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# F e r t ility

, F amily Planning, a nd

Repr oductiv e Health of U .S.

W omen: Data Fr om the 2002

National Sur v e y of F amily Gr o w th

Data Fr om the National Sur v e y of

F amily Gr o wth

U

. S. DEP AR TMENT OF HEAL TH AND HUMAN SER VICES

Center s f or Disease Contr o l and Pre v ention

National Center f o r Health Statis tics

Hy attsville, Mar yland

December 2005

DHHS Publication N o

. (PHS) 2006-1977

# National Center for H ealth Statistics

Edward J

. Sondik, Ph.D., Dir ector

Jennifer H

. Madans, Ph.D., Acting Co-Deputy D ir ector

Michael H. Sadagursky

, Acting Co-Deputy D ir ector

Jennifer H

. Madans, Ph.D., Associate D ir ector for Science

Edward L

. Hunter

, Associate D ir ector for P lanning, Budget,

and Legislation

Michael H. Sadagursky

, Associate D ir ector for

Management and Operations

Lawrence H. Cox, Ph.D., Associate D ir ector for Resear ch

and Methodology

Mar got A. Palmer

, Dir ector for I nformation T echnology

Mar got A. Palmer

, Acting D ir ector for I nformation Services

Linda T

. Bilheimer

, Ph.D., Associate D ir ector for Analysis,

Epidemiology

, and Health Pr omotion

Charles J

. Rothwell, M.S., Dir ector for V ital S tatistics

Jane E. Sisk, Ph.D., Dir ector for Health Car e S tatistics

Jane F

. Gentleman, Ph.D., Dir ector for Health Interview

Statistics

Clif ford L. Johnson, Dir ector for Health and Nutrition

Examination Surveys

Division of Vital S tatistics

Charles J

. Rothwell, M.S., Dir ector

James A. W eed, Ph.D., Deputy D ir ector

Stephanie J

. V entura, M.A., Chief, Repr oductive S tatistics

Branch

Nicholas F

. Pace, Systems Pr ogramming and Statistical

Resour ces Branch

# Contents

Acknowledgments

.......................................................................................... x

A b s t r a c t

.................................................................................................. 1

H i g h l i g h t s

................................................................................................. 1

Introduction

............................................................................................... 2

Strengths and Limitations of the Data

........................................................................ 3

Methods

.................................................................................................. 4

Results

................................................................................................... 6

Pregnancies, Children Ever Born, and T o tal B irths Expected (tables 1-13)

........................................... 6

Nonmarital B irths (tables 14-19)

............................................................................ 8

W

anted and Unwanted Births (tables 20-29)

.................................................................. 1 0

Menarche and Sexual Intercourse (tables 30–45)

.............................................................. 1 3

Marriage and Cohabitation (tables 46–52)

.................................................................... 1 7

Contraceptive Use (tables 53–66)

........................................................................... 1 8

Impaired Fecundity

, I nfertility

, and Sur gical Sterilization (tables 67–73)

........................................... 2 1

Pregnancy and Health (tables 74–79)

........................................................................ 2 4

Child Care A rrangements (table 80)

......................................................................... 2 7

Adoption, Stepchildren, and Foster Children (tables 81–84)

..................................................... 2 7

Use of Family Planning and Other Medical Services (tables 85–96)

............................................... 2 8

Infertility Services (tables 97–98)

........................................................................... 2 9

Other Health Conditions and Behaviors (tables 99–108)

........................................................ 3 0

References

............................................................................................... 3 3

Appendix I

.............................................................................................. 1 4 8

T

echnical Notes

....................................................................................... 1 4 8

Appendix I I

............................................................................................ 1 4 9

D e f i n i t i o n s o f T e r m s

................................................................................... 1 4 9



# Figur es

1. Factors a f f ecting f ertility

.............................................................................. 3

2. Percentage of women 22-44 years o f age who have no children and percentage with three o r more children, by

education: United S tates, 2002

.......................................................................... 7

3. Percentage of women 15-44 years o f age who are voluntarily childless: United S tates, 1982–2002

.................. 8

4. Percentage of ever -married women 15-44 years o f age who had a p remarital first birth, b y year of first marriage:

United S tates, 2002

................................................................................... 9

5. Percent distribution o f first b irths t o women 15-44 years o f age at interview b y marital o r cohabiting status o f mother

at first b irth, according to Hispanic o rigin and race: United S tates, 2002

....................................... 1 0

6. Percentage of births i n t he last 5 years t o women 15-44 years o f age at interview t hat occurred among women

unmarried o r cohabiting a t time o f b irth, b y age at birth: United S tates, 2002

.................................. 1 0

7. Percentage of women 25-44 years o f age who have ever had an unintended birth and percentage who have ever had an

unwanted birth, b y education: United S tates, 2002

......................................................... 1 1

8. Percent distribution o f b irths i n t he last 5 years t o women 15-44 years o f age at interview

, by wantedness by the

mother at the time o f conception: United S tates, 1995 and 2002

............................................. 1 2

iii

## 9. Among women 22-44 years o f age at interview

, percentage of births i n t he last 5 years t hat were unwanted at time o f

conception and percentage that were m istimed by 2 years o r more, by education: United S tates, 2002

.............. 1 2

10. Percentage of births t o women 15-44 years o f age at interview t hat were unintended at the time o f conception b y

both t he mother and the f ather

, b y mother ’ s age at birth: United S tates, 2002

................................... 1 3

1 1

. Among women 15–44 years o f age who were not using a b irth control method the l ast time t hey became pregnant,

percentage giving specified r easons for nonuse, by marital o r cohabiting s tatus: United S tates, 2002

................ 1 4

12. Percentage of women 15-24 years o f age who ever had sexual intercourse after menarche, by age at interview:

United S tates, 2002

.................................................................................. 1 5

13. Percentage of sexually experienced women 15–44 years o f age whose first intercourse was not voluntary

, by age at

first i ntercourse: United S tates, 2002

.................................................................... 1 6

14. Percentage of ever -married women 15–44 years o f age who had their first intercourse within marriage and percentage

who had it 5 o r more years before first marriage, by year of first marriage: United S tates, 2002

................... 1 7

15. Percentage of women 15–44 years o f age who have ever cohabited and percentage who are currently cohabiting:

United S tates, 1995 and 2002

......................................................................... 1 8

16. Percentage of women 15-44 years o f age who used any birth control method at first p remarital i ntercourse, b y year

of first i ntercourse: United S tates, 2002

................................................................. 1 9

17. Percentage of women 15-44 years o f age who used any birth control method at first p remarital i ntercourse, b y

Hispanic o rigin and race and age at first premarital i ntercourse: United S tates, 2002

............................. 1 9

18. Among unmarried women 22-44 years o f age who had sexual intercourse in the 3 months prior t o i nterview

, percentage who used no method of contraception a t l ast intercourse, and percentage who used a condom, by education:

United S tates, 2002

.................................................................................. 2 1

19. Percentage of women 15-44 years o f age with impaired f ecundity

, b y parity and Hispanic o rigin and race:

United S tates, 2002

.................................................................................. 2 2

20. Percentage of married women 15-44 years o f age with 12-month i nfertility

, b y parity and age: United S tates, 2002

.... 2 3

21. Percentage of married women 15-44 years o f age with impaired f ecundity or 12-month i nfertility: United S tates,

1982–2002

......................................................................................... 2 3

22. Percentage of married women 40-44 years o f age who ever had a sterilizing operation and percentage who ever had

tubal sterilization: United S tates, 1995 and 2002

.......................................................... 2 4

23. Percentage of non-Hispanic white women 15–44 years o f age who ever had tubal sterilization, by religion r aised:

United S tates, 2002

.................................................................................. 2 4

24. Percentage of women 15-44 years o f age at interview who smoked during t heir most r ecent pregnancy ending in

January 1997 or later

, by pregnancy outcome and by wantedness a t time o f conception: United S tates, 2002

......... 2 5

25. Percentage of women 15-44 years o f age at interview who paid f or their most recent live b irth delivery i n J anuary

1997 or later

, with Medicaid o r government assistance, by age at birth and by marital status a t b irth: United S tates,

2002

.............................................................................................. 2 6

26. Among women 15-44 years o f age at interview who had a s ingleton live b irth in January 1997 or later

, percentage

who breastfed t he child at all, and percentage still breastfeeding at 6 and 12 months, b y H ispanic o rigin and race:

United S tates, 2002

.................................................................................. 2 7

27. Percent distribution b y age of women who received a f amily planning service i n t he last 12 months, according to type

of provider: United S tates, 2002

....................................................................... 2 9

28. Percentage of women 15–44 years o f age who have ever received any infertility services, b y H ispanic o rigin and race

and by parity: United S tates, 2002

..................................................................... 3 0

29. Percentage of women 15-44 years o f age who smoked once a day or more i n t he last 12 months, b y education and by

Hispanic o rigin and race: United S tates, 2002

............................................................ 3 1

30. Percentage of women 15–44 years o f age who have ever been treated for pelvic i nflammatory d isease, by number

of male sexual partners i n t he last 12 months: United S tates, 2002

........................................... 3 2

31. Percentage of women 15–44 years o f age who ever had sexual intercourse and who ever had sexually transmitted

infections or pelvic i nflammatory d isease treatment, b y age at first i ntercourse: United S tates, 2002

................ 3 3



# T

ext T ables

A. Brief outline o f Cycle 6 National Survey of Family Growth Female Questionnaire

............................... 5

B. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y t ype of childlessness status: United S tates, 2002

.... 7



# Detailed T ables

1. Number of women 15-44 years o f age and percent distribution b y number of pregnancies, according to selected

characteristics: United S tates, 2002

..................................................................... 3 6

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## 2. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y number of children ever born, according to selected

characteristics: United S tates, 2002

..................................................................... 3 7

3. Number of women 22–44 years o f age, number of currently married women 22–44 years o f age, and percent

distribution b y number of children ever born, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

............. 3 8

4. Number of births estimated from t he 2002 National Survey of Family Growth, confidence interval for t his estimate,

number of births based on vital r ecords, and ratio, b y s elected characteristics: United S tates, 1997–2001

............ 3 9

5. Number of women 15–44 years o f age, and mean number of children ever born, additional births expected, and total

births expected, by selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

.............................................. 4 0

6. Number of non-Hispanic o r non-Latina women 15–44 years o f age, and mean number of children ever born, additional

births expected, and total b irths expected, by selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

........................ 4 1

7. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y t otal births expected, according to selected

characteristics: United S tates, 2002

..................................................................... 4 2

8. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y t otal births expected, according to Hispanic o rigin

and race and parity: United S tates, 2002

................................................................. 4 3

9. Number of women 15–44 years o f age, number of unmarried women 15–44 years o f age, and percent distribution b y

total b irths expected, according to marital and cohabiting s tatus and parity: United S tates, 2002

................... 4 4

10. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y t otal births expected, according to parity and

fecundity status: United S tates, 2002

................................................................... 4 5

1 1

. Number of women 15–44 years o f age, number of unmarried women 15–44 years o f age, and percent distribution b y

total b irths expected, according to marital s tatus, parity

, and fecundity status: United S tates, 2002

................. 4 6

12. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y t otal number of births expected, according to

selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

.............................................................. 4 7

13. Number of women 15–44 years o f age who had at least 1 live b irth and percent distribution b y number of months

from first b irth to second birth, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

......................... 4 8

14. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y timing o f first birth in relation t o first marriage,

according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

................................................... 4 9

15. Number of women 15–44 years o f age who have ever had a live b irth and percent distribution b y marital o r cohabiting

status with the f ather at time a t t he time o f delivery o f t heir first birth, according to selected characteristics:

United S tates, 2002

.................................................................................. 5 0

16. Number of women 15–44 years o f age who have ever had a live b irth and percent distribution b y marital o r cohabiting

status at first b irth, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

................................... 5 1

17. Number of women 15–44 years o f age who have ever had a live b irth, percentage who ever had a nonmarital live

birth, and percentage who ever had such a b irth within a cohabiting union, by selected characteristics:

United S tates, 2002

.................................................................................. 5 2

18. Number of births i n t he last 5 years t o women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y marital o r cohabitation

status at time o f delivery

, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

.............................. 5 3

19. Number of nonmarital b irths e stimated from t he 2002 National Survey of Growth, confidence interval for t his e stimate,

number of nonmarital b irths based on vital r ecords, and ratio, b y selected characteristics: United S tates, 1997–2001

. . . 54

20. Number of women 15–44 years o f age, percentage who ever had an unwanted birth, percentage who ever had a

mistimed birth, and percentage who ever had either

, b y selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

................ 5 5

21. Number of births i n t he 5 years before i nterview to women 15–44 years o f age at interview and percent distribution b y

wantedness status at conception, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

........................ 5 6

22. Number of mistimed pregnancies leading to births o r s pontaneous loss in January 1999 or later t o women 15–44 years

of age at interview and percent distribution b y how much too s oon the p regnancy occurred, according to selected

characteristics: United S tates, 2002

..................................................................... 5 7

23. Number of births i n t he 5 years before i nterview to women 22–44 years o f age at interview and percent distribution

by wantedness status, according to education and Hispanic o rigin and race: United S tates, 2002

................... 5 8

24. Number of births i n t he 5 years before i nterview to women 15–44 years o f age at interview and percent distribution b y

couple agreement on the i ntendedness of the b irth, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

......... 5 9

25. Number of pregnancies, i ncluding pregnancies current at the time o f i nterview

, i n J anuary 1999 or later t o women

15–44 years o f age at interview

, percent distribution b y value on the s cale o f how happy she was to be pregnant, and

mean scale value, by selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

............................................ 6 0

26. Number of pregnancies that ended in live b irths o r s pontaneous loss in January 1999 or later t o women 15–44 years

of age at interview

, percent distribution b y value on the scale o f how happy she was to be pregnant, and mean scale

value, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

.............................................. 6 2

27. Number of pregnancies that ended in live b irths o r s pontaneous loss in January 1999 or later t o women 15-44 years

of age at interview

, percent distribution b y value on the scale o f how hard s he was trying t o get pregnant, and mean

scale value, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

......................................... 6 4

v

## 28. Number of pregnancies that ended in live b irths o r s pontaneous loss in January 1999 or later t o women 15–44 years

of age at interview

, percent distribution b y value on the scale o f how much she wanted to get pregnant and mean scale

value, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

.............................................. 6 6

29. Number of women 15–44 years o f age who had an unintended pregnancy leading to a live b irth in January 1999 or

later

, who were not using a method of contraception a t t he time o f t he pregnancy

, and percentage reporting s pecified

reasons for not using a method of contraception, by selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

.................. 6 8

30. Percent distribution b y age at first menstrual period among women 15–44 years o f age and mean age at first menstrual

period, according to age and Hispanic o rigin and race: United S tates, 2002

.................................... 6 9

31. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percentage who ever had sexual intercourse after menarche for a ll women

and never -married women, by age at interview and by age and race and Hispanic o rigin for t eenagers: United S tates,

2002

............................................................................................. 7 0

32. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percentage who have ever had sexual intercourse, f or all women and never

married women, by age at interview and by age and race and Hispanic o rigin for t eenagers: United S tates, 2002

..... 7 1

33. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and cumulative percentage who have ever had sexual intercourse after menarche

before r eaching selected age and mean age at first i ntercourse after menarche, by selected characteristics: United S tates,

2002

.............................................................................................. 7 2

34. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and cumulative percentage who have ever had sexual intercourse before

reaching selected age and mean age at first intercourse, by selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

............. 7 3

35. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and cumulative percentage who have ever had sexual intercourse before

reaching selected age, by mode of interview and selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

..................... 7 4

36. Number of women 18–44 years o f age who have ever had sexual intercourse and percentage whose first intercourse

was not voluntary

, by selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

........................................... 7 5

37. Number of women 18–44 years o f age and percentage ever forced to have sexual intercourse, b y age at first forced

intercourse and selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

................................................ 7 6

38. Number of women 18–44 years o f age who ever had sexual intercourse and percentage who reported specific types of

force a t first i ntercourse: United S tates, 2002

............................................................. 7 7

39. Number of women 15–44 years o f age who have had sexual intercourse and percent distribution b y age dif f erence

between female and first male partner

, according to age and Hispanic o rigin and race: United S tates, 2002

.......... 7 8

40. Number of women 15–44 years o f age who have had sexual intercourse and percent distribution b y t ype of

relationship w ith partner at first i ntercourse, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

.............. 7 9

41. Number of ever -married women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y timing o f first sexual intercourse after

menarche in relation t o first marriage, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

................... 8 0

42. Number of ever -married women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y timing o f first sexual intercourse in

relation t o first marriage, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

.............................. 8 1

43. Number of unmarried women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y number of male sexual partners i n

the 1 2 months prior t o t he interview

, as reported t o t he interviewer

, according to selected characteristics:

United S tates, 2002

.................................................................................. 8 2

44. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y number of male s exual partners i n lifetime, as

reported t o t he interviewer

, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

............................ 8 3

45. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and number of unmarried women 15–44 years o f age and percentage who

ever had sexual intercourse, who had sexual intercourse in the l ast 1 2 months, and who had sexual intercourse in the

last 3 months, by selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

............................................... 8 4

46. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y current formal marital status, according to selected

characteristics: United S tates, 2002

..................................................................... 8 5

47. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percentage who have ever married o r cohabited, have ever cohabited, are

currently cohabiting, have ever married, or are currently married, by selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

..... 8 6

48. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y cohabitation experience relative t o first marriage,

according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

.................................................. 8 7

49. Number of women 15–44 years o f age who have ever cohabited and percent distribution b y status o f first cohabitation,

according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

................................................... 8 8

50. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and probability of first marriage before r eaching specified age, by selected

characteristics: United S tates, 2002

..................................................................... 8 9

51. Number of ever -married women 15–44 years o f age and cumulative percentage whose first marriage was dissolved by

separation, divorce, or annulment, b y years since first marriage and selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

...... 9 0

52. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y number of husbands or cohabiting partners i n

lifetime, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

........................................... 9 1

53. Number of women 15–44 years o f age who have ever had sexual intercourse and percentage who have ever used the

specified contraceptive method, by age: United S tates, 2002

................................................ 9 2

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## 54. Number of women 15–44 years o f age who have ever had sexual intercourse and percentage who used the specified

contraceptive method at first intercourse, by selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

......................... 9 3

55. Number of women 15–44 years o f age who had premarital sexual intercourse and percentage who used the specified

contraceptive method at first intercourse, by selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

......................... 9 4

56. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y current contraceptive status and method, according

to age at interview: United S tates, 2002

................................................................. 9 5

57. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percentage who used specified contraceptive method in month o f i nterview

, by age at interview: United S tates, 2002

................................................................ 9 6

58. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y current contraceptive status and method, according

to marital s tatus and Hispanic o rigin and race: United S tates, 2002

........................................... 9 7

59. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percentage who used the s pecified contraceptive method in the month o f

interview

, by marital s tatus and Hispanic o rigin and race: United S tates, 2002

................................. 9 8

60. Number of women 15–44 years o f age who are currently using a method of contraception and percent distribution b y

method, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

............................................ 9 9

61. Number of currently contracepting women 15–44 years o f age who have ever had sexual intercourse and percentage

using specified contraceptive methods and method combinations in the month o f i nterview

