31.2) | 34.7 (25.2–45.6) | 31.0 (18.2–47.6) | 25.4 (21.2–30.0) | 29.0 (22.9–36.0) | 30.1 (24.5–36.4) | |
| Some college or higher | 55.4 (51.9–58.8) | 46.3 (36.0–56.9) | 56.4 (41.6–70.1) | 62.8 (57.8–67.4) | 48.7 (41.6–55.9) | 50.5 (43.3–57.6) | |
| Insurance status | p < .001 | ||||||
| No insurance | 17.6 (14.8–20.8) | 26.0 (17.1–37.4) | 15.4 (7.9–27.8) | 10.1 (7.9–13.0) | 23.9 (18.6–30.3) | 23.4 (17.2–31.0) | |
| Public | 27.1 (23.7–30.9) | 29.7 (23.1–37.2) | 46.8 (31.9–62.3) | 22.5 (18.3–27.4) | 28.1 (22.8–34.0) | 30.6 (25.3–36.4) | |
| Private | 55.3 (51.3–59.2) | 44.3 (33.8–55.3) | 37.8 (24.8–52.8) | 67.3 (62.0–72.2) | 47.9 (41.3–54.7) | 46.1 (39.6–52.7) | |
| Usual source of care | p = .002 | ||||||
| No usual source | 19.7 (17.3–22.4) | 20.4 (12.2–32.2) | 15.8 (8.3–28.0) | 14.4 (11.2–18.3) | 24.7 (19.4–30.8) | 25.7 (20.5–31.8) | |
| Usual source FP/community health clinic | 12.5 (10.4–14.9) | 18.7 (10.3–31.5) | 13.6 (8.1–21.7) | 10.6 (7.4–15.0) | 12.6 (9.5–16.4) | 14.1 (11.1–17.9) | |
| Usual source of care private clinic or other | 67.7 (64.4–70.9) | 60.9 (49.2–71.4) | 70.7 (58.9–80.3) | 75.0 (70.3–79.3) | 62.7 (56.8–68.3) | 60.1 (53.8–66.1) | |
| Number of partners, past 12 mo | p = .577 | ||||||
| 1 partner | 72.8 (69.8–75.6) | 74.0 (58.9–85.0) | 79.4 (62.0–90.1) | 73.5 (68.8–77.8) | 69.7 (64.3–74.5) | 73.0 (66.4–78.8) | |
| 2 + partners | 27.2 (24.4–30.2) | 26.0 (15.0–41.1) | 20.6 (9.9–38.0) | 26.5 (22.2–31.2) | 30.3 (25.5–35.7) | 27.0 (21.2–33.6) | |
| Live birth, past year | p < .001 | ||||||
| Yes | 7.5 (5.9–9.4) | 0 (N/A) | 36.7 (22.8–53.2) | 6.0 (4.2–8.4) | 7.4 (5.2–10.4) | 7.1 (4.5–11.2) | |
| No | 92.5 (90.6–94.1) | 100.0 (N/A) | 63.3 (46.8–77.2) | 94.0 (91.6–95.8) | 92.6 (89.6–94.8) | 92.9 (88.8–95.5) |
% = weighted percentages; CI = confidence interval; FP = family planning; LARC = long-acting reversible contraception; mo = months; n = unweighted number; SE = standard error.
a
Overall chi-square;
b
non-Hispanic, single race;
c
includes non-Hispanic other and those reporting multiple race categories.