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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 23.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Pediatr. 2016 May 1;170(5):428–434. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.0007

Table 1.

Contraceptive Use by Demographic Characteristics Among 2288 Sexually Active Female High School Students Using Data From the 2013 National Youth Risk Behavior Surveya

Characteristic Contraceptive Use, % (95% CI) P Valuec
LARCb
(n = 51)
Depo-Provera,
Patch, or Ring
(n = 142)
Oral
Contraceptive
(n = 426)
Condom
(n = 926)
Withdrawal or
Other Method
(n = 240)
None
(n = 382)
Not Sure
(n = 40)
Total 1.8 (1.2-2.7) 5.7 (4.5-7.0) 22.4 (19.3-25.9) 40.8 (37.5-44.1) 11.8 (9.5-14.7) 15.7 (13.5-18.2) 1.9 (1.2-2.9)
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic white 2.0 (1.2-3.3) 4.8 (3.7-6.2) 30.7 (26.9-34.7) 37.7 (32.9-42.7) 11.3 (8.4-15.2) 11.9 (9.7-14.4) 1.6 (0.7-3.5) <.001
 Non-Hispanic black 1.7 (0.7-4.1) 10.1 (5.9-16.8) 7.3 (4.6-11.5) 46.5 (40.0-53.0) 10.3 (7.0-14.9) 21.2 (16.2-27.3) 2.8 (1.4-5.8)
 Hispanic 1.4 (0.7-2.8) 5.2 (2.9-9.4) 7.3 (4.8-10.8) 45.9 (40.6-51.3) 13.9 (9.8-19.2) 23.7 (20.0-27.9) 2.6 (1.5-4.5)
 Other 1.4 (0.5-4.3) 4.6 (2.2-9.2) 28.3 (17.5-42.4) 39.1 (29.5-49.7) 13.5 (6.6-25.4) 12.6 (8.2-19.0) 0.5 (0.1-3.5)
Grade
 9 1.0 (0.3-3.2) 2.9 (1.4-6.1) 14.7 (10.0-21.1) 47.0 (37.9-56.3) 13.1 (8.8-18.9) 18.1 (13.0-24.7) 3.2 (1.5-6.8) <.001
 10 1.3 (0.5-3.1) 5.5 (3.5-8.6) 19.2 (14.2-25.4) 44.0 (38.3-49.8) 11.7 (7.8-17.3) 17.3 (13.7-21.6) 1.0 (0.3-3.1)
 11 1.7 (0.9-3.1) 6.6 (4.3-10.0) 23.2 (17.4-30.2) 40.3 (34.0-46.9) 12.4 (9.1-16.7) 13.0 (9.9-16.8) 2.9 (1.1-7.3)
 12 2.5 (1.4-4.5) 6.3 (4.4-9.1) 27.6 (22.2-33.8) 36.0 (32.2-40.0) 11.1 (8.2-14.9) 15.5 (11.6-20.5) 0.9 (0.5-2.0)

Abbreviation: LARC, long-acting reversible contraception.

a

Data on primary method of pregnancy prevention are missing for 81 sexually active female students. The sample sizes are unweighted numbers; the percentages are weighted percentages.

b

Indicates intrauterine device or implant use.

c

Overall χ2.