, b y selected characteristics:

United S tates, 2002

................................................................................ 1 0 0

62. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and number of unmarried women 15–44 years o f age who had sexual

intercourse in the 3 months prior t o t he interview and percentage using s pecified contraceptive method or method

combinations at last sexual intercourse, by selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

......................... 1 0 1

63. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and number of unmarried women 15–44 years o f age who had sexual

intercourse in the 1 2 months prior t o t he interview and percentage who used the s pecified contraceptive method at

last intercourse in past 12 months, by selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

............................. 1 0 2

64. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and number of unmarried women 15–44 years o f age who ever used a

condom and who had sexual intercourse in the 4 weeks prior t o t he interview and percent distribution b y consistency

of condom use in those 4 weeks, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

...................... 1 0 3

65. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and number of unmarried women 15–44 years o f age who ever used a

condom and who had sexual intercourse in the 1 2 months prior t o t he interview and percent distribution b y

consistency of condom use, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

........................... 1 0 4

66. Number of women 15–44 years o f age who ever used a selected method of contraception, percentage who

discontinued any method due to dissatisfaction and the r easons for d iscontinuation, and use and discontinuation o f

the p ill and condom by Hispanic o rigin and race: United S tates, 2002

....................................... 1 0 5

67. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y f ecundity status, according to selected

characteristics: United S tates, 2002

.................................................................... 1 0 6

68. Number of married women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y f ecundity status, according to selected

characteristics: United S tates, 2002

.................................................................... 1 0 7

69. Number of married women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y i nfertility status, according to selected

characteristics: United S tates, 2002

................................................................... 1 0 8

70. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percentage who have had a sterilizing operation b y t ype of operation and

percentage whose current husband or cohabiting partner has had a vasectomy

, b y selected characteristics:

United S tates, 2002

................................................................................. 1 0 9

71. Number of married women 15–44 years o f age and percentage who have had a sterilizing operation b y t ype of

operation and percentage whose husband has had a vasectomy

, b y selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

...... 1 1 0

72. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percentage who have had a sterilizing operation b y t ype of operation and

percentage whose husband or cohabiting partner has had a vasectomy

, b y s elected characteristics: United S tates,

2002

............................................................................................. 1 1 1

73. Number of women 15–44 years o f age who have had (or whose husbands or cohabiting partners have had) sterilizing

operations in January 1997 or later

, percentage who cited t he specified r easons for t heir operations, and percent

distribution b y main r eason, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

.......................... 1 1 2

74. Number of pregnancies ending in live b irth in January 1997 or later t o women 15–44 years o f age at interview and

percent distribution b y months pregnant when prenatal care began, according to selected characteristics:

United S tates, 2002

................................................................................. 1 1 3

75. Number of women 15–44 years o f age whose most r ecent pregnancy ended in live b irth or spontaneous loss in

January 1997 or later and percent distribution b y average number of cigarettes s moked per day during t he pregnancy

, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

................................................. 1 1 4

76. Number of single live b irths t o women 15–44 years o f age and percentage that were l ow birthweight, b y H ispanic

origin and race and selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

............................................ 1 1 5

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## 77. Number of women 15–44 years o f age who had a live b irth in January 1997 or later and percent distribution b y

method of payment for t he most recent delivery

, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

.......... 1 1 6

78. Number of singleton babies born i n 1997–2000 and percent distribution b y duration o f b reastfeeding, according to

selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

............................................................. 1 1 7

79. Number of women 15–44 years o f age who had a live b irth in January 1997 or later and percent distribution b y u se

of maternity leave for t he most r ecent birth, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

............. 1 1 8

80. Number of women 15–44 years o f age who were working during t he week prior t o t he interview and have at least

1 child under 13 years o f age in the household and percentage using t he specified child care a rrangement in the

4 weeks prior t o t he interview

, by selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

................................ 1 1 9

81. Number of women 18–44 years o f age and percentage who have ever lived with and cared for a child to whom they

did not give birth, b y t he child’ s relationship t o t he woman when the child first began living t here and selected

characteristics: United S tates, 2002

................................................................... 1 2 0

82. Number of women 18–44 years o f age and percentage of women who have ever adopted a child, who have ever

considered adopting a child, who are currently seeking to adopt a child, o r who have taken or are t aking steps to

adopt, b y selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

.................................................... 1 2 1

83. Number of women 18–44 years o f age and percentage of women who have ever adopted a child, who have ever

considered adopting a child, who are currently seeking to adopt a child, o r who have taken or are t aking steps to

adopt, b y marital s tatus, parity

, and age: United S tates, 2002

............................................... 1 2 2

84. Number of women 18–44 years o f age currently seeking to adopt a child not already known to them, percentage who

prefer

, and percentage who prefer or would accept a child with the s elected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

..... 1 2 3

85. Number of women 15–24 years o f age and percent distribution b y t ype of provider for first family planning visit,

according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

................................................. 1 2 4

86. Number of women 15–24 years o f age who used the specified p rovider for first family planning visit and percent

distribution, by selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

................................................ 1 2 5

87. Number of women 15–44 years o f age, percentage who received at least 1 f amily planning service from a medical

care p rovider in the 1 2 months prior t o i nterview

, and percentage who received specified services, b y s elected

characteristics: United S tates, 2002

.................................................................... 1 2 6

88. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percentage who received the s pecified medical services from a medical

care p rovider in the 1 2 months prior t o t he interview

, by selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

.............. 1 2 7

89. Number of women 15–44 years o f age, percentage who received at least 1 f amily planning service in the 1 2 months

prior t o i nterview

, and percentage who used the s pecified t ype of provider

, b y selected characteristics: United S tates,

2002

............................................................................................ 1 2 8

90. Number of women 15–44 years o f age who received at least 1 f amily planning service i n t he 12 months prior t o

interview from t he specified t ype of provider and percent distribution b y s elected characteristics: United S tates,

2002

............................................................................................. 1 2 9

91. Number of women 15–44 years o f age, percentage who received at least 1 medical service i n t he 12 months prior t o

interview

, and percentage who used the specified t ype of provider

, b y s elected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

. . . 130

92. Number of women 15–44 years o f age received at least 1 medical service in the 1 2 months prior t o i nterview from

the specified t ype of provider and percent distribution b y selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

............. 1 3 1

93. Number of women 15–44 years o f age, percentage who received at least 1 f amily planning or medical service in the

12 months prior t o i nterview

, and percentage who used the s pecified t ype of provider

, b y s elected characteristics:

United S tates, 2002

................................................................................. 1 3 2

94. Number of women 15–44 years o f age who received at least 1 f amily planning or medical service from t he specified

type of provider in the 1 2 months prior t o i nterview and percent distribution b y s elected characteristics: United S tates,

2002

............................................................................................ 1 3 3

95. Number of women 15–44 years o f age who received at least 1 f amily planning service i n t he 12 months prior t o

interview from a medical care p rovider and percent distribution b y method of payment, according to selected

characteristics: United S tates, 2002

.................................................................... 1 3 4

96. Number of women 15–44 years o f age who received at least 1 medical service i n t he 12 months prior t o i nterview

from a medical care p rovider and percent distribution b y method of payment, according to selected characteristics:

United S tates, 2002

................................................................................ 1 3 5

97. Number of women 15–44 years o f age, percentage who have ever received any infertility service, and percentage

who have ever received the s pecified i nfertility services, b y s elected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

........... 1 3 6

98. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y t he number of visits for medical help t o get

pregnant (made by her or her husband or cohabiting partner) i n t he 12 months prior t o i nterview

, according to

selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

............................................................. 1 3 7

99. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y c igarette smoking experience in the 1 2 months

prior t o i nterview

, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

................................... 1 3 8

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## 100. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y t esting f or Human Immunodeficiency V irus ( HIV),

according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

................................................. 1 3 9

101. Number of women 15–44 years o f age who were t ested for Human Immunodeficiency V irus ( HIV) outside o f b lood

donation i n t he 12 months prior t o i nterview and percentage who cited t he specified r easons for t he test, by selected

characteristics: United S tates, 2002

................................................................... 1 4 0

102. Numbers o f women and unmarried 15–44 years o f age who have had at least 1 male s exual partner in the l ast

12 months and percentage reporting t he specified Human Immunodeficiency V irus ( HIV)risk behaviors f or

themselves or their partners i n t he 12 months prior t o i nterview

, b y selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

..... 1 4 1

103. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y number of male partners f or all t ypes of sexual

contact in 12 months prior t o i nterview

, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

................. 1 4 2

104. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percent distribution b y number of male partners f or all t ypes of sexual

contact in lifetime, according to selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

.................................. 1 4 3

105. Number of unmarried women 15–44 years o f age who reported using condoms at their l ast vaginal intercourse with

a male partner and percent distribution b y r easons reported f or this condom use, according to selected characteristics:

United S tates, 2002

................................................................................ 1 4 4

106. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percentage who douched at all i n t he 12 months prior t o t he interview

, by

Hispanic o rigin and race and selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

.................................... 1 4 5

107. Number of women 15–44 years o f age and percentage ever treated for pelvic i nflammatory d isease, by Hispanic

origin and race and selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

............................................ 1 4 6

108. Number of women 15–44 years o f age who have ever had sexual intercourse with a male a s r eported t o t he

interviewer and percentage who reported treatment for a s exually transmitted i nfections or pelvic i nflammatory

disease, by selected characteristics: United S tates, 2002

................................................... 1 4 7

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# Acknowledgments

Cycle 6 o f t he National Survey of

Family Growth ( NSFG) was conducted

by the National Center for Health

Statistics ( NCHS) with the support and

assistance of a number of other

or ganizations and individuals.

Interviewing and other tasks were

carried out by the University of

Michigan’ s Survey Research Center

, Institute for Social Research, under a

contract with NCHS. The Cycle 6

NSFG was jointly planned and funded

by the f ollowing programs and agencies

of the U .S. Departments o f Health and

Human Services:

+ The National Institute for Child

Health and Human Development

(NICHD)

+ The Of fice o f Population A f f airs

+ The Centers f or Disease Control and

Prevention ( CDC), CDC’ s National

Center for Health Statistics

(CDC/NCHS)

+ The CDC’ s National Center for H IV

, STD, and TB Prevention

+ The CDC’ s D ivision o f

Reproductive Health

+ The CDC’ s O f fice o f W omen’ s

Health

+ The Of fice o f P lanning, Research,

and Evaluation o f t he Administration

for Children and Families ( ACF)

+ The Children’ s Bureau of the ACF

+ The Of fice o f t he Assistant Secretary

for P lanning and Evaluation

(OASPE)

NCHS gratefully acknowledges the

contributions of these programs and

agencies, and all o thers who assisted i n

designing and carrying out the NSFG.

This r eport was prepared under the

general direction o f Charles J

. Rothwell,

Director of the D ivision o f V ital

Statistics, and Stephanie J

. V entura,

Chief of the Reproductive S tatistics

Branch of the DVS. The authors o f t his

report g ratefully acknowledge the

assistance of Thomas Dunn, V anetta

Harrington, Sarah Kendig, Sharon

Kirmeyer

, Joyce Martin, T J Mathews,

Brittany McGill, Martha Munson,

Y

ashodhara Patel, Paul Sutton, and Stephanie W illson in preparing t his

report. This r eport was edited b y Gail V

. Johnson, and typesetting was done by

Annette F

. Holman of NCHS. Graphics

were p roduced by Michael Jones of

NOV A Research Company

, a n NCHS

Contractor

, o f I nformation Services,

Information Design and Publishing

Staf f.

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# Objective

This report p resents national

estimates of fertility

, f amily planning,

and r eproductive health indicators

among f emales 15–44 years o f age in

the U nited S tates i n 2002 from Cycle 6

of the N ational Survey o f Family Growth

(NSFG). For selected indicators, data

are a lso c ompared with earlier cycles of

the N SFG.



# Methods

Descriptive t ables of numbers and

percentages are p resented and

interpreted. Data were collected through

in-person interviews of the household

population 15–44 years o f age in the

United S tates between March 2002 and

March 2003. The sample included

7,643 females and 4,928 males, and

this report f ocuses on data f rom t he

female sample. The overall r esponse

rate for t he Cycle 6 N SFG was 7 9

percent, and the r esponse r ate f or

women w as 80 percent.



# Results

Given t he range of topics covered i n

the r eport, only s elected findings are

listed h ere. About 14 percent of recent

births to women 15–44 years o f age in

2002 were unwanted at time o f

conception, an increase f rom t he 9

percent seen for r ecent births in 1995.

Among recent births, 6 4 percent

occurred w ithin marriage, 14 percent

within cohabiting unions, and 21

percent to women w ho were neither

married nor cohabiting. The overall r ate

of breastfeeding initiation a mong recent

births increased from 55 to 67 percent

between 1995 and 2002. About 50

percent of women 15–44 had ever

cohabited c ompared with 41 percent of

women i n t he 1995 survey; t he

percentage of women c urrently

cohabiting a lso i ncreased, f rom 7 to 9

percent between 1995 and 2002.

**Keywords** : f ertility

c contraceptive

use c sexual activity

c unintended

pregnancy c reproductive health

c

infertility

c National Survey o f Family

Growth

c National Center for H ealth

Statistics 

# Fertility

, F amily Planning, and

Reproductive H ealth of U.S.

W omen: Data From the 2002

National Survey o f F amily

Growth

By Anjani Chandra, Ph.D.; G ladys M. Martinez, Ph.D.; W illiam D

. Mosher

, Ph.D.; Joyce C. Abma, Ph.D.; and Jo Jones, Ph.D.; D ivision

of V ital S tatistics



# Highlights



# T he reproductive experiences of

women 15–44 years o f age in the

United S tates vary significantly

, and often s harply

, by demographic

characteristics such as education,

income, and Hispanic o rigin and race.

T

ables 1–108 and figures 1–31 present

key indicators o f f ertility

, f amily

planning, and reproductive health among

this group of women in the United

States. Below are s ome highlights from

these indicators.

+ The proportion o f women with three

or more children continues to be

closely a ssociated with lower levels

of education and income—for

example, among women 22–44

years o f age, only 1 2 percent of

college-educated women have had

three o r more children compared

with 47 percent of women with less

than a h igh school education

( figure 2 ).

+ Overall, 64 percent of births w ithin

the 5 years before i nterview

occurred w ithin marriage, another 14

percent occurred w ithin cohabiting

unions, and 21 percent were t o

women who were neither married

nor cohabiting. This i ndicates that

among the r ecent births t hat were

nonmarital, about 40 percent were t o

cohabiting women ( table 1 8 ). + While 74 percent of first births t o

white women occurred w ithin

marriage, 54 percent of first births

to Hispanic women and 23 percent

of first births t o b lack women

occurred w ithin marriage ( figure 5 )

.

+ About 61 percent of women 25–44

years o f age with less than a h igh

school degree report having had an

unintended birth compared with 18

percent of women with college

degrees ( figure 7 )

.

+ Overall, about 65 percent of recent

births were i ntended at time o f

conception, 14 percent were

unwanted, and 21 percent were

mistimed. The 14 percent of recent

births t hat were unwanted represents

an increase from t he 9 percent seen

for r ecent births i n t he Cycle 5

NSFG ( figure 8

, table 2 1 )

.

+ T welve percent of recent births were

reported t o have occurred 2 o r more

years t oo soon (as opposed to less

seriously m istimed ( T able 2 1 )). The

percentage of recent births s eriously

mistimed decreases from 1 5 percent

among mothers w ith less than a h igh

school diploma to 2 percent for

women with a bachelor ’ s degree or

higher ( figure 9 )

.

+ Y ounger age at first s exual

intercourse was associated with

higher incidence of nonvoluntary

first i ntercourse. Figure 1 3 shows

that 20 percent of women who first

had intercourse before 1 5 years o f

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## age reported t heir first i ntercourse as married women 40–44, 66 percent

not voluntary compared with 4 reported any sterilizing operations in

percent of women who first had 1995 compared with 54 percent in

intercourse at 20 years o r over

. This

relationship between earlier first 2002 ( figure 2 2 ). These changes are

probably r elated to the overall

intercourse and higher reporting o f patterns o f delayed childbearing

nonvoluntary first i ntercourse is seen among women 15–44 years o f age,

across Hispanic o rigin and race which result in lower proportions of

+ groups.

For women first married i n older women being ready to adopt

permanent forms o f contraception.

1990–2002, about 6 i n 1 0 had their + As in Cycle 5

, Medicaid o r o ther

first i ntercourse 5 o r more years Government assistance was used to

before marriage compared with 3 i n

10 women who were first married i n pay for about one-third of women’ s

most r ecent deliveries. It was more

the 1980s ( figure 1 4 ). often u sed t o pay for deliveries t o

+ In 2002, 9 percent of women were younger mothers—nearly two-thirds

currently cohabiting w ith a male of births t o women younger than 20

partner compared with 7 percent in

1995. One-half o f women 15–44 in years o f age were paid f or by

Medicaid, compared with 14 percent

2002 had ever cohabited, an increase of births t o women 30–44 years o ld

from t he 41 percent who reported ( figure 2 5 ).

any cohabitation experience in 1995

( table 4 7 ; figure 1 5 ). + The overall r ate o f b reastfeeding

initiation among recent births

+ Non-Hispanic white and black increased from 5 5 t o 6 7 percent

women whose first i ntercourse between the 1995 and 2002 surveys,

occurred r ecently (between 1990 and bringing the population c loser t o t he

2002) were more likely t o have used

a method of contraception a t first Healthy People 2010 goal of 75

percent. I n v irtually all s ubgroups,

intercourse than Hispanic breastfeeding was initiated more

women—80, 70, and 52 percent, often i n 2002 than in 1995.

+ respectively ( table 5 4 ).

W

omen with lower education, lower Although non-Hispanic b lack

women remain l ess likely t o i nitiate

income, or who were H ispanic o r breastfeeding than Hispanic o r white

non-Hispanic b lack, were l ess likely women, the l evel seen in the 2002

to use a method of contraception a t survey was almost t wice that seen in

+ last intercourse ( table 6 2

, figure 1 8 ).

In 2002, 12 percent of women 1995 (47 percent, versus 2 5 percent)

( table 7 8 ).

15–44 (or 7 .3 million women) had + More t han one-half o f women

impaired f ecundity

. This r epresents receiving family planning services in

an increase of about 2 percentage

points from t he levels seen in 1988 the l ast 12 months from a T itle X

clinic were younger than 25 years

and 1995 ( table 6 7 ). About 15 compared with about a t hird of

percent of married women had those a ttending a p rivate doctor’s

impaired f ecundity

, r epresenting a n of fice o r health maintenance

estimated 4.3 m illion women in

2002 ( table 6 8

, figure 2 1 ). or ganization ( HMO) ( table 9 0

, figure 2 7 ).

+ In 2002, 7.4 percent of married + In 2002, daily smoking was more

women, or about 2.1 m illion commonly r eported among

women, were i nfertile. This i s about non-Hispanic white women, women

the same level as seen in 1995 but with lower levels o f education and

represents a s ignificant decline from income, and women with at least

the p revalence of 8.4 percent in one child ( table 9 9 ; figure 2 8 ).

1982 ( table 6 9

, figure 2 1 ). + Nearly 26 percent of women who

+ The percentages of married women

40–44 years o f age who report ‘ ‘any first had sexual intercourse before

age 15 had ever been treated for

sterilizing operations’ ’ o r ‘ ‘tubal pelvic i nflammatory d isease ( PID)

sterilization’ ’ have fallen between or sexually transmitted i nfection

1995 and 2002. For example, among (STI) compared with 10 percent of those who first had intercourse at 20

years o r over ( figure 3 1 ).



# Introduction



# T his r eport p resents descriptive

statistics r elated to the f ertility

, family planning, and reproductive

health of U.S. women 15–44 years o f

age, based on Cycle 6 o f t he National

Survey of Family Growth ( NSFG),

conducted in 2002. The Centers f or

Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC),

National Center for Health Statistics

(NCHS), conducts t he NSFG, a periodic

survey that collects data o n f actors

af

fecting t he formation, growth, and

dissolution o f f amilies—including

marriage, divorce, and cohabitation;

contraception, sterilization, and

infertility; p regnancy outcomes; and,

births. The NSFG is jointly planned and

funded by NCHS and several other

programs of the U .S. Department of

Health and Human Services (see

‘ ‘ Acknowledgments’ ’ )

. The NSFG was established and first

conducted by NCHS in 1973. Since

then, the NSFG has been conducted six

times by NCHS—in 1973, 1976, 1982,

1988, 1995, and 2002. In 1973 and

1976, the s urvey interviewed women

15–44 years o f age who were currently

married o r had ever been married; it

was then considered too sensitive t o

interview never -married women on the

topics covered in the NSFG. In 1982,

the survey was expanded to include

women 15–44 years o f age regardless o f

marital experience. Thus the s ample

began to include all f emales 15–44

years o f age, including those who had

never been married. Men 15–44 years o f

age were i ncluded for t he first time i n

the NSFG conducted in 2002.

The NSFG is a multipurpose survey

based on personal interviews with a

national sample o f men and women

15–44 years o f age in the household

population o f t he United S tates. The

NSFG’s main f unction, particularly the

female survey

, has been to collect data

on factors a f f ecting p regnancy and

reproductive health in the United S tates.

The NSFG supplements and

complements t he data from t he National

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## V

ital S tatistics System on births,

marriage and divorce, fetal death, and

infant mortality (1–4). The NSFG is also

a s ignificant part o f CDC’s public health

surveillance for women, infants, and

children—particularly on contraception,

infertility

, unintended pregnancy and

childbearing, and teenage pregnancy (5).

This r eport i s o r ganized around the

central f ocus of the NSFG-pregnancy

and its determinants and consequences

(6–8) ( figure 1 )

. It also provides basic

information o n behaviors r elated to

reproductive health, i ncluding those

related t o risk f or HIV

, the v irus t hat

causes AIDS, and other STIs.

T

opics covered in this report

include:

+ Children ever born and total b irths

expected

+ Nonmarital childbearing

+ Intendedness of births, including

unwanted births

+ Sexual intercourse

+ Marriage and cohabitation + Contraceptive use

+ Impaired f ecundity

, i nfertility

, and

sur g ical sterilization

+ Health aspects o f p regnancy and

childbirth, i ncluding prenatal care

timing, smoking during p regnancy

, low b irthweight, and breastfeeding

+ Maternity leave

+ Adoption, stepchildren, and care o f

other nonbiological children

+ Family planning and other medical

services

+ Infertility services

+ Cigarette smoking

+ HIV t esting and reasons for H IV

testing

+ Risk behaviors f or HIV and other

STI

+ V aginal douching, PID, and other

STI

The NSFG conducted in 2002,

being the s ixth in the s eries, is referred

to as Cycle 6

. Cycle 6 o f t he NSFG was

conducted under contract with the

University of Michigan’s I nstitute for Social Research. Earlier r eports have

presented information from Cycle 6 o f

the NSFG on sexual experience, fertility

, and contraception among teens and

young adults (9) and contraception and

family planning service u se among

women 15–44 years o f age (10). A s o f

this writing, other reports have been

published or are i n p reparation t o

present basic indicators o f f ertility

, parenting, and health for men 15–44

years o f age, as well a s s exual behavior

and reproductive health of men and

women (1 1–13).



# Str e ngths and Limitations

of the D ata

The data i n t his r eport come

primarily from t he most r ecent cycle o f

the NSFG conducted in 2002, and, as a

result, they have several strengths:

+ Comparability over time— The data

are d rawn from i nterviews with

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## lar g e national samples that were

interviewed in comparable ways in

1982, 1995, and 2002. The data

from each survey were p rocessed

and coded in ways to make them as

comparable a s possible, so that

trends could b e measured as reliably

as possible.

+ Br eadth o f i nformation— The survey

collected a r elatively rich a rray o f

characteristics t o i dentify groups in

which fertility

, f amily planning, and

reproductive health-related behaviors

can be compared and studied, such

as age, education, household

income, family background, and

religious af filiation.

+ Effective fieldwork pr ocedur es— The

interviews in each cycle o f t he

NSFG were conducted in person b y

female i nterviewers who received

thorough training o n t he survey

, s o

the quality of the data i s generally

very good. The NSFG response r ates

are h igh, with a r esponse rate of 80

percent for women 15–44 in the

Cycle 6 NSFG.

The data shown in this report a lso have

some limitations:

+ Descriptive findings only— The

report i s i ntended to present some of

the basic s tatistical facts o n selected

fertility

, f amily planning, and

reproductive health-related i ndicators

among women in the United S tates

in 2002, as well a s key trends and

dif f erentials in some of these

indicators over the l ast 2 decades.

The report i s not intended to be an

exhaustive treatment of the very

complex subjects covered. It

presents descriptive s tatistics only; it

does not attempt to demonstrate

cause and ef fect relationships.

+ Nonsampling err or— Like all survey

data, these data a re subject to

sources of nonsampling e rror

. These

could i nclude misunderstanding of

questions on the part o f t he

interviewer or respondent,

nonuniformity in asking the

questions, and possible b ias due to

giving socially desirable answers.

The preparation and conduct of the

survey

, however

, were designed

specifically to minimize these

sources of error ( 14). I n addition, extensive consistency checking, both

during t he interview and after t he

data were r eceived from t he

interviewer

, was intended to detect

such errors, and correct them when

possible.

+ Recall e rr or— Since the NSFG is a

cross-sectional survey

, s ome

questions rely on respondents’

ability to recall events t hat occurred

in the past, s uch as dates of first

sexual intercourse and marriage. For

some women in the s urvey

, particularly women towards the

older end of the 15–44 age range,

these events may have occurred

quite some years ago and may be

more d if ficult t o r ecall accurately

.

+ Limited ability to make State-level

estimates— The NSFG is intended to

provide national estimates by

demographic s ubgroups, not to yield

estimates for i ndividual States.



# Methods



# T he NSFG is based on interviews

that are administered in person b y

trained female i nterviewers i n t he

selected persons’ homes. The Cycle 6

data a re based on a nationally

representative multistage area

probability sample d rawn from 120

areas across t he country

. The sample

consists of 12,571 respondents—7,643

females and 4,928 males 15–44 years o f

age.

T o protect the r espondents’ privacy

, only one person was interviewed in each

selected household. In the Cycle 6

NSFG, teenagers and black and

Hispanic adults were s ampled at higher

rates t han others. The overall r esponse

rate for t he Cycle 6 survey was 79

percent, and the r esponse r ate f or

females 15–44 was 80 percent.

All o f t he data i n t his r eport were

collected by Computer -Assisted

Interviewing or CAI. The questionnaires

were p rogrammed into laptop

computers. Most o f t he questions were

administered by an interviewer

, a

technique called computer -assisted

personal interviewing or CAPI. Some of

the more s ensitive questions were asked

using Audio Computer Assisted Self-Interviewing or ACASI. The

ACASI mode of interviewing is a more

private mode of data collection because

it allows the r espondent to hear the

questions and response choices over

headphones or read them on the s creen

and enter a r esponse i nto t he computer

without the i nterviewer knowing what

the r esponse was. The main purpose o f

ACASI was to give respondents g reater

privacy in which to answer the more

sensitive questions in the survey

. The

audio component of ACASI may also

help r espondents w ith lower literacy

levels t o answer the s elf-interview

questions because t hey are not required

to read the questions themselves.

Interviews for f emales in the Cycle

6 NSFG averaged 85 minutes in length,

including the r oughly 2 0 m inutes taken

for ACASI. Respondents i n t he Cycle 6

survey were o f f ered $40 as a ‘ ‘token of

appreciation’ ’ f or their participation.

Signed parental consent and signed

respondent assent were obtained for

unmarried t eens 15–17 years o f age.

Interviews for t eens 15–17 years o ld

averaged about 60 minutes, significantly

shorter t han for adult women. More

detailed i nformation about the methods

and procedures of the NSFG is provided

in the T echnical Notes (‘ ‘ Appendix I ’’ )

and in a s eparate r eport ( 14).

Major funding for t he Cycle 6

NSFG was provided by NCHS, the

National Institute for Child Health and

Human Development (NICHD), t he

Of fice o f Population A f f airs (OP A ), the

HIV P revention p rogram of CDC’s

National Center for Sexually

T

r ansmitted D isease and T uberculosis

Prevention ( NCHSTP), a long with

additional support from o ther

components o f t he U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services. These

or ganizations, along with leading

researchers from outside the

government, helped to design t he Cycle

6 NSFG.

The Cycle 6 NSFG questionnaire

covered much of the s ame topics as

previous cycles of the NSFG, and a

brief outline o f t he information collected

is provided in table A

. The numbers, percentages, averages,

and other statistics shown in this report

are weighted national estimates

. The

weights account for t he dif f erent

### Series 23, No. 2 5 [ Page 5

**T**

**a ble**  **A**

**. B**  **rief outline**  **o f**  **C ycle**  **6 N**  **ational Survey**  **of Family**  **Growth F**  **emale Questionnaire** 



## Section A : Background, demographic i nformation

Age, marital/cohabitation s tatus, race/ethnicity

, household r oster

, life history calendar introduction, education, childhood/parental

background

Section B : P regnancy history and adoption-related i nformation

Menarche, current pregnancy status, number of pregnancies, detailed p regnancy history

, age of father of pregnancy

, r elinquishment

for adoption, care o f nonbiological children, adoption p lans (current and past), and preferences (current seekers only)

Section C : Marital and relationship h istory

Marriage and cohabitation h istory

, husband/partner characteristics, timing o f first sexual intercourse and characteristics o f first

partner

, r easons for not having sex (among vir g ins), sex education (teens only), number of sexual partners, recent (past 12 months)

partner history

Section D : S terilizing operations and impaired f ecundity

Sterilizing operations, desire for r eversal (for t ubal sterilizations and vasectomies), nonsur gical sterility and impaired f ecundity

Section E : Contraceptive h istory and wantedness

Ever -use of methods, first method use, periods of nonintercourse (last 3 years), method use each month (last 3 years), method use

with partners i n past 12 months, wantedness and other circumstances surrounding each pregnancy

, consistency of condom use,

frequency of sex in past 4 weeks

Section F : Family planning and medical services

Birth control and medical services in past 1 2 months, p rovider and payment information f or each visit (more detail i f c linic cited)

and whether regular source of medical care, first b irth control s ervice (date and details), ever visited a c linic

Section G : B irth desires and intentions

W

anting a /nother baby

, i ntending a/nother baby (joint o r i ndividual, a s appr opriate ), number intended

Section H : I nfertility services and reproductive health

Infertility services, vaginal douching, health problems related t o childbearing (including PID and disability), HIV t esting

Section I : More background, demographic i nformation, and attitudes questions

Health insurance, residence, place of birth, r ent/own/payment for current residence, religion, work background and in past year

,

current or last job ( R and partner), child care, attitudes about premarital sex, parenthood, marriage, cohabitation, gender roles,

condom use

Section J ( Audio CASI)

General health, height and weight, numbers o f p regnancies, substance use, sex w ith males (including nonvoluntary s ex and

STD/HIV risking behaviors), s ex with females, condom use a t l ast sex of any type, sexual orientation and attraction, STDs and

HIV

, family income, public assistance

sampling r ates and for nonresponse and

are adjusted to agree with control t otals

provided by the U .S. Census Bureau.

The 7,643 women in the Cycle 6 NSFG

represent the 61.6 m illion women 15–44

years o f age in the household population

of the United S tates i n 2002. Thus, o n

average, each woman in the survey

represents about 8,000 women in the

population. The number each woman

represents i s called her sampling weight

. Sampling weights may vary

considerably from t his average value

depending on the r espondent’s Hispanic

origin and race, the r esponse rate for

similar women, and other factors. As

with any sample survey

, t he estimates in

this report a re subject to sampling variability

. S ignificance tests

on NSFG data should b e done taking

the sampling design i nto account.

Further details on statistical analyses

used for t his r eport a re provided in

‘‘ Appendix I .’ ’

Nonsampling e rrors were m inimized

by stringent quality-control p rocedures

that included thorough interviewer

training, checking the consistency of

answers during and after t he interview

, imputing m issing data o n selected

variables, and adjusting t he sampling

weights f or nonresponse and to match

national totals. Estimates of sampling

errors and other statistical aspects o f t he

survey are described in more detail i n a

separate r eport ( 15). This r eport s hows findings by

characteristics o f t he woman

interviewed, including her age, marital

or cohabiting status, education, parity

, Hispanic o rigin and race, and poverty

level of the household. Education r esults

are generally limited t o women 22–44

years o f age so that 4-year college

degrees may potentially be reported b y

most women; many women younger

than 22 may still be in school. Poverty

level of the household i s generally

shown only f or women 20–44 years o f

age because teenagers may be less likely

to report household i ncome accurately

. The definition o f H ispanic o rigin

and race takes into account the r eporting

of more t han one race, in accordance

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## with the 1997 OMB guidelines and is

described further in ‘ ‘ Appendix I I

. ’ ’ For

convenience in writing, the short t erm

‘ ‘ black’ ’ o r ‘ ‘non-Hispanic b lack’ ’ i s

used instead of the f ull phrase, ‘ ‘ not

Hispanic b lack or African American,

single r ace.’ ’ Similarly the t erm ‘ ‘white’ ’

or ‘ ‘ non-Hispanic white’ ’ is used instead

of the f ull phrase, ‘ ‘ not Hispanic white,

single r ace.’ ’

All characteristics o f women reflect

the time o f i nterview unless otherwise

indicated in the t ables. While most

tables in this report a re based on

women, some tables present data based

on pregnancies or births. In these

pregnancy- or birth-based tables,

characteristics o f t he pregnancy are a lso

shown, such as respondent’ s age at birth

and wantedness of the p regnancy at time

of conception. The definitions of

variables used in this report, as well a s

the r ationale f or using selected variables,

are p rovided in the Definition o f T erms

(‘ ‘ Appendix I I ’ ’ ).

For many tables presented in this

report, there was a comparable t able

published in an earlier ‘ ‘Series 23’ ’

report based on the Cycle 5 NSFG

conducted in 1995 (16). Unless

otherwise indicated in the t ext, any

comparisons with 1995 data a re based

on this earlier r eport, and a f ormal

reference is not repeated each time.

References are generally included when

dif f erent NSFG-based reports are being

cited f or comparison with the 2002 data.

A f ootnote i ndicating t he comparable, or

similar

, table f or the Cycle 5 data i s

included on all such tables in this report.

Please note t hat the earlier r eports

presented race and Hispanic o rigin

based on the 1977 OMB standard

definition, in which multiple-race

reporting was not distinguished (see

‘ ‘ Appendix I I ’ ’ for f urther details).

In the description o f t he following

results, when the percentage being cited

is below 10 percent, t he text will

generally cite the exact percentage to

one decimal point. T o make reading

smoother and to remind the r eader that

the r esults are based on samples and

subject to sampling e rror

, percentages

above 10 percent will be shown rounded

to the nearest whole percent. I n t his

report, percentages are not shown if the

denominator is less than 75 cases or the numerator is less than 5 cases. When a

percentage or other statistic is not

shown for t his r eason, the t able contains

a symbol that indicates ‘ ‘ Figure does not

meet standard o f r eliability or

precision.’ ’ For most statistics, the

numerators and denominators a re much

lar ger

. Public-use files based on the Cycle

6 NSFG are available a t n o char ge on

CD-ROM, upon request t o NSFG staf f

(nsfg@cdc.gov or 301-458-4222). Data

and documentation files a re also

viewable and downloadable o n t he

NSFG webpage: www .cdc.gov/nchs/

nsfg.htm

.



# Results

Pr egnancies, Childr e n Ever

Born, and T o tal B irths

Expected ( tables 1–13 )

T

ables 1–13 provide descriptive

statistics o n numbers o f p regnancies,

children ever born ( parity), and total

births expected among U.S. women

15–44 years o f age.

+ In Cycle 6

, a s i n p revious NSFG

cycles, education was markedly

associated with pregnancy

experience ( table 1 )

. W omen 22–44

years o f age with a bachelor ’ s

degree or higher at the time o f

interview were more likely t o have

never been pregnant than women

who had not completed high

school—36 percent compared with 6

percent.

+ The association between numbers o f

pregnancies and education i s a lso

seen with number of children ever

born ( parity): 47 percent of college

graduates 22–44 years o f age were

childless (nulliparous) at the date o f

interview compared with 9 percent

nulliparous among women 22–44

years o f age with less than a h igh

school education ( table 2 )

.

+ The proportion o f women with three

or more children i s a lso c losely

associated with lower levels o f

education and income—for example,

only 1 2 percent of college-educated

women have had three o r more children compared with 47 percent

of women with less than a h igh

school education ( figure 2 )

.

+ T able 3 shows parity by education

within Hispanic o rigin and race

groups. I n a ll groups, there i s a n

increase i n childlessness as

educational attainment increases, and

this increase i s a lso s een when

looking only a t married women.

+ T able 4 shows the numbers o f b irths

estimated by the Cycle 6 NSFG, by

year of birth and selected

characteristics i n 1997–2001. Across

all years and population s ubgroups

shown, NSFG data continue, as in

previous cycles, t o approximate t he

numbers o f b irths r ecorded in the

National V ital S tatistics System. The

only g roup in which there appears t o

be an undercount with NSFG data i s

births t o women 15–19 years o f age,

where t he ratio of the NSFG

estimate t o t he vital r ecords number

is 0.92. This i s perhaps to be

expected because many women

15–19 years o f age in 2002 were

younger than 15 in the earlier years

of the time period covered in this

table.

+ In 2002, women 15–44 years o f age

had, on average, 1.28 births a s o f

the date o f i nterview ( table 5 )

. This

compares with 1.24 in 1995, 1.22 in

1988, and 1.31 in 1982 (17). These

same women expected an average of

about one additional birth before t he

end of their childbearing years f or

an expected total number of births

of 2.3. The figure f or 1995 was 2.2

births.

+ T able 6 shows that non-Hispanic

black women have had, on average,

0.3 more b irths ( 1.5 b irths)

compared with 1.2 b irths t o

non-Hispanic white women. This

dif f erence by race appears across a ll

age, marital o r cohabiting s tatus, or

fecundity status g roups.

+ Looking at all women 15–44 years

of age in 2002, 8.7 percent of

women expected to have no children

in their lifetimes, about the same as

the 8 .9 percent seen in 1995

( table 7 )

. Expecting t o have no

children was associated with higher

educational attainment and income.

### Figure **2**

**. P**  **ercentage o**  **f women**  **22–44 years**  **of age**  **who have**  **no children**  **and p**  **ercentage**

**with three**  **or more**  **c hildren,**  **b y**  **e ducation:**  **United States,**  **2002**



## For example, 1 1 percent of college

graduates expected no children

compared with 4 percent of those

with less than a h igh school

education.

+ T able 2 indicated that nearly 47

percent of college-educated women

and about 42 percent of higher

income women were childless.

Meanwhile, table 7 shows that about

1 1 percent of women in these

groups expect to remain childless.

+ T able 8 displays birth expectations

by Hispanic o rigin and race and parity

. Overall, fewer Hispanic

women expect to remain childless (5

percent) t han do non-Hispanic white

(10 percent) and black women (7

percent). Among childless women,

this same pattern is seen, with 16

percent of Hispanic women

expecting t o have no children, 23

percent of white women, and 19

percent of black women.

+ T able 9 shows birth expectations by

marital status and parity

. Focusing

on the t op panel based on formal

marital status among all women Series 23, No. 2 5 [ Page 7



## 15–44 years o f age, never -married

childless women are f ar less likely

to expect to remain childless (16

percent) t han are currently or

formerly married childless women

(30 percent and 54 percent,

respectively). The bottom panel of

table 9 shows informal marital s tatus

among currently unmarried women

15–44. Again, never -married, not

cohabiting childless women (16

percent) a re less likely t o expect to

remain childless than are childless

current cohabitors (27 percent) and

childless, formerly married women

(52 percent). These dif f erences are

probably associated with the o lder

age of formerly married women.



# Childlessness

The NSFG data can be used to

characterize childless women as

temporarily childless, voluntarily

childless, or nonvoluntarily childless.

Most childless women 15–44 years o f

age are ‘ ‘temporarily childless,’ ’

meaning that that they expect to have

one or more children i n t he future.

V

o luntarily childless women are women

who are f ecund (physically able t o have

a b irth) and expect to have no children

in their lifetimes or they are sur gically

sterile for contraceptive r easons.

Nonvoluntarily childless women are

those who expect to have no children i n

their lifetimes, and either have impaired

fecundity or are sur gically sterile for

reasons other than contraception.

Among the 61.6 m illion women

15–44 years o f age in 2002, 42 percent

were childless, 33 percent temporarily

childless, 2.5 percent nonvoluntarily

childless, and 6.2 percent voluntarily

childless ( table B )

. This l atter

**T**

**a ble**  **B**

**. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **type o**  **f c**  **hildlessness status:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Number in

Status thousands Percent

All w omen 15–44 years o f age

......................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 100.0

C h i l d l e s s ( 0 b i r t h s )

................................................ 2 5

, 6 2 2 4 1

. 6

P a r o u s ( 1 o r m o r e b i r t h s )

............................................ 3 5

, 9 5 2 5 8

. 4

Childless, expect 1 o r m ore (temporarily childless)

............................. 2 0

, 2 9 3 3 3

. 0

Childess, expect none

.............................................. 5

, 3 2 9 8

. 7

V o l u n t a r i l y c h i l d l e s s

.............................................. 3

, 8 3 0 6

. 2

Nonvoluntarily childless

............................................ 1

, 5 0 9 2

. 5

### Page 8 [ Series 23, No. 2 5

**Figure 3** 

**. P**  **ercentage o**  **f women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **who are**  **voluntarily childless:** 

**United States,**  **1982–2002**



## percentage compares with 6.6 percent of

women who were voluntarily childless

in 1995, 6.2 percent in 1988, and 4.9

percent in 1982 ( figure 3 )

.

+ The percentage of childless women

who expect to have one child in

their lifetimes (13 percent) i s about

one-half o f what it was in 1995 (25

percent) ( table 1 0 ).

+ Formerly married women with no

children expect fewer children t han

currently or never married women

( table 1 1 )

.

+ About 10 percent of non-Hispanic

white women expect to remain

childless, a long with 7 percent of

black and 5 percent of Hispanic

women ( table 1 2 )

.

+ T able 1 3 shows the d istribution o f

birth spacing, from first t o second

births, among women who have had

at least one birth. C lose to one-third

of parous women 15–44 (32 percent)

have not (yet) had a second birth.

Roughly 1 i n 5 parous women (21

percent) have had a second birth

within 24 months of their first births. Closer birth spacing was

more common among those w ith

lower levels o f education and

income.



# Nonmarital Births ( tables

14–19 )

T

ables 14–19 describe t he

prevalence of nonmarital b irths among

women 15–44 years o f age in the

United S tates. National V ital S tatistics

System data i ndicate t hat 34 percent of

births i n 2002 to women of all ages

were nonmarital, 23 percent of births t o

non-Hispanic white women, 68 percent

of births t o non-Hispanic b lack women,

and 44 percent of births t o H ispanic

women. There has been little change

since the l ate 1990s in the per centage of

births occurring annually to unmarried

women due to changes in age

composition and birth rates among

unmarried and married women. While

the overall b irth rates t o unmarried

women 15–44 years o f age grew over

six-fold from 1940 to 1990, the most rapid i ncreases occurred i n t he late

1970s and 1980s, w ith relatively little

change in the r ates since 1990 (1,18).

T

able 1 4 depicts t he timing o f

women’s first births i n r elation t o first

marriage. Those who were never

married a re shown separately

, as are

those who have never had a b irth. Those

in the ‘ ‘never married’ ’ category p lus

those in the ‘ ‘before marriage’ ’ category

comprise a ll premarital first b irths,

which are s hown as a s ubtotal. ( Note:

Some of the first births occurring after

first marriage may in fact be nonmarital

if the first marriage was not intact at

time o f t he Cycle 6 i nterview .)

+ About 22 percent of all women

15–44 years o f age have had a

premarital first birth with roughly

equal percentages of women who

have had a b irth and never been

married and those who had a b irth

before marriage. Another 42 percent

had not had a b irth at all b y t he date

of interview

.

+ Looking only a t ever -married

women, 21 percent of those who

married younger than 18 years o f

age had a p remarital first b irth

compared with 6 percent of those

who married a t age 23 or over

. There i s a c lear trend with year of

first marriage as well, with those

who married before 1985 being less

likely t o have had a p remarital first

birth than those who married i n

1997–2002 (12 percent versus 27

percent; figure 4 )

. A similar pattern

was seen with year of first b irth

among never -married women.

+ W omen who lived with both

biological or adoptive parents a t age

14 were much less likely t o have a

premarital first birth than those who

had some other parental living

arrangement (18 percent compared

with 31 percent).

+ There were marked dif f erences in

timing o f first births r elative t o first

marriage by Hispanic o rigin and

race. About 14 percent of

non-Hispanic white women had a

premarital first birth compared with

31 percent of Hispanic women and

49 percent of non-Hispanic b lack

women.

### Figure **4**

**. P**  **ercentage o**  **f ever-married**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **had a**  **p remarital**  **first**

**birth, b**  **y year**  **of first**  **marriage: United**  **States, 2002** 



## T

able 1 5 shows the percentages of

parous women who were married t o o r

living w ith the f ather of their first child.

+ Three in five parous women (60

percent) were married t o t he father

of their first child at time o f

delivery

, and another 12 percent

were living w ith him w ithout being

married. The remaining 27 percent

of women who had ever had a live

birth were neither married t o nor

cohabiting w ith the f ather of their

first child.

+ Age and Hispanic o rigin and race

were c learly correlated w ith the

proportions of women not married

to or cohabiting w ith the f ather of

their first child. Y ounger women,

particularly those less than 18 years

(60 percent) and non-Hispanic b lack

women (64 percent) were f ar more

likely t o b e neither married t o nor

living w ith the f ather at time o f

delivery

.

+ As in table 1 4

, t his t able s hows that

the likelihood that first b irths

occurred w ithin marriage increases

with age, education, and income. Mothers 25–44 years o f age (82–89

percent), white mothers ( 73 percent),

and mothers i n t he highest

categories o f education and income

(74–79 percent) were most likely t o

be married t o t he fathers o f t heir

first children a t time o f delivery

.

T

able 1 6 examines the p revalence of

premarital first b irths among women

who have had at least one child, a s

compared with table 1 4 that looked at

timing o f first births among all women

15–44 years o f age.

+ About 38 percent of women’s first

births were p remarital. This

proportion decreased markedly a s

age increased, from 7 8 percent of

first births t o women under 18 years

at time o f delivery t o 9 percent of

first births t o women 30–44 years a t

delivery

. The proportion a lso

decreased with higher levels o f

income, from 6 1 percent among

those a t o r below poverty to about

20 percent among those w ith

incomes 300 percent or higher of

poverty level. Series 23, No. 2 5 [ Page 9



## + While 74 percent of first births t o

white women occurred w ithin

marriage, 54 percent of first births

to Hispanic women and 23 percent

of first births t o b lack women

occurred w ithin marriage ( figure 5 )

.

+ Among Hispanic women, 22 percent

of first births were w ithin cohabiting

unions, and another 24 percent were

to unmarried women not living w ith

a partner

.

T

able 1 7 further describes women’s

experience with nonmarital b irths, which

are p rimarily but not exclusively

premarital and indicates the percentages

that have ever had nonmarital b irths

within cohabiting unions. Data from t he

Cycle 5 NSFG showed that an

increasing p roportion o f nonmarital

births were occurring w ithin cohabiting

unions (19,20).

+ T able 1 7 lends further evidence for

this increase b y s howing that

younger women who have ever had

a b irth have higher percentages of

these b irths occurring nonmaritally

and within cohabiting unions.

+ The likelihood of having ever had a

nonmarital b irth is also strongly

associated with parental living

arrangements a t age 14, education,

income, and Hispanic o rigin and

race.

T

able 1 8 presents t he percent

distribution o f r ecent births b y marital

or cohabitation status a t time o f

delivery

. This i nformation helps shed

light on vital statistics data o n

nonmarital b irths.

+ Overall, 64 percent of births w ithin

the 5 years before i nterview

occurred w ithin marriage, another 14

percent occurred w ithin cohabiting

unions, and 21 percent were t o

women who were neither married

nor cohabiting. This i ndicates that

among the 3 6 percent of recent

births t hat were nonmarital, about 40

percent were t o cohabiting women,

about the s ame proportion a s s een in

1995.

+ The proportion o f b irths t o

cohabiting women was higher for

younger mothers ( figure 6 )

, women

### Page 10 [ Series 23, No. 2 5

**Figure 5** 

**. P**  **ercent d**  **istribution o**  **f first**  **births t**  **o women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **a t**  **i nterview**  **by**

**marital or**  **cohabiting status**  **o f**  **mother a**  **t first**  **birth, according**  **t o**  **H ispanic**  **origin and**  **race:**

**United States,**  **2002**

**Figure 6** 

**. P**  **ercentage o**  **f b**  **irths i**  **n t**  **he last**  **5 years**  **to women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **a t**  **i nterview** 

**that occurred**  **among women**  **unmarried or**  **cohabiting a**  **t time**  **o f**  **b irth,**  **b y**  **a ge**  **at birth:** 

**United States,**  **2002** 

## with lower income, and women

whose mothers had less education.

T

able 1 9

, like table 4

, compares

NSFG estimates of births t o v ital

records information. W ith regard t o

nonmarital b irths i n 1997–2001, the

NSFG data p rovide a f air approximation

of the numbers based on vital r ecords.

While the r atios o f NSFG estimates to

vital r ecords numbers f or nonmarital

births a re less close t o 1 t han seen with

total numbers o f b irths i n table 4

, w ith

only one exception ( nonmarital b irths i n

2000) all t he vital r ecords numbers f all

within the 9 5 percent confidence limits

of the NSFG estimates.



# W anted and Unwanted

Births ( tables 20–29 )

T

o measure t he degree of control

women or couples have on the number

and timing o f p regnancy

, t he NSFG

categorizes pregnancies into three

categories r eflecting t he woman’s

attitudes around the time she became

pregnant: i ntended, mistimed, and

unwanted. The mistimed category i s

further quantified a s t o how much ‘ ‘too

soon’ ’ i t occurred. The series o f

questions used to categorize p regnancies

has remained essentially unchanged

since the first NSFG (21,22). A

pregnancy is classified a s ‘ ‘intended’ ’ i f

the woman indicated that she wanted to

become pregnant at about the time s he

did o r s ooner or ‘ ‘ didn’ t care’ ’ about the

timing o f t he pregnancy

. P regnancies

that occurred s ooner than the woman

wanted are c lassified a s ‘ ‘mistimed’ ’ and

pregnancies that were not wanted then

or at any time i n t he future are

considered ‘ ‘ unwanted.’ ’ ‘ ‘ Unintended’ ’

refers to pregnancies that were e ither

unwanted or mistimed.

In this report, intendedness

information i s p resented for p regnancies

resulting i n live b irth or spontaneous

loss. T o f urther clarify the meaning of

the categories o f i ntendedness, f or

births: a first birth may be categorized

as ‘ ‘ mistimed at time o f conception’ ’

because t he respondent became pregnant

at age 17, but would have preferred t o

have her first birth at age 22. A b irth

would b e categorized as ‘ ‘ unwanted at

conception’ ’ i f t he respondent reported

### Series 23, No. 25 [ Page 1 1



## that at the time she became pregnant,

she did not want to have a baby (or

another baby) at any time i n t he future.

W

antedness or intendedness at time o f

conception does not necessarily reflect a

woman’s f eelings toward t he child after

it is born. An unwanted or mistimed

pregnancy may nonetheless lead to a

child that is loved and cared for

. However

, a ttitudes toward t he pregnancy

at the time o f conception, including

planning status of the p regnancy

, have

been shown to be correlated t o healthier

behaviors and more e f f ective

care-seeking during t he pregnancy

, which are tied t o positive p regnancy

outcomes for mother and child (23–26).

T

able 2 0 shows the percentages of

women who have ever had an

unintended birth.

+ Three of ten women 15–44 years o f

age in 2002 reported ever having

had an unintended birth—12 percent

reported a n unwanted birth and 23

percent reported a m istimed birth.

Nearly 1 i n 4 non-Hispanic b lack

women (25 percent) r eported ever

having an unwanted birth compared

with 9 percent of non-Hispanic

white women.

+ The experience of having an

unintended birth is closely

associated with age, education, and

income. For example, about one-half

of women near or below poverty

level had ever had an unintended

birth, over twice t he 22 percent seen

among women with household

incomes 300 percent or higher of

poverty level.

+ Older women have had more time t o

experience pregnancies in general.

Therefore, the bottom panel of table

20 is limited t o women 25–44 years

of age at interview

. About 61

percent of women 25–44 years o f

age with less than a h igh s chool

degree report having an unintended

birth compared with 18 percent of

women with college degrees

( figure 7 )

. W omen 25–44 years o f

age who were younger at first

vaginal intercourse with a male,

particularly younger than 16 years,

were more likely t o have ever had

an unintended birth. **Figure 7** 

**. P**  **ercentage o**  **f women**  **25–44 years**  **of age**  **who have**  **ever had**  **a n**  **unintended b**  **irth**

**and p**  **ercentage who**  **have ever**  **had a**  **n unwanted**  **birth, b**  **y e**  **ducation: United**  **States, 2002** 



## T

able 2 1 presents t he percent

distribution o f r ecent births b y t heir

wantedness status and breaks out the

mistimed births b y t heir extent of

mistimedness.

+ Overall, 65 percent of recent births

were i ntended at time o f conception,

14 percent were unwanted, and 21

percent were m istimed, with 12

percent reported a s occurring 2 o r

more years t oo soon. The 14 percent

of recent births t hat were unwanted

represents a n i ncrease from t he 9

percent seen for r ecent births i n t he

Cycle 5 NSFG ( figure 8 )

.

+ Among births t o women under 20

years o f age, equal proportions

(about 1 i n 5 ) were i ntended and

unwanted at time o f conception.

When these births a re separated into

those occurring before age 18 years

and those occurring a t 18–19 years,

the younger age group shows a

higher percentage of unwanted

births t han the 18–19 year olds.

+ Over one-fourth (26 percent) o f

recent births t o non-Hispanic b lack

women were unwanted at time o f

conception compared with 1 1 percent of recent births t o white

women and 17 percent of recent

births t o H ispanic women.

T

able 2 2 focuses on mistimed

pr

egnancies (including live b irths and

spontaneous losses) since January 1999

and shows greater detail o n t he extent to

which they came too s oon. Earlier

research has shown that among

mistimed pregnancies, t hose that were

more s eriously mistimed may be at

greater risk of adverse pregnancy

outcomes than pregnancies that came

less than 2 years t oo soon (27).

+ Nearly one-half o f m istimed

pregnancies (45 percent) occurring

to women under 20 years o f age

were r eported a s ‘ ‘more t han 5 years

too s oon’ ’ compared with 8 percent

of mistimed pregnancies to women

30–44 years o f age.

+ Almost 5 0 percent of mistimed

pregnancies to Hispanic and

non-Hispanic white women were

considered to be less than 2 years

too s oon compared with 20 percent

of mistimed pregnancies to

non-Hispanic b lack women.

### Page 12 [ Series 23, No. 2 5

**Figure 8** 

**. P**  **ercent d**  **istribution o**  **f b**  **irths i**  **n t**  **he last**  **5 years**  **to women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **a t** 

**interview**

**, b**  **y w**  **antedness by**  **the mother**  **a t**  **t he**  **time o**  **f c**  **onception: United**  **States, 1995**  **and**

**2002**

**Figure 9** 

**. Among**  **women 22–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **t i**  **nterview**

**, p**  **ercentage o**  **f b**  **irths in**  **the last**  **5**

**years that**  **were unwanted**  **at time**  **o f**  **c onception**  **a nd**  **percentage t**  **hat w**  **ere mistimed**  **by 2** 

**years or**  **more, by**  **education: United**  **States, 2002**  

## + Over 80 percent of mistimed

pregnancies to women who rated t he

pregnancy low o n t he ‘ ‘ happy-to-bepregnant’ ’ scale r eported t he birth

was 2 o r more years t oo soon.

In T able 2 3

, t he association

between education and wantedness

status ( as seen in table 20) is further

examined within Hispanic o rigin and

race groups among recent births t o

women 22–44 years o f age.

+ The percentage of recent births

reported a s m istimed by 2 o r more

years decreases from 1 5 percent

among mothers w ith less than a h igh

school diploma to 2 percent for

women with a bachelor ’ s degree or

higher ( figure 9 )

.

+ This d if ference by education i s s een

for white women, but not for b lack

and Hispanic women ( table 2 3 ).

T

able 2 4 describes couple

agreement or disagreement about the

intendedness ( at time o f conception) of

recent births, with the f ather’s attitudes

based on the mother’s reports of his

attitude. A f orthcoming report w ill

describe f athers’ attitudes toward t he

intendedness o f p regnancies based on

their own reports (13).

+ Of all b irths i n t he 5 years before

interview

, 55 percent were i ntended

by both t he mother and the f ather

(as r eported b y t he woman), and

almost 1 i n 4 ( 23 percent) were

intended by neither parent.

+ The percentage of recent births

intended by both parents a t time o f

conception was associated with age

and marital status a t time o f

delivery

, as well a s education. For

example, about 70 percent of births

to women 30–44 years o f age and to

married mothers were i ntended by

both parents. Nearly 79 percent of

births t o college graduates were

intended by both parents compared

with less than one-half o f b irths t o

less-educated women.

+ Almost t wo-thirds ( 65 percent) o f

recent births t o mothers under 18

years o f age were c lassified a s

unintended by one or both parents

compared with 54 percent of births

to older teens and 13 percent of

### Figure **10. Percentage**  **o f**  **b irths**  **t o**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **t i**  **nterview that**  **were**

**unintended a**  **t t**  **he time**  **o f**  **c onception**  **b y**  **both t**  **he mother**  **a nd**  **the father** 

**, b**  **y mother**  **’ s**  **a ge**  **at**

**birth: United**  **States, 2002** 



## births t o women 30–44 years o f age

at delivery ( figure 1 0 )

.

The NSFG has regularly taken

advantage of opportunities t o i nclude

new measures that stand to capture a

more complete p icture of pregnancy

wantedness. The introduction o f new

questions and retention o f o ld questions

with ‘ ‘ scale’ ’ r esponse formats r epresent

the i ntuitively appealing i dea that

feelings toward p regnancy may fall

along a continuum (28). A s i n t he Cycle

5 NSFG, women in the Cycle 6 NSFG

were asked to report t heir f eelings about

each pregnancy using a scale o f 1 t o 10,

with 1 being ‘ ‘ very unhappy to be

pregnant,’ ’ and 10 being ‘ ‘ very happy to

be pregnant.’ ’ T able 2 5 presents t hese

results including current pregnancies,

and table 2 6 presents t hem with current

pregnancies excluded. As would b e

expected, intended pregnancies have the

highest mean scale value (9.2), followed

by pregnancies that were m istimed by

less than 2 years ( 7.5), p regnancies

mistimed by 2 o r more years ( 5.5), and

unwanted pregnancies (4.2). About

one-half o f t he unwanted pregnancies were g iven scale values of 1–3, and this

level was seen regardless o f marital o r

cohabiting s tatus.

T

w o additional attitude questions

were added to the Cycle 6 questionnaire

to measure a woman’ s motivation and

desire to avoid p regnancy (29). These

two questions both a re measured using

0–10 scales. The first scale measures

efforts to avoid p regnancy or get

pregnant : a 0 means ‘ ‘trying hard not to

get pregnant’ ’ and 10 means ‘ ‘trying

hard t o get pregnant.’ ’ The second scale

addresses feelings about getting

pregnant, measuring how much the

woman wanted to become pregnant. For

this scale, a 0 means ‘ ‘ you wanted to

avoid a p regnancy’ ’ and 10 means ‘ ‘ you

wanted to get pregnant.’ ’

T

able 2 7 shows the d istribution o f

the scale values for how hard s he was

trying t o avoid o r get pregnant, and

table 2 8 shows the d istribution f or how

much she wanted to get pregnant.

+ Births t hat were unwanted have the

lar gest percentage of women

reporting t hey were ‘ ‘trying hard not

to get pregnant,’ ’ w ith a mean scale Series 23, No. 2 5 [ Page 13



## value of 2.0 compared with 7.6 f or

intended births ( table 2 7 )

.

+ Intended births t o women 30–44

years o f age have the l ar gest

percentages of women reporting

they were ‘ ‘trying hard t o get

pregnant,’ ’ 9 2 percent report a value

of 5 o r h igher on this scale, with a

mean value of 8.2 ( table 2 7 )

.

+ The mean scale value for how much

women ‘ ‘ wanted to get pregnant’ ’

was somewhat higher for H ispanic

and white women with intended

births ( 8.7 and 8.5, respectively)

than for b lack women (7.7) ( table

28 ).

T

able 2 9 presents r easons for not

using contraception f or women who had

an unintended (either unwanted or

mistimed) pregnancy within the 5 years

before t he survey and were not using

contraception a t t he time o f t he

pregnancy

.

+ The most common reason for

nonuse of contraception before a

pregnancy leading to a r ecent

unintended birth was ‘ ‘ I d id not

think I could get pregnant,’ ’ w ith 46

percent of women choosing this

reason.

+ The second most common reason

(31 percent) was ‘ ‘ I d id not expect

to have sex,’ ’ third (17 percent) was

‘ ‘ I d idn’ t r eally mind if I got

pregnant,’ ’ and 8 percent or less

cited r easons having to do with

contraception: male partner did not

want her to use birth control, male

partner did not want to use b irth

control ( himself), and worries about

the side e f f ects o f b irth control.

+ W omen who were neither married

nor cohabiting were more likely t o

cite ‘ ‘ I d id not expect to have sex’ ’

(51 percent) a s t heir r eason for not

using contraception before a r ecent

unintended birth, t han married o r

cohabiting women (22 and 15

percent, r espectively

, figure 1 1 )

.



# Menar che and Sexual

Inter course ( tables 30–45 )

This section p resents r esults on

heterosexual vaginal sexual activity

, including the i nitiation o f s exual

### Page 14 [ Series 23, No. 2 5

**Figure 1**  **1. Among**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **were not**  **using a**  **b irth**  **control m**  **ethod**

**the last**  **time t**  **hey b**  **ecame p**  **regnant, p**  **ercentage g**  **iving s**  **pecified reasons**  **for nonuse,**  **by**

**marital or**  **cohabiting status:**  **United States,**  **2002**



## intercourse, among women aged 15–44

years o f age. Monitoring l evels o f

sexual activity is important for gauging

the s ize and nature o f t he population a t

risk o f p regnancy and sexually

transmitted i nfections (STI) ( 30–34).

Data o n sexual activity are a lso u sed t o

explain trends and dif f erentials in

pregnancy and birth rates ( 3–4). This

section a lso i ncludes data o n t he

circumstances of first i ntercourse,

characteristics o f t he first partners, as

well a s numbers o f sexual partners.

These measures are i mportant for

understanding and developing

appropriate intervention s trategies for

reducing STI and unintended

pregnancies. Some of this information

from Cycle 6

, f ocused primarily on

teenagers, was published in an earlier

report ( 9). O ther reports focus on other

, noncoital sexual behavior that carry risk

of STI (1 1, 35).

T

able 3 0 first shows the d istribution

of menarche by age and Hispanic o rigin

and race. Age at first menstrual period i s

typically used to mark t he beginning of

a woman’s ovulatory cycles and her capacity to become pregnant if engaging

in sexual intercourse. The data i ndicate

a f airly narrow r ange of mean age at

first menstrual period across a ll

subgroups shown, from 12.0 t o 12.7

years. Among non-Hispanic white

women, there has been little change

over time i n t he mean age at first

period, as evidenced by the s tability

across 5 -year age groups. Y ounger

women have essentially the same mean

menarche values as older women in the

15–44 year range. However

, t he data f or

all r ace groups indicate a decline over

time i n t he percentages with menarche

at 15 years and over (for example, 14.2

percent of white women 40–44 years a t

interview r eported menarche at 15 years

or over compared with 6.0 percent of

those 15–19 years o f age at interview).

These data appear to be consistent with

other studies suggesting modest declines

in mean menarche among Hispanic and

black women (36).

T

able 3 1 shows, f or all women and

for never -married women, the percent

that has had sexual intercourse after menarche, an indicator of exposure t o

the risk o f p regnancy

.

+ Overall, 88 percent of women and

71 percent of never -married women

aged 15–44 have had intercourse

after menarche at least once.

+ These percentages rise dramatically

with age through the t eenage years

and into young adulthood. As

figure 1 2 shows, 3 0 percent of those

aged 15–17 had intercourse after

menarche, compared with 71 percent

of the 1 8 and 19 year olds. This

percentage increases steadily at each

age of young adulthood, from 7 8 t o

92 percent between ages 20 and 24.

+ Higher percentages of non-Hispanic

black teenagers t han Hispanic and

non-Hispanic white teenagers

reported having had intercourse after

menarche.

T

able 3 2 presents t he percentage of

women who have ever had intercourse,

regardless o f menarche, for t he same

subgroups as table 3 1

. A lthough table

31 provides information o n percentages

of women who are exposed to the risk

of pregnancy

, t his t able p rovides

information o n t he initiation o f first

sexual intercourse, i n and of itself. The

initiation o f sexual intercourse is

important to understand even if not

accompanied by risk of pregnancy

because i t s ignals risk of exposure t o

STIs even if before menarche. The

patterns i n table 3 2 are similar t o t hose

seen in table 3 1

, w ith slightly higher

percentages only a t age 15.

T

able 3 3 shows the cumulative

percentage of women 15–44 years o f

age who have ever had sexual

intercourse after menarche before

reaching each age between 14 and 22.

+ Five percent of women had

intercourse (after menarche) before

age 14, 76 percent before age 20,

and 86 percent before age 22.

+ One of the characteristics a ssociated

with lar g e d if ferences in having had

intercourse (after menarche) before

age 15 is the parental living

arrangements a t age 14: 9 percent of

those who lived with both parents a t

age 14 had had intercourse (after

menarche) before age 15 while 21

percent of those who lived in

### Figure **12. Percentage**  **o f**  **women 15–24**  **years of**  **age who**  **ever had**  **sexual intercourse**  **after**

**menarche, by**  **age a**  **t i**  **nterview: United**  **States, 2002** 



## another parental arrangement had

done so.

The cumulative percent of women

who have ever had sexual intercourse,

regardless of menarche, before r eaching

selected ages, is shown in table 3 4

. This

table i s t he same as table 3 3 except for

that dif f erence in the definition o f t he

sexual experience indicator

, r esulting i n

slightly higher percentages in each cell.

The reason for p resenting both s exual

experience indicators was discussed

previously f or table 3 2

. The Cycle 6 NSFG allows

comparison of reporting o n first

intercourse between the selfadministered (ACASI) and the

interviewer -administered (CAPI) modes.

The cumulative percent of women who

had sexual intercourse before r eaching

selected ages by interview mode, is

presented in table 3 5

. D if ferences in the

cumulative percent of women who had

intercourse before r eaching each age are

very small between the i nterview modes.

T

able 3 6 shows the percentage of

women 18–44 years o f age at interview

whose first sexual intercourse was not voluntary

, among those women who

have ever had sexual intercourse. This

information i s based on questions asked

in ACASI, only o f adult r espondents.

+ In 2002, 8 percent of sexually

experienced women 18–44 years o f

age reported t hat their first sexual

intercourse was not voluntary

.

+ Y ounger age at first sexual

intercourse was associated with

higher reporting o f nonvoluntary

first intercourse. Figure 1 3 shows

that 20 percent of women who first

had intercourse before 1 5 years o f

age reported t heir first intercourse as

not voluntary compared with 4

percent of women who first had

intercourse at 20 years o r over

. This

relationship between earlier first

intercourse and higher reporting o f

nonvoluntary first intercourse is seen

across H ispanic o rigin and race

groups.

+ T able 3 7 presents s tatistics o n

women’s r eports of having ever

been forced by a man to have sexual

intercourse. Again, this table i s

limited t o women 18–44 at Series 23, No. 2 5 [ Page 15



## interview because t he questions on

nonvoluntary o r f orced sexual

intercourse were only asked of adult

respondents.

+ Nearly 23 percent of women aged

18–44 in 2002 had been forced to

have intercourse at some time i n

their lives, about the s ame as seen in

1995.

+ About 5 percent of women were

first f orced to have intercourse at

ages younger than 15 years; another

6 percent were first f orced at ages

15–17 years and 4 percent at ages

18–19 years.

+ W omen who were not living w ith

both parents a t age 14 were more

likely t o have experienced forced

sexual intercourse at some time ( 31

percent) t han women who lived with

both parents ( 20 percent).

T

able 3 8 sheds light on the nature

of nonvoluntary first intercourse, b y

showing the percentage of women who

experienced specific types of force a t

first intercourse, i f t hat first i ntercourse

was nonvoluntary o r unwanted (see

Appendix I I and footnotes for table 3 8

for definitions of these terms). These

percentages are based on the population

of women aged 18–44 who had ever

had intercourse.

+ About 19 percent of these women

(an e stimated 9.5 m illion women)

reported t hat they had been

‘ ‘ pressured i nto i t b y h is words or

actions, but without threats o f

harm,’ ’ and this was the most

common type of force.

+ Relatively small percentages

experienced the o ther types of force

asked about, f or example: 9 percent

had been given alcohol or drugs, 8

percent reported ‘ ‘yes’ ’ to the item

‘ ‘ Did what he said because he was

bigger or grownup, and you were

young,’ ’ 5 percent (2.7 million

women) had been ‘ ‘ physically held

down,’ ’ and 3 percent (1.5 million

women) had been ‘ ‘ physically hurt

or injured.’ ’

T

u rning back to sexually

experienced women 15–44 years o f age,

regardless o f f orced or nonvoluntary

experiences, table 3 9 gives the percent

distribution b y age dif f erence between

### Page 16 [ Series 23, No. 2 5

**Figure 13.**  **Percentage o**  **f sexually**  **experienced women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **whose first** 

**intercourse was**  **not voluntary** 

**, b**  **y a**  **ge at**  **first intercourse:**  **United States,**  **2002**



## women and their first male sexual

partners.

+ About 1 i n 4 sexually experienced

women (25 percent) had a first

partner who was their age or

younger

, about one-half ( 49 percent)

had a first partner who was 1–3

years o lder

. For 1 i n 4 women (26

percent), their first partner was 4

more years o lder than she was.

+ Hispanic women whose age at first

intercourse was younger than 16

years were more likely t o have a

first sexual partner who was 4 o r

more years o lder than themselves

(48 percent) t han were white and

black women (31 and 36 percent,

respectively).

T

able 4 0 describes the t ype of

relationship t hat women had with their

first sexual partner at the time o f t heir

first i ntercourse.

+ The majority (61 percent) o f

sexually experienced women 15–44

years o f age were ‘ ‘going together

or going steady’ ’ w ith their partner

at first sexual intercourse. + About 10 percent were married t o

their partner at first sexual

intercourse, and another 7 percent

were engaged to or cohabiting w ith

him. About 18 percent of Hispanic

women were married t o t heir first

partners a t time o f t heir first

intercourse compared with 8 percent

of white women and 2 percent of

black women.

T

able 4 1 presents i nformation o n

the time d if ference between first

intercourse after menarche and marriage

among U.S. women who have ever been

married, an indicator of the duration o f

exposure t o t he risk of a p remarital

pregnancy

.

+ About 85 percent of ever -married

women had their first intercourse

(after menarche) before t heir first

marriage. For 45 percent of these

women, first i ntercourse (after

menarche) preceded first marriage

by 5 o r more years.

+ For women married i n 1990–2002,

about 6 i n 1 0 had their first

intercourse 5 o r more years before

marriage compared with 3 i n 1 0 women who were married i n t he

1980s ( figure 1 4 )

.

T

able 4 2 presents t he same

information a s table 4 1 except that it

shows the timing o f first s exual

intercourse, r egardless o f menarche, in

relation t o first marriage. The relative

contribution o f each indicator (sexual

intercourse after menarche and

regardless o f menarche) is discussed for

table 3 2

. T

able 4 3 shows unmarried women

by the number of male s exual partners

they had in the 1 2 months before

interview

, as reported t o t he interviewer

. (Later tables will present this

information a s r eported i n ACASI.) The

majority of unmarried women aged

15–44 had at least one sexual partner in

the l ast 1 2 months. T able 4 4 shows all

women 15–44 by their t otal number of

male partners i n t heir lifetimes (as o f

the date o f i nterview), a s r eported t o t he

interviewer

. About one-third (34 percent)

of women had zero o r one partner so far

in their lives, and 15 percent reported 1 0

or more partners. Comparable

percentages reported zero partners s o f ar

in their lives by Hispanic o rigin and

race. A h igher proportion ( 34 percent) o f

Hispanic women reported only one

partner in their lives compared with 20

percent of white women and 12 percent

of black women.

Information o n t he sexually active

population o f f emales in the United

States is presented in table 4 5

. This

table s hows the percentage of all women

and unmarried women aged 15–44 who

had sexual intercourse in the past year

and in the past 3 months.

+ About one-half ( 55 percent) o f a ll

unmarried women 15–44 had sexual

intercourse in the past 3 months, 6 4

percent had intercourse in the l ast

12 months, and 78 percent had ever

had intercourse.

+ Those who were younger at first

intercourse were more likely t o b e

sexually active and to have had

intercourse in the past year: 8 7

percent of those whose first

intercourse was under 16 years had

intercourse in the past 1 2 months,

and only 6 4 percent of those whose

first i ntercourse was at age 20 or

over did so.

### Figure **14. Percentage**  **o f**  **ever-married women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **who had**  **t heir**  **first**

**intercourse within**  **marriage a**  **nd percentage**  **who had**  **i t**  **5 or**  **more years**  **before first** 

**marriage, by**  **year of**  **first marriage:**  **United States,**  **2002**



# Marriage and Cohabitation

( tables 46–52 )

T

ables 46–52 show data f or 2002

on formal (legal) marriage and

unmarried cohabitation. Data f or 1995

and earlier NSFG survey years have

been published in several reports (16,

37–39).

+ Forty-six percent of women 15–44

years o f age in 2002 were currently

married, with nearly 9 percent in a

second or later marriage ( table 4 6 ).

In 1995, 49 percent of women

15–44 years o f age were currently

married.

+ A h igher percent of women were

never married i n 2002 (42 percent;

table 4 6 ) t han in 1995 (38 percent).

+ Nearly 61 percent of non-Hispanic

black women have never been

married compared with 37 percent

of white women and 42 percent of

Hispanic women ( table 4 6 )

.

+ In 2002, 9 percent of women were

currently cohabiting w ith a male

partner compared with 7 percent in

1995. One-half o f women 15–44 years o f age in 2002 had ever

cohabited, an increase from t he 41

percent who reported any

cohabitation experience in 1995

( table 4 7

, figure 1 5 )

.

+ Current cohabitation was more

common among women in their 20s,

Hispanic women, those w ith

education l ess than high school, and

those i n parental situations other

than ‘ ‘living w ith both parents a t age

14.’ ’ W omen who lived with both

parents a t age 14 were a lso less

likely t o have ever cohabited i n t heir

lives ( table 4 7 )

.

+ T able 4 8 describes women’s

cohabitation experience relative t o

first marriage and finds that about

43 percent of all women 15–44

cohabited before t heir first

marriage—15 percent who have

never married and 28 percent who

cohabited before t heir first marriage.

The percentage who cohabited

premaritally (43 percent) i s a n

increase from t he 34 percent who

cohabited p remaritally

, based on the

Cycle 5 NSFG. Series 23, No. 2 5 [ Page 17



## + T able 4 9 shows the outcome of first

cohabitation f or all women who

have ever cohabited. About one-third

resulted i n a currently intact

marriage, another one-third

dissolved without marriage, close to

one-fifth led t o a marriage that

dissolved, and the r emainder (about

13 percent) was currently intact

cohabitations in 2002. Cohabitations

were more likely t o r esult i n a n

intact marriage among women with

higher education and income.

+ T able 5 0 presents t he probability

that a woman will have a first

marriage before r eaching specified

ages, among women 15–44. The

probability of marrying before age

35 was 0.82, or about 4 o f 5

. For

white women, this probability was

0.87, for H ispanic women it was

0.81, and for b lack women it was

0.55, or slightly more t han 50

percent likelihood they would marry

by age 35.

Dissolution o f first marriage is

described in table 5 1

, which shows the

cumulative percentage of first marriages

that ended for r easons other than death,

by duration o f t he marriage.

+ Overall, close to 30 percent of first

marriages among women 15–44 in

2002 ended within 10 years, with

about 20 percent dissolving w ithin

the first 5 years. Nearly one-half o f

first marriages to women who

married younger than 18 years

dissolved within 10 years compared

with 20 percent of those t o women

who married a t 2 3 years o r over

.

+ Marital d issolution w ithin the first 5

years was most common among

those w ith the l east education and

income. For example, twice a s many

marriages dissolved within 5 years

among poor women (30 percent) a s

in the h ighest i ncome group (16

percent).

+ Other studies have suggested that

premarital cohabitation may impact

the likelihood of marital d issolution

(40), and table 5 1 lends support t o

this hypothesis. W omen who never

cohabited have lower cumulative

probability of experiencing the

dissolution o f t heir first marriage

than women who have dif f erent

### Page 18 [ Series 23, No. 2 5

**Figure 15.**  **Percentage o**  **f women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **who have**  **ever cohabited**  **and**

**percentage who**  **are currently**  **cohabiting: United**  **States, 1995**  **and 2002** 



## marriage and cohabitation

experiences.

T

able 5 2 provides an overview of

the t otal number of men with whom

women 15–44 have ever lived, either as

marital o r cohabiting partners. Slightly

more t han one-fourth of this age group

have never married nor cohabited, and

nearly one-half have had only one

husband or cohabiting partner in their

lives, as of 2002. Non-Hispanic b lack

women were more likely t han Hispanic

or white women to have never married

nor cohabited.



# Contraceptive Use ( tables

53–66 )

The use of contraception and the

specific methods of contraception u sed

are major factors a f f ecting t he

pregnancy and birth rates i n t he United

States. A number of tables on

contraceptive use in the United S tates,

based on the Cycle 6 NSFG, were

published in a p revious report ( 10). T ables 53–66 show further data f or 2002

on the use of contraceptive methods,

including methods ever used ( table 5 3 )

, methods used at first i ntercourse ( tables

54–55 )

, current contraceptive use ( tables

56–61 ), methods used at last intercourse

( tables 62–63 )

, consistency of condom

use ( tables 64–65 ), and method

discontinuation ( table 6 6 )

.



# Ever Use o f C ontraceptive

Methods ( table 5 3 )

Nearly all women 15–44 years o f

age who have ever had sexual

intercourse with a male have used at

least one method of contraception i n

their lives (98 percent). By 2002, 90

percent had used the male condom, 82

percent the p ill, and 56 percent

withdrawal. A s would b e expected, the

prevalence of sterilization (female o r

male) increases with age, with 40

percent of women 40–44 reporting

female sterilization and 27 percent

reporting male s terilization. 

# Method Use a t F irst

Inter course

+ The proportion o f women who used

any contraceptive method at first

intercourse rose from 4 3 percent of

women whose first intercourse was

before 1980 to 78 percent of those

whose first i ntercourse was in the

1990s ( table 5 4 ).

+ Use o f t he condom at first

intercourse increased from 2 1

percent of those whose first

intercourse was before 1980, to 60

percent of those whose first

intercourse was in 1999 or later

( table 5 4 ).

+ Non-Hispanic white and black

women whose first intercourse

occurred between 1990 and 2002

were more likely t o have used a

method at first intercourse than

Hispanic women—80, 70, and 52

percent, r espectively ( table 5 4 ).

+ The condom has historically been

the most commonly used method at

first p remarital i ntercourse, and its

use has increased in recent years.

Overall, 45 percent of women who

had premarital sexual intercourse

used a condom at first intercourse.

Among women whose first

intercourse was in the 1980s, 38

percent reported u sing a condom at

first p remarital i ntercourse compared

with 67 percent of those whose first

intercourse was more r ecent

(1999–2002) ( table 5 5 )

.

+ Figure 1 6 shows the percentage of

woman who used any method of

contraception a t first premarital

intercourse, b y t he year that first

intercourse occurred. These

percentages mirror t he trend in use

of the condom at first premarital

intercourse, described previously

. The percentage using any method

increases dramatically comparing t he

earliest with the most recent time

point: 4 3 percent of those whose

first p remarital i ntercourse occurred

before 1980 used a method

compared with 79 percent of those

whose first p remarital i ntercourse

occurred i n 1999 or later

.

### Figure **16. Percentage**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **used any**  **b irth**  **control m**  **ethod at** 

**first premarital**  **intercourse, by**  **year of**  **first intercourse:**  **United States,**  **2002**

**Figure 17.**  **Percentage o**  **f women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **who used**  **any b**  **irth control**  **m ethod**  **at**

**first premarital**  **intercourse, by**  **Hispanic origin**  **and race**  **and a**  **ge at**  **first premarital** 

**intercourse: United**  **States, 2002**  Series 23, No. 2 5 [ Page 19



## + Figure 1 7 shows that the use of any

contraceptive method at first

premarital i ntercourse is most

common for white women,

regardless o f age at first intercourse.

Black women have percentages

between those o f white and Hispanic

women. For white and black

women, those who are o lder at first

intercourse have higher percentages

using a contraceptive method.



# Curr ent Contraceptive U se

T

ables 56–61 provide information

on current contraceptive u se in 2002.

Since the l ast NSFG survey in 1995,

two new hormonal methods of

contraception were i ntroduced (the

contraceptive patch and the monthly

injection called LunelleTM), and other

hormonal methods grew more p revalent

(for example, Depo-ProveraTM, the

3-month i njectable). The current

contraceptive u se measures in the NSFG

enable r eliable tracking of women’s use

of all available methods over time.

T

able 5 6 shows a percent distribution o f

women by the most ef fective method

used at time o f i nterview

. For those not

using a method, they are c lassified b y

the r eason for t heir nonuse. (See

‘‘ Appendix I I ’ ’ for f urther information

on how ‘ ‘ current contraceptive u se’ ’ is

defined in the NSFG.)

+ The major methods used by women

15–44 years o f age in 2002 were t he

oral contraceptive p ill (19 percent),

female sterilization ( 17 percent), and

the male condom (1 1 percent).

+ The pill is the l eading contraceptive

method among women under 35

years o f age. Among women 35–44

years o f age, female sterilization i s

the l eading method used.

+ In 2002, 1 1 .6 million women were

using the p ill, and 10.3 m illion were

using female sterilization.

T

able 5 7 shows similar i nformation

as in table 5 6

, w ith one important

dif f erence. About 1 i n 6 contraceptive

users i s u sing more t han one method in

the month o f i nterview (10), and table

57 shows all methods used in the month

of interview

. This means that the

percentages for u se of specific methods

add to more t han the 6 2 percent using

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## any method. The principal dif f erence

between the t wo types of tables is in the

percentage using the condom—1 1

percent in table 5 6 and 15 percent in

table 5 7

. The reason for t his d if ference

is that women using both t he condom

and the p ill, the most common method

combination, are c lassified a s ‘ ‘currently

using the p ill’ ’ i n table 5 6 and as using

both p ill and condom in table 5 7

. For

more d iscussion of ‘ ‘ current

contraceptive use’ ’ and the c lassification

of ‘ ‘ most ef fective methods,’ ’ see

‘ ‘ Appendix I I ’ ’ or the f ull r eport

previously published on contraceptive

use (10).

T

able 5 8 describes current

contraceptive s tatus b y marital o r

cohabitation s tatus, and Hispanic o rigin

and race. Among currently and formerly

married women, who are likely t o b e

older on average than never married o r

cohabiting women, female s terilization

is the most prevalent contraceptive

method in use. The pill is the most

popular method among non-Hispanic

white women (22 percent), and female

sterilization i s t he most popular method

among Hispanic women (20 percent)

and black women (23 percent). The

condom is the t hird most popular

method of contraception among all t hree

groups (Hispanic, white, and black

women).

Just as table 5 7 presented similar

information a s table 5 6

, accounting f or

reports of multiple method use, table 5 9

mirrors table 5 8 and allows for multiple

contraceptive methods. Among married

women, 12–13 percent are using the

condom in both tables 58 and 59

, but

among never -married women, dual use

of the condom and pill is common.

T

able 5 8 shows that 10 percent of

women in this group used the male

condom as their p rimary method, but

table 5 9 indicates that 17 percent were

using condoms, either alone or in

combination w ith the p ill or some other

method that was classified a s ‘ ‘more

ef

fective’ ’ t han the condom (see

‘‘ Appendix I I ’ ’ for f urther information).

T

able 6 0 shows the percent

distribution o f women by their p rimary

method of contraception, according to

selected characteristics. These data a re

shown for comparison with previous

cycles of the NSFG, but as shown in earlier t ables based on current

contraceptive status, they tend to

understate use of the condom in

conjunction w ith the p ill.

+ Among the 38.1 m illion women

currently using contraception i n

2002, the l eading methods were t he

pill, female sterilization, and the

male condom. This was true

regardless of religious af filiation, but

the p roportion using female

sterilization was highest among

fundamentalist Protestant

denominations (41 percent) and

lowest among those w ith ‘ ‘ other

religions’ ’ (1 1 percent).

+ W omen with lower levels o f

education r elied o n sterilization a s

their l eading method of

contraception, while women with the

highest levels o f education depended

more o n t he pill. The same

relationship holds true f or poverty

level.

T

able 6 1 shows the percent

distribution o f currently contracepting

women who have ever had intercourse,

by their current choice of method or

method combination. This t able f ocuses

on the use of condoms, alone or with

other methods, a s condoms also confer

protection against sexually transmitted

infections.

+ Nearly one-fourth (24 percent) o f

women currently using contraception

were u sing condoms, either alone or

with another method. Condom use

was more common among women

who were never married and not

cohabiting and among women who

reported more male s exual partners

in the l ast 12 months. For example,

49 percent of women reporting t hree

or more partners i n t he last year

were u sing condoms compared with

23 percent of those with one partner

in the l ast year

.

+ Condom use b y itself, as well a s

dual use of the p ill and condom,

was also more p revalent among

women who were never married and

were not cohabiting.



# Method Use a t L ast I nter course

T

able 6 2 s hows the percentage of

women who used specific methods of contraception a t l ast i ntercourse, among

all women and unmarried women aged

15–44, who were s exually active, that is,

had had sexual intercourse in the 3

months prior t o t he interview

.

+ Eighty-one percent of all unmarried

women used some method of

contraception a t l ast i ntercourse in

the past 3 months. The most

commonly u sed methods were t he

condom and the p ill.

+ Condom use, pill use, or dual use o f

the condom with the p ill, was most

prevalent among teenagers and

young adults, those aged 15–24.

+ W omen with lower education,

women with lower income, and

women who are H ispanic o r b lack,

were l ess likely t o u se a method of

contraception a t l ast i ntercourse

( figure 1 8 ) ( table 6 2 )

.

A slightly longer time frame is

shown in table 6 3

, which presents t he

percent who used a contraceptive

method at last sex i n t he past 1 2

months, r ather than 3 months as shown

in table 6 2

. The same patterns can be

seen in table 6 3

, w ith the addition o f a n

association o f multiple partners and

condom use. About one-half ( 48

percent) o f unmarried women with two

or more partners i n t he past 12 months

used a condom at last sexual intercourse

compared with 32 percent among

women with only one partner in the past

12 months.

T

able 6 4 l ooks at condom use i n

the l ast 4 weeks among all women and

unmarried women who reported ever

using a condom and who were sexually

active i n t he last 4 weeks.

+ The majority of women (73 percent)

did not use a condom at all i n t he

past 4 weeks.

+ Never married and not cohabiting

women were more likely t o r eport

using a condom every time i n t he

last 4 weeks (38 percent) t han

women of any other marital o r

cohabiting status ( 14–22 percent).

+ Among unmarried women, those

15–19 years o f age were t wice as

likely ( 42 percent) t o r eport using

condoms every time t hey had

intercourse in the l ast 4 weeks as

women 30–44 years o f age (21

percent).

### Figure **18. Among**  **unmarried women**  **22–44 years**  **of age**  **who had**  **sexual intercourse**  **in the** 

**3 months**  **prior t**  **o i**  **nterview**

**, p**  **ercentage who**  **used no**  **method of**  **contraception a**  **t last** 

**intercourse, and**  **p ercentage**  **who used**  **a c**  **ondom, by**  **education: United**  **States, 2002** 



## + Unmarried women who were not

cohabiting were about twice a s

likely ( 34 percent) t o use a condom

every time t hey had intercourse in

the l ast 4 weeks as current

cohabitors (16 percent).

T

able 6 5 presents data s imilar t o

table 64, looking at condom use i n t he

last 12 months rather than the l ast 4

weeks. These two t ables show similar

relationships between consistency of

condom use and marital s tatus, marital

status and age, and cohabiting s tatus. As

expected, more consistent condom use

was reported f or the more r ecent recall

period o f 4 weeks. Among unmarried

women 15–19 years o f age, 42 percent

reported using a condom every time

they had sexual intercourse in the l ast 4

weeks compared with 28 percent

reporting use every time t hey had

intercourse during t he last 12 months.



# Discontinuation o f M ethods

Due t o D issatisfaction

The Cycle 6 NSFG asked women

whether they ever discontinued use o f a

contraceptive method due to dissatisfaction, and if so, what their

reasons were. T able 6 6 presents t his

information f or women who ever

discontinued use o f t he pill, condom,

Depo-ProveraTM, and NorplantTM.

+ Roughly 4 2 percent of women who

have ever used Depo-ProveraTM and

NorplantTM d iscontinued these

methods due to dissatisfaction, and

close t o t hree-fourths o f t hose

women cited ‘ ‘side e f f ects’ ’ a s a

reason for d iscontinuation. The next

most commonly c ited r eason for

discontinuation o f t hese hormonal

methods was that the woman ‘ ‘ did

not like changes to [their] menstrual

cycle’ ’—34 percent of DepoProveraTM users and 19 percent of

NorplantTM u sers.

+ About 29 percent of pill users

reported d iscontinuing it, with 65

percent of them reporting t hat they

had ‘ ‘side e f f ects.’ ’ The next most

commonly c ited r easons for p ill

discontinuation were ‘ ‘worried you

might have side ef fects’ ’ ( 13

percent) and ‘ ‘ did not like changes

to menstrual cycle’ ’ ( 13 percent).

+ Among the methods shown in this Series 23, No. 2 5 [ Page 21



## table, condoms had the l owest

percentage (among all who ever

used the method) of discontinued

use due to dissatisfaction ( 12

percent), and the most common

reasons for d iscontinuation were

‘ ‘ partner did not like it’ ’ ( 39

percent), ‘ ‘ decreased your sexual

pleasure’ ’ ( 38 percent), ‘ ‘ side

ef

fects’ ’ ( 18 percent), and ‘ ‘ other

reasons’ ’ (15 percent).

+ The frequency of pill

discontinuation was similar f or

Hispanic, white, and black women

(30, 28, and 33 percent,

respectively). However

, only 5

percent of black women reported

discontinuing condom use compared

with 1 1 percent of Hispanic women

and 14 percent of white women.



# Impair e d F ecundity

, Infertility

, and Surgical

Sterilization ( tables 67–73)

T

ables 67–73 show data o n t he

physical ability to have children—

including fecundity status, infertility

status, and sur g ical sterilization b y t ype

of operation.



# Impair e d Fecundity

Impaired f ecundity is one of two

NSFG measures of fertility impairments

and has been defined among women of

all marital experience since 1982. The

measurement of fecundity status begins

with a c lassification o f a ll sur gically

sterile women on the basis of whether

their ( or their current husbands’ o r

cohabiting partners’) operations were

done for contraceptive o r

noncontraceptive r easons. Those who

are not sur g ically sterile at all can be

classified a s having ‘ ‘impaired

fecundity ,’ ’ t hat is, they may have a

physical barrier t o getting p regnant or

carrying a baby to term. ( See

‘ ‘ Appendix I I ’ ’ for f urther details.)

W

omen who are neither sur gically

sterile nor classified a s having impaired

fecundity are p resumed to be ‘ ‘fecund,’ ’

that is, t hey have no known physical

barriers to having a child.

+ T able 6 7 shows that in 2002, 22

percent of women were sur gically

### Page 22 [ Series 23, No. 2 5

**Figure 19.**  **Percentage o**  **f women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **w ith**  **imparied fecundity** 

**, b**  **y p**  **arity and** 

**Hispanic origin**  **and race:**  **United States,**  **2002**



## sterile for contraceptive r easons,

nearly 2 percent were sur gically

sterile for noncontraceptive r easons,

12 percent had impaired f ecundity

, and the r emaining 65 percent were

presumed fecund. This overall

prevalence of impaired f ecundity

, accounting f or about 7.3 m illion

women 15–44, represents a n

increase of about 2 percentage

points from t he levels seen in 1988

and 1995 (41).

+ About 3.0 m illion o f t hese 7.3

million women with impaired

fecundity in 2002 were childless

(nulliparous), i ndicating 4 1 percent

with ‘ ‘ primary i mpaired f ecundity .’ ’

This compares with 45 percent (or

2.8 m illion women) with primary

impaired f ecundity in 1995.

+ Figure 1 9 shows comparable l evels

of impaired f ecundity by Hispanic

origin and race, regardless of parity

.

+ The strong association o f age with

impaired f ecundity was again seen

for childless women in Cycle 6

, a s i t

was in past NSFG cycles. For

example, 7 percent of childless

women 15–29 in 2002 had impaired fecundity compared with 37 percent

of those 40–44.

+ Nearly 51 percent of women who

had sought medical help t o become

pregnant within the past year had

impaired f ecundity at interview

. Among all women 15–44, impaired

fecundity shows no clear pattern

with education, income, Hispanic

origin, o r r ace.

+ For the most part, the l evels o f

impaired f ecundity are h igher among

married women, but similar

associations are seen with impaired

fecundity among all women ( tables

67 and 68 )

. About 15 percent of

married women had impaired

fecundity

, r epresenting a n estimated

4.3 m illion women in 2002.



# Infertility

T

able 6 9 s hows currently married

women by infertility status, t he second

of the t wo longstanding NSFG measures

of fertility impairments. As with

fecundity status, this measure determines

if women who are not sur g ically sterile

should b e c lassified a s ‘ ‘infertile.’ ’ The ‘ ‘infertile’ ’ category u ses t he standard

medical definition o f i nfertility; a

married couple i s c lassified a s

‘ ‘infertile’ ’ if they have not used

contraception and not become pregnant

for 1 2 months or more. (See ‘ ‘ Appendix

II ’ ’ for f urther details.) All married

women who are neither sur g ically sterile

nor infertile are p resumed to be fecund.

+ In 2002, 7.4 percent of married

women, or about 2.1 m illion

women, were i nfertile. This i s about

the s ame level as seen in 1995, but

represents a significant decline from

the p revalence of 8.4 percent in

1982 (42).

+ As with impaired f ecundity among

married women, infertility is clearly

associated with age among childless

women ( figure 2 0 ).

+ Less t han one-third (31 percent) o f

women who received medical help

to become pregnant within the l ast

year were i nfertile at interview

.

+ The key dif f erence between

infertility and impaired f ecundity for

married women is that the l atter

measure i ncludes dif ficulties w ith

carrying babies to term and not just

with getting p regnant. Measurement

dif f erences notwithstanding, the t wo

measures of fertility problems

appear to show diver ging trends

among married women between

1982 and 2002 ( figure 2 1 ), a finding

which may call f or further study

.



# Surgical Sterilization

T

ables 70–73 describe s terilization

operations that women or their current

husbands or cohabiting partners have

ever had. Overall experience with

sur g ical sterilization i s shown, along

with the p revalence of specific types of

operations, including tubal sterilization,

vasectomy

, and hysterectomy

.

+ Nearly 24 percent of women 15–44

reported s ome form of sterilization

operation, with 16 percent reporting

tubal sterilization, 6 percent

vasectomy

, and 4 percent

hysterectomy ( table 7 0 )

.

+ Sur gical sterility was more common

among women with more children,

less education, and lower household

income. T ubal sterilization i n

### Figure **20. Percentage**  **o f**  **m arried**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age w**  **ith 12-month**  **i nfertility** 

**, b**  **y**

**parity and**  **a ge:**  **United States,**  **2002** Series 23, No. 2 5 [ Page 23



## particular was more p revalent

among Hispanic and non-Hispanic

black women, women living i n t he

South o r M idwest, and those raised

as Protestants ( Fundamentalist o r

other).

+ As in previous NSFG Cycles (43),

the 2002 data s how that Hispanic,

white, and black women dif f er in

their u se of male and female

sterilization. For example, 8 percent

of white women reported t heir

husbands or cohabiting partners had

ever had a vasectomy compared

with 1 percent of black women and

3 percent of Hispanic women.

+ Among married women, table 7 1

shows similar patterns f or overall

sur g ical sterility

, a s well a s t he

prevalence of tubal sterilization and

vasectomy

.

+ The percentages of married women

40–44 years o f age who report ‘ ‘any

sterilizing operations’ ’ or ‘ ‘tubal

sterilization’ ’ have fallen between

1995 and 2002. For example, among

married women 40–44 years o f age,

66 percent reported any sterilizing

operations in 1995 compared with

54 percent in 2002 ( figure 2 2 )

. These changes are p robably r elated

to the overall patterns o f delayed

childbearing among women 15–44

years o f age, which result i n l ower

proportions of older women being

ready to adopt permanent forms o f

contraception.

+ T able 7 2 looks more c losely a t

region of residence and the r eligion

in which women were r aised among

subgroups of Hispanic o rigin and

race. White women raised a s

Fundamentalist Protestants were

more likely t o r eport any

sterilization operation t han their

Hispanic o r b lack counterparts (36

percent versus 2 0 and 25 percent,

respectively). A s imilar pattern was

seen for t ubal sterilization b y

religious af filiations ( figure 2 3 )

. W

ith regard t o r egion of residence,

black women living i n t he South ( 26

percent) were s omewhat more likely

to report t ubal sterilization t han

**Figure 21.**  **Percentage o**  **f m**  **arried women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **w ith**  **impaired fecundity**  **or** 

## white women in the South ( 17

**12-month i**  **nfertility: United**  **States, 1982–2002**  

## percent) ( table 7 2 )

.

+ As in previous NSFG Cycles, the

Cycle 6 s urvey included questions

### Page 24 [ Series 23, No. 2 5

**Figure 22.**  **Percentage o**  **f m**  **arried women**  **40–44 years**  **of age**  **who ever**  **had a**  **sterilizing**

**operation a**  **nd percentage**  **who ever**  **had t**  **ubal sterilization:**  **United States,**  **1995 and**  **2002**

**Figure 23.**  **Percentage o**  **f non-Hispanic**  **white women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **who ever**  **had t**  **ubal**

**sterilization, by**  **religion raised:**  **United States,**  **2002** 

## on the r easons for t he sterilization

operations women reported. This

information was used to classify

women as contraceptively o r

noncontraceptively sterile in the

definition o f f ecundity status. It is

also useful for monitoring changes

in the p revalence of specific

operations. T able 7 3 shows, a s

expected, that ‘ ‘ having all t he

children s he/he wanted’ ’ i s t he most

common reason cited f or tubal

sterilization and vasectomy

, and

medical reasons, particularly

‘ ‘ medical problems with female

or gans,’ ’ are t he most common

reason mentioned for

hysterectomies.

+ W omen who gave multiple reasons

for sterilization operations were

asked the main r easons. ‘ ‘ Medical

reasons’ ’ was the most commonly

reported ‘ ‘main r eason’ ’ f or

hysterectomy

, and ‘ ‘ having all t he

children s he wanted’ ’ was the most

commonly r eported ‘ ‘main r eason’ ’

for t ubal sterilization. For

vasectomy

, t he ‘ ‘ main r easons’ ’

reported were more evenly s plit

between the woman having all t he

children s he wanted (47 percent)

and her husband or partner having

all t he children h e wanted

(36 percent).



# Pr egnancy and Health

( tables 74–79 )

T

ables 74–79 present information

on various aspects o f p regnancy and

health included in the Cycle 6 NSFG.

While some similar data a re routinely

published in annual vital s tatistics

reports (1,44), i nclusion i n t he NSFG’s

pregnancy history allows examination o f

these pregnancy-related behaviors and

outcomes by variables that are not

currently available i n v ital statistics,

such as intendedness o f t he pregnancy

and marital o r cohabitation s tatus. The

tables on prenatal care, smoking during

pregnancy

, payment for delivery

, breastfeeding, and maternity leave are

all limited t o r ecent pregnancies (those

ending in 1997 or later) to minimize

recall b ias. (See ‘ ‘ Appendix I I ’ ’ for

further details on the i nterview questions

### Figure **24. Percentage**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **t i**  **nterview who**  **smoked during**  **t heir** 

**most recent**  **p regnancy**  **e nding**  **in January**  **1997 or**  **later**

**, b**  **y p**  **regnancy outcome**  **and b**  **y**

**wantedness at**  **time o**  **f c**  **onception: United**  **States, 2002** 



## that provide the data f or these tables.)

T

able 7 4 shows the timing o f first

pr

enatal visit among recent pregnancies

ending in live b irth. Early

, r egular

, and

appropriate prenatal care has been

linked to reduced rates o f p regnancy

complications, preterm delivery

, low

birthweight, and perinatal morbidity and

mortality (1, 45). The maternal and

infant health benefits of good prenatal

care a re particularly striking f or women

at higher risk f or poor pregnancy

outcomes (45). A s seen in the National

V

ital S tatistics System, early initiation

of prenatal care, within the first

trimester

, i s becoming more p revalent

(1), but has not reached the t ar get of 90

percent set forward f or all subgroups in

the Healthy People 2010 Objectives

(46). The NSFG data generally indicate

higher prevalence of early prenatal care

than found in vital s tatistics, but

illuminate t he disparities seen in vital

statistics.

+ Pregnancies to women who were

cohabiting o r never married a t time

of delivery were l ess likely t o receive early prenatal care.

+ The data s uggest that pregnancies

unwanted at the time o f conception

or mistimed by 2 o r more years

were a lso less likely t o r eceive early

prenatal care.

Cigarette smoking during p regnancy

has been shown to increase t he risk of

numerous adverse pregnancy outcomes,

including low b irthweight, p reterm

delivery

, spontaneous pregnancy loss

(miscarriage or ectopic p regnancy),

premature r upture o f membranes, infant

death (for example, sudden infant death

syndrome, or SIDS), and early

childhood respiratory illnesses (47–50).

T

able 7 5 shows the p revalence of

cigar ette smoking during p r egnancy

among women’s most recent

pregnancies that ended in live b irth or

spontaneous loss between 1997 and the

2002 interview

. (Cigarette smoking

among all women regardless of

pregnancy status i s described later i n

this report i n table 9 9 .) This t able i s

based on questions that asked about

smoking after women learned they were Series 23, No. 2 5 [ Page 25



## pregnant. The NSFG data enable

inclusion o f p regnancies that did not

result in live b irth.

+ About 13 percent of women smoked

in some amount during t heir most

recent pregnancy

, and about 3

percent reported s moking 15 or

more c igarettes a day

.

+ Nearly 21 percent of women whose

most r ecent pregnancy ended in

spontaneous loss reported smoking

during t he pregnancy compared with

12 percent of those whose most

recent pregnancy ended in live b irth

( figure 2 4 )

. This figure f or births

compares well w ith vital s tatistics—

for example, maternal smoking was

reported f or 12.3 percent of births i n

1999 (48).

+ Nearly 20 percent of women whose

pregnancies were unwanted at

conception and 17 percent of those

whose p regnancies came 2 o r more

years t oo soon smoked during t he

pregnancy compared with 12 percent

of intended pregnancies ( figure 2 4 )

.

+ The prevalence of smoking during

pregnancy was higher among

younger women, non-Hispanic white

women, and less educated women.

For example, 17 percent of white

women smoked during p regnancy

compared with 5 percent of

Hispanic women and 8 percent of

black women ( table 7 5 )

.

Low birthweight is defined as less

than 2,500 grams (5 1/2 pounds) ( 1).

Babies born a t l ow birthweight are

significantly more likely t o d ie than

normal weight babies during t he first 28

days of life. A fter t his neonatal period,

they are a t h igher risk f or health

problems, including neurodevelopmental

disabilities, birth defects, and early

childhood illnesses ( 1, 51). T able 7 6

examines the p revalence of low

birthweight among single deliveries , b y

race and other variables. P regnancies

resulting i n multiple births a re not

included because multiples a re at higher

risk of low b irthweight independent of

other factors ( 1). A s s een with vital

statistics ( 1,44,52), t wice as many

non-Hispanic b lack women deliver

babies of low b irthweight as do

non-Hispanic white women (12 percent

compared with 5 percent, among all

### Page 26 [ Series 23, No. 2 5

**Figure 25.**  **Percentage o**  **f women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **a t**  **i nterview**  **who paid**  **for t**  **heir most** 

**recent live**  **birth delivery**  **in January**  **1997 or**  **later**

**, w**  **ith Medicaid**  **or government**  **assistance,**

**by age**  **a t**  **b irth**  **and b**  **y m**  **arital status**  **a t**  **b irth:**  **United States,**  **2002**



## single b irths). The percentages for

Hispanic women are c loser to the white

than to the b lack percentages—7 percent

among all s ingle live b irths.

+ Several variables showed the

expected associations with low

birthweight among births t o white

women, but not among births t o

black women. Among births t o

white women, low b irthweight was

more common among women who

smoked during t he pregnancy

, t hose

who did not intend the p regnancy at

time o f conception, and those with

lower levels o f education.

+ Births t o poorer women, as

evidenced by reliance on Medicaid

or other government assistance for

delivery payment, were more likely

to be low b irthweight regardless of

Hispanic o rigin or race.

The NSFG is one of the f ew

nationally representative sources of data

on payment for delivery costs, and the

only national survey that has collected

this information s ince the 1970s.

T

able 7 7 presents t he percent

distribution o f women’ s most recent births 1997–2002 by how the delivery

costs wer e paid. While women could

report more t han one form of payment,

this table i s based on a s et of mutually

exclusive categories defined to show

Medicaid o r government assistance even

if another source of payment was also

mentioned.

+ As in Cycle 5

, Medicaid o r o ther

government assistance was used to

pay for about one-third of women’ s

most r ecent deliveries. It was more

often u sed t o pay for deliveries t o

younger mothers—nearly two-thirds

of births t o women under 20 years

were paid i n t his way compared

with 14 percent of births t o women

30–44 years o ld ( figure 2 5 )

.

+ Nonmarital b irths, mistimed and

unwanted births, and births t o

women of lower education were

more likely t o have delivery costs

paid f or by Medicaid o r o ther

government assistance, all s imilar t o

patterns f ounds in earlier NSFG data

(16,51,53).

The numerous health and

health-care cost benefits of breastfeeding have been well documented. Recently

the American Academy of Pediatrics

strengthened its recommendations that

virtually all i nfants s hould b e b reastfed

for t he first year of life, and exclusively

breastfed f or the first 6 months (54).

The Healthy People 2010 objectives for

breastfeeding include 75 percent

breastfed a t a ll (that is, initiation), 5 0

percent breastfeeding at 6 months, and

25 percent at 12 months (46). T able 7 8

shows the percentage of singleton babies

born i n 1997–2000 by duration o f

breastfeeding, including the percent who

were not breastfed a t a ll. While the

Cycle 6 NSFG included questions to

measure exclusive b reastfeeding to some

extent, t hese data a re not shown in this

report. However

, t he categories s hown

for duration o f b reastfeeding enable a n

initial l ook at the p revalence of

breastfeeding longer than 6 months and

12 months.

+ Among singleton babies born

1997–2000, 67 percent were

breastfed a t a ll, 35 percent were

breastfed 6 months or longer

, and 17

percent were b reastfed f or 12

months or longer ( figure 2 6 ). While

all o f t hese levels f all s hort o f t he

goals s et by the Healthy People

2010 objectives for b reastfeeding,

the t ar gets a re being met or close to

met for s ome subgroups-for

example, babies born t o white and

Hispanic mothers, mothers 30–44

years o f age, college-educated

mothers, and higher income

mothers.

+ The overall r ate o f b reastfeeding

initiation among recent births

increased from 5 5 t o 6 7 percent

between the 1995 and 2002 surveys,

bringing the population c loser t o t he

HP2010 goals o f 7 5 percent. I n

virtually all s ubgroups, breastfeeding

was initiated more o ften i n 2002

than in 1995. For example, 43

percent of women with incomes

below 150 percent of poverty level

initiated b reastfeeding, based on the

1995 data, and 58 percent of women

in this income group did s o based

on the 2002 data.

+ The patterns o f b reastfeeding

initiation across subgroups of

women remained lar gely t he same in

### Figure **26. Among**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **t i**  **nterview who**  **had a**  **singleton live**  **birth in** 

**January 1997**  **or later** 

**, p**  **ercentage who**  **breastfed the**  **c hild**  **at all,**  **and p**  **ercentage still** 

**breastfeeding a**  **t 6**  **and 1**  **2 months,**  **b y**  **H ispanic**  **origin and**  **race: United**  **States, 2002** 



## Cycle 6 a s i n earlier cycles (55–57).

For example, the 2002 data i ndicate

that nearly 84 percent of collegeeducated mothers i nitiated

breastfeeding compared with 50

percent of mothers w ith less than a

high school education.

+ While non-Hispanic b lack women

remain l ess likely t o i nitiate

breastfeeding than Hispanic o r white

women, the l evel seen in the 2002

survey was almost twice t hat seen in

1995 (47 percent versus 25 percent).

T

able 7 9 describes women’ s use of

maternity leave for t heir most recent

births i n 1997–2002.

+ About 60 percent of mothers were

employed at some point during t he

pregnancy

, and 42 percent took

maternity leave for t he birth. The

other 18 percent of working mothers

did not take leave, with close t o 3

percent reporting t hat it was not

of

fered o r a llowed.

+ Overall, 40 percent of women were

not employed at all during t heir

most recent pregnancy ending in

live b irth; t his was more o ften t he case f or younger women, women

having a t hird or higher -order birth,

women with less education, and

Hispanic women.



# Child Car e Arrangements

( table 8 0 )

T

able 8 0 examines child care

arrangements i n t he month before t he

interview

, among women who were

working the week prior t o t he interview

and had at least one child under 13

years o f age in the household.

+ The most common child care

arrangement was ‘ ‘ grandparent or

other relative,’ ’ used by 35 percent

of women, followed by ‘ ‘ day care

center or preschool,’ ’ used by 23

percent. Another 17 percent of

women used a nonrelative o r

babysitter

, and 10 percent had their

child(ren) cared for i n before- or

after -school care.

+ Higher percentages of unmarried

working mothers have their

child(ren) cared for b y a g randparent

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## + Higher percentages of working

women with a bachelor ’ s degree or

higher

, and with incomes 300

percent of poverty or higher

, use a

day care center or preschool

compared to women with less

education and less income.

+ Never -married and currently married

women have low percentages with

their child(ren) cared for b y ‘ ‘other

parent or stepparent’ ’ compared with

cohabiting o r f ormerly married

women for whom this child care

arrangement is more common.



# Adoption, Stepchildr e n,

and Foster Childr e n ( tables

81–84 )

In 2002, 1 i n 8 women 18–44 years

of age (13 percent, o r 7 .0 million)

reported t hat they had ever lived with

and cared for a child to whom they did

not give birth compared with 1 1 percent

among this group in 1995. T able 8 1

describes the p revalence of

nonbiological parenting and the t ypes of

relationships these children had with the

women surveyed.

+ Nonbiological parenting o f some

kind was more common among

women in a s econd or later marriage

and among women of lower

education and income. For example,

21 percent of women with less than

a h igh s chool education have cared

for a nonbiological child compared

with 8 percent of college graduates.

+ Nearly 19 percent of non-Hispanic

black women have cared for a

nonbiological child compared with

12 percent of non-Hispanic white

women and Hispanic women. About

10 percent of black women reported

caring f or children o f b lood

relatives.

T

ables 82–84 provide several

indicators r elated to adoption among

adult women in the Cycle 6 NSFG and

expand on earlier analyses that focused

on ever -married women (58). Among

women who have ever considered

adoption o r a re currently seeking to

adopt, t he survey ascertains whether

they have taken steps toward adoption.

In this manner

, t he survey provides an

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## estimate o f t he numbers o f U .S. women

currently ‘ ‘in demand’ ’ f or adopting a

child.

+ Less than 1 percent of women

18–44 (0.6 percent or about 300,000

women) are currently seeking to

adopt and have taken specific steps

toward adoption.

+ About 1 percent of women 18–44

(or about 600,000 women) have ever

adopted a child, based on 2002 data;

among those in a second or later

marriage, 3 percent have adopted a

child.

+ As might be expected, adoption i s

more p revalent among women who

have ever used infertility services (5

percent).

T

able 8 3 takes a c loser look at

adoption experience and adoptionseeking among women 18–44, by

marital s tatus, parity

, and age. Currently

married childless women aged 30–44

are t he most likely t o b e currently

seeking to adopt (5.9 percent) and to

have taken steps (3.8 percent).

T

able 8 4 presents i nformation o n

preferences for t he characteristics o f t he

adopted child. I n Cycle 5 o f t he NSFG,

these questions were asked for current

adoption seekers a s well a s t hose who

sought to adopt in the past but, Cycle 6

limited t he questions to current adoption

seekers s o a s t o characterize curr ent

demand for children who are awaiting

adoption. W omen were asked first if

they had any preferences for one trait

over another (for example, sex or race

of child), and if they expressed a

preference, they were t hen asked if they

‘ ‘ would accept’ ’ a child with another

trait.

+ As would b e expected, women

currently seeking to adopt would

prefer to adopt a child younger than

2 years o ld (49 percent), without a

disability (55 percent), and a single

child rather than two o r more

siblings at once (56 percent).

However

, 8 9 percent of women

currently seeking to adopt would

‘ ‘ prefer or accept’ ’ a child with a

‘ ‘ mild disability ,’ ’ 9 4 percent would

prefer or accept a child 2–5 years

old, and 75 percent would p refer o r

accept a set of siblings. + W ith regard t o transracial adoption,

84 percent of white adoption seekers

would p refer o r accept a b lack child

and 95 percent would p refer o r

accept a child of a r ace other than

black or white.



# Use o f Family Planning

and Other M edical

Services ( tables 85–96 )

T

ables 85–96 show data o n a

number of aspects o f u se of family

planning services and other medical

services by women 15–44 years o f age.

‘ ‘ Family planning services’ ’ include

receiving from a doctor

, nurse, o r o ther

medical care p rovider any of the

following: a b irth control method or

prescription f or a method, a checkup or

medical test related t o using a b irth

control method, counseling about birth

control methods, emer gency

contraception o r a p rescription f or it,

and counseling about emer gency

contraception, sterilizing operation, or

counseling about getting sterilized.

T

ables 85–86 show the t ype of

provider and demographic characteristics

of women 15–24 years o f age at their

first v isit for f amily planning services.

+ More women (55 percent) r eceived

their first family planning service

from a private doctor or HMO, and

43 percent used a c linic ( table 8 5 ).

+ Non-Hispanic white women were

more likely ( 63 percent) t han

Hispanic o r non-Hispanic b lack

women (38 percent and 45 percent,

respectively) to receive their first

family planning service from a

private doctor or HMO ( table 8 5 )

.

+ Nearly 2 out of every 3 women who

had a f amily planning service had

their first family planning visit

before t hey were 1 8 years o f age

( table 8 6 )

.

T

ables 87–96 show data o n use of

family planning and other medical

services in the 1 2 months before t he

survey

. I n 1988, the number of women

who had used family planning services

in the l ast 12 months was about 20

million, or 35 percent of all women

15–44 years o f age. In 1995, it was

statistically similar a t 19.8 m illion, or 33 percent. I n 2002, 25.1 m illion women,

or 42 percent, had used family planning

services in the l ast 1 2 months ( table

87 ).

+ In the 1 2 months before t he 2002

interview

, 34 percent of women

received a b irth control method, 19

percent received birth control

counseling, and 24 percent a

checkup or test related t o b irth

control ( table 8 7 )

.

+ While 4 percent of women reported

receiving sterilization counseling,

only 2 percent reported a

sterilization operation i n t he last 12

months ( table 8 7 )

.

T

able 8 8 presents i nformation o n

other medical services related t o f amily

planning that women may have received

in the l ast 1 2 months before t he

interview

. About 64 percent of women

reported r eceiving a Pap smear and 60

percent received a pelvic exam in the

last 12 months. This i s similar t o

findings in 1995 (16). T eenagers were

less likely t o get a Pap smear than adult

women, which is probably r elated to

dif f erent rates o f s exual activity by age.

As expected, married o r cohabiting

women were more likely t o r eceive Pap

smears t han other women.

+ Of the 61.6 m illion women 15–44 in

2002, 42 percent reported r eceiving

a f amily planning service i n t he past

12 months, 30 percent reported

receiving services from a private

doctor or HMO, and 14 percent

from a clinic ( table 8 9 )

.

+ Clinics, especially T itle X c linics,

were designed to serve women with

lower levels o f i ncome, and those

groups of women were more likely

to use t hem ( table 8 9 ).

+ Hispanic and non-Hispanic b lack

women were more likely t o u se a

T

itle X c linic than non-Hispanic

white women ( table 8 9 ).

+ More t han one-half o f women

receiving family planning services in

the l ast 12 months from a T itle X

clinic were younger than 25,

compared with about one-third of

those r eceiving services at a p rivate

doctor’s of fice o r HMO ( table 9 0 ;

figure 2 7 ).

### Figure **27. Percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **a ge**  **of women**  **who received**  **a family**  **planning service**  **in**

**the last**  **12 months,**  **according t**  **o type**  **o f**  **p rovider:**  **United States,**  **2002**



## + In 2002, almost 7 out of every 1 0

women 15–44 years o f age reported

receiving a medical service related

to family planning services in the

past 12 months. Among these 5 4

percent reported r eceiving services

from a private doctor or HMO, and

18 percent from a clinic ( table 9 1 )

.

+ Hispanic and non-Hispanic b lack

women were more likely t o u se T itle

X c linics f or medical services than

non-Hispanic white women

( table 9 1 ). But almost one-half ( 49

percent) o f T itle X c lients a re

non-Hispanic white women

( T

able 9 2 )

.

T

able 9 3 describes the t ype of

providers r eported b y women 15–44

years o f age who received a f amily

planning or medical service from a

medical provider in the l ast 12 months.

In 2002, 73 percent of women reported

receiving a f amily planning or medical

service. Among these women, 21

percent reported r eceiving the service

from a clinic, 9 percent from a T itle X

clinic, and 56 percent from a private

doctor or HMO. T able 9 4 shows that 34 million

women received family planning or

related r eproductive health services from

private doctors o r a n HMO in 2002.

About 13 million women received these

services from a clinic, and about 5

million o f t hese women received their

service a t a T itle X c linic.

+ W omen who used clinics t ended to

have lower incomes. For example,

only 2 0 percent of women 20–44

years o f age who used a p rivate

doctor or HMO had incomes less

than 150 percent of the poverty

level compared with 48 percent of

those who used a c linic—a more

than twofold d if ference.

+ W omen using T itle X c linics were

more likely t han clients o f p rivate

doctors t o b e under 25 years o f age,

never married o r cohabiting women,

or in the l owest i ncome group.

T

able 9 5 describes women 15–44

years o f age who received a f amily

planning service in the l ast 12 months

and the t ype of payment they used to

pay for t hese services. I n Cycle 6

, almost 26 million women received a Series 23, No. 2 5 [ Page 29



## family planning service from a medical

provider

. A lmost t wo-thirds ( 61 percent)

of these women paid f or their f amily

planning services with private i nsurance,

13 percent paid w ith Medicaid, and 13

percent paid w ith their own income.

+ W omen with lower levels o f

education a re more likely t o have

paid w ith Medicaid f or family

planning services in the l ast 12

months than women with higher

levels o f education ( 38 percent of

those w ith less than a h igh s chool

diploma compared with 1 percent of

those w ith a college degree).

+ W omen who are currently cohabiting

are more likely t o pay for f amily

planning services with Medicaid ( 22

percent) t han women who are

currently married ( 8 percent) o r

never married ( 16 percent).

+ Hispanic and non-Hispanic b lack

women were more likely t o pay for

family planning service with

Medicaid ( 24 percent and 30

percent, r espectively) than

non-Hispanic white women.

T

able 9 6 shows the d istribution o f

payment method for women who

received a medical service i n t he last 12

months. The same pattern for payment

of family planning services is seen; the

majority of payment is done with

insurance (68 percent), followed by

Medicaid ( 13 percent) and own income

alone (12 percent).



# Infertility S ervices ( tables

97,98 )

The NSFG is one of the f ew

reliable s ources of nationally

representative data o n t he use o f

infertility services. Earlier r eports have

documented the rise in use o f t hese

services through the 1980s and 1990s

(59,60). O f t he 61.6 m illion women of

reproductive age in 2002, 12 percent

(7.3 million women) had ever used

some kind of medical help, either to

become pregnant or to prevent

miscarriage. This i s a decline from t he

16 percent of women who reported any

infertility service r eceipt as of 1995.

+ T able 9 7 shows the percentages of

all women 15–44 who ever received

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**Figure 28.**  **Percentage o**  **f women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **who have**  **ever received**  **any i**  **nfertility**

**services, by**  **Hispanic origin**  **and race**  **and b**  **y p**  **arity: United**  **States, 2002** 



## particular types of medical help f or

infertility

. The most commonly

reported services were advice (such

as how to time i ntercourse during

the monthly cycle) (6.1 percent),

medical help t o p revent miscarriage

(5.5 percent), infertility testing f or

her or her husband or partner (4.8

percent), and ovulation d rugs (3.8

percent). Artificial i nsemination,

including intrauterine i nsemination

procedures, was reported b y 1 .1

percent of women (about 700,000).

Assisted reproductive t echnologies,

including in vitro fertilization, were

reported b y only 0 .3 percent of

women (180,000).

+ Infertility service receipt of any kind

was more p revalent among older

childless women (for example, 29

percent of those 40–44 years o f

age), married childless women (24

percent), non-Hispanic white

women, and women with higher

levels o f education and income

( table 9 7 )

. White women who have

had at least one birth were among

the g roups with the h ighest l evel of

service receipt (19 percent) ( figure 2 8 )

.

+ Looking at numbers o f v isits in the

last year for medical help t o become

pregnant, table 9 8 shows that 8.3

percent of women had ever received

such medical help, with 1.9 percent

reporting one or more v isits for t his

help i n t he past year

. This

corresponds to about 1.2 m illion

women, about the same number that

reported a v isit in the p revious year

in the 1995 survey

.



# Other H ealth C onditions

and Behaviors ( tables

99–108 )

Cigar ette Smoking

T

able 9 9 describes the d istribution

of cigarette smoking experience among

women 15–44 years o f age. (Smoking

during p regnancy is described earlier i n

this report; see table 7 5 .) In 2002, 62

percent of women in this age range

reported never having smoked at all ( or

not having smoked at least 100

cigarettes) in their lives. Another 10 percent had smoked in their lives, but

not in the l ast year

, and 8 percent had

smoked less than daily in the l ast year

.

+ In 2002, daily smoking was more

commonly r eported among

non-Hispanic white women, women

with lower levels o f education and

income, and women with at least

one child ( table 9 9 ).

+ Nearly 14 percent of pregnant or

postpartum women and 17 percent

of women using hormonal

contraception were smoking at least

once a day

.



# HIV T esting ( tables 100,101 )

T

able 100 shows the d istribution o f

HIV t esting experience among women

15–44, distinguishing between testing

done in the context of blood donation

and testing done outside o f b lood

donation. This t able a lso shows the

prevalence of recent HIV t esting, and

testing w ithin the l ast 1 2 months,

limited t o t ests outside of blood

donation. Further detail o n H IV testing

among men and women in relation t o

their behavioral risk status has been

presented for past cycles and are

presented for Cycle 6 i n a s eparate

report ( 12,61,62).

+ HIV t esting outside o f b lood

donation, either in lifetime o r i n t he

last 12 months, i s a ssociated with

higher numbers o f male s exual

partners i n t he last 12 months and

younger age at first sexual

intercourse.

+ Three out of four women with a

history of sexually transmitted

infection ( STI) o r pelvic

inflammatory d isease ( PID) have

been tested a t s ome point in their

lives for H IV outside of blood

donation a s compared with about

one-half o f women with no such

history

.

T

able 101 presents t he reasons

women reported f or their most r ecent

HIV t ests w ithin the past 12 months. O f

the 10.8 m illion women 15–44 who

were r ecently tested f or HIV outside o f

blood donation, the t wo most common

reasons cited were ‘ ‘prenatal care’ ’ ( 31

percent) and ‘ ‘finding out if infected’ ’

### Figure **29. Percentage**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **smoked once**  **a d**  **ay or**  **more i**  **n t**  **he**

**last 12**  **months, b**  **y e**  **ducation a**  **nd by**  **Hispanic origin**  **and race:**  **United States,**  **2002**



## (31 percent). This l atter r eason was

more likely t o b e g iven by women with

two o r more male sexual partners i n t he

last 12 months (55 percent). It was also

associated with younger age at first

sexual intercourse and lower levels o f

education and income. For example, 44

percent of women who first had sexual

intercourse under 15 years o f age were

tested for H IV in the l ast year ‘ ‘just to

find out if infected’ ’ compared with 22

percent of those who first had

intercourse at 20 years o r over

.



# HIV R isk Behaviors, I ncluding

Numbers of Sexual Partners

and Reasons for C ondom Use

( tables 102–105 )

W

omen were asked in the ACASI

portion o f t he interview about several

behaviors, either their own or those o f

their male sexual partners, that may

place them at higher risk f or HIV o r

other STI infection. While a more

in-depth l ook at these data a re presented

in other reports (1 1,35), table 102 summarizes these H IV risk behaviors

reported b y women who have had at

least one male s exual partner in the past

12 months. The behaviors t hat women

could r eport f or themselves include:

+ injecting d rugs without a

prescription

+ giving or receiving sex in exchange

for d rugs or money

+ having sex with a male partner

infected with HIV

.

Because of the l ow frequency of

these behaviors, they were combined for

this table. Among all women who had at

least one male partner in the l ast 1 2

months, 2.8 percent reported engaging

in at least one of these HIV o r STI risk

behaviors. Among unmarried women

15–44 with at least one male partner in

the l ast 12 months, r oughly t he same

percentage of Hispanic and nonHispanic white women reported t hese

behaviors ( 3.3 and 2.9 percent,

respectively) compared with 7.4 percent

of non-Hispanic b lack women. Higher

numbers o f partners and younger age at

first s exual intercourse were linked to Series 23, No. 2 5 [ Page 31



## higher reporting o f H IV risk behaviors

by women.

The behaviors t hat women could

report f or their male sexual partners i n

the l ast 1 2 months include:

+ injecting d rugs without a

prescription

+ having sex w ith other males

+ having sex w ith other people a round

the s ame time a s w ith the

respondent.

Among all women 15–44 who had

at least one male partner in the l ast 12

months, 3 .6 percent reported a partner

who had injected drugs without a

prescription, 2.8 percent a partner who

had sex w ith a male, and 10 percent a

partner who had sex w ith other women

around the s ame time a s w ith the

respondent. Among unmarried women,

nearly twice a s many (20 percent)

reported having a partner who had sex

with other women around the same

time.

T

ables 43 and 44 presented data o n

the numbers o f male sexual partners t hat

women reported t o t he interviewer

, and

these earlier t ables were based on

partners w ith whom the r espondent had

vaginal intercourse. I n ACASI, women

were a sked about all t ypes of sexual

contact, i ncluding vaginal intercourse,

oral sex, or anal sex; they reported

numbers o f male partners w ith whom

they had any type of sexual contact.

T

ables 103–104 present these percent

distributions by numbers o f partners i n

the l ast 1 2 months and in women’ s

lifetimes.

+ Similar patterns were s een in

ACASI data a s i n t he information

reported t o t he interviewer

. For

example, higher numbers o f male

partners, in the l ast 1 2 months and

in lifetime, were r eported b y women

who were younger at first sexual

intercourse. W omen who first had

sexual intercourse younger than 15

years o f age had a median value of

7 partners compared with a

median value of 1 among those 2 0

years o r over at first i ntercourse.

+ Among women who told the

interviewer they had never had

vaginal intercourse, nearly 32

percent reported i n ACASI that they

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## have had some form of sexual

contact in their lifetimes with a male

partner

.

T

able 105 shows the r easons

reported f or condom use among

unmarried women who used condoms at

their l ast vaginal intercourse with a

male.

+ Nearly 61 percent reported both

pregnancy prevention and disease

prevention a s t heir r easons for using

condoms, 9 percent cited only

disease prevention, and the

remaining 28 percent cited only

pregnancy prevention.

+ Disease prevention was more likely

to be cited a s a r eason for condom

use by women who had two o r more

male partners i n t he last 12 months.

For example, nearly 81 percent of

unmarried women with two o r more

partners i n t he last year mentioned

disease prevention compared with

about 62 percent of those with one

partner in the l ast 12 months.



# V

aginal Douching, Pelvic

Inflammatory Disease, and

Sexually T ransmitted I nfection

( tables 106–108 )

V

aginal douching has been linked to

increased risk o f pelvic i nfection and

PID, which in turn has been linked to

risk f or tubal factor infertility (63–66).

The NSFG has tracked this behavior

among women of reproductive age since

the 1982 survey

. T able 106 shows the

percentage of women 15–44 years o f

age who douched at all i n t he last 12

months as an indicator of risk f or PID

and other reproductive tract infections.

+ Douching continues to be a more

common practice among nonHispanic b lack women than among

white and Hispanic women. Nearly

59 percent of black women douched

in the l ast 12 months compared with

36 percent of Hispanic women and

27 percent of white women.

+ While douching prevalence is higher

among women with lower education

and younger ages at first i ntercourse, months, and only 1 2 percent of

white and 30 percent of Hispanic

college graduates did so.

+ W ith the exception o f non-Hispanic

white women, all g roups shown

have higher douching prevalence

among women who received family

planning or medical service i n t he

last 12 months.

+ T able 107 presents data o n women’ s

treatment experience for P ID, b y

Hispanic o rigin and race in 2002.

Self-reported P ID treatment

prevalence has declined since 1982,

the first NSFG Cycle t o measure

PID treatment experience (63).

+ Overall, in 2002, 5.1 percent of

women 15–44 had ever been treated

for P ID in their lives—4.6 percent

of white women, 6.7 percent of

black women, and 5.7 percent of

Hispanic women.

+ W omen who douched in the l ast 1 2

months had higher prevalence of

PID treatment than those who did

not douche. For example, 8 percent

of black women who douched had

ever been treated for P ID compared

with 4 percent of black women who did not douche.

+ As in previous years, PID treatment

experience among white and black

women was related t o younger age

at first intercourse and higher

numbers o f male s exual partners

( figure 3 0 )

.

The final table ( table 108 ) in this

report s hows the percentage of sexually

experienced women who have ever been

treated for P ID or an STI other than

HIV i nfection. Similar associations to

those seen with 1995 data were again

seen in the 2002 data ( 67).

+ About 17 percent of women who

have ever had vaginal intercourse

have been treated for P ID or an

STI—13 percent had been treated

for a n STI, and 6 percent had been

treated for P ID.

+ Nearly 26 percent of women who

first had intercourse when under 15

years had PID o r STI treatment

experience compared with 10

percent of those who first had

intercourse at 20 years o r over

( figure 3 1 ).

the r ace dif f erentials persist. About **Figure 30.**  **Percentage o**  **f women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **who have**  **ever been**  **treated f**  **or pelvic** 



## 52 percent of black college **inflammatory disease,**  **by number**  **o f**  **m ale**  **sexual partners**  **in the**  **last 12**  **months:**



## graduates douched in the l ast 1 2 **United States,**  **2002**

### Figure **31. Percentage**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **ever had**  **sexual intercourse**  **and**

**who ever**  **had sexually**  **transmitted infections**  **or pelvic**  **inflammatory disease**  **treatment, by** 

**age a**  **t first**  **intercourse: United**  **States, 2002** 



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**a ble**  **1**

**. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **number o**  **f p**  **regnancies, according**  **t o**  **selected characteristics:** 

**United States,**  **2002**

Number of pregnancies

Number in 4 o r

Characteristic thousands T o tal N one 1 2 3 more

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 100.0 34.3 15.7 18.4 14.6 17.1

Age

15–19 years

............................... 9

, 8 3 4 100.0 85.6 9 .8 3.7 0 .7 *

20–24 years

............................... 9

, 8 4 0 100.0 58.0 19.4 1 1.9 7 .2 3.5

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 100.0 31.4 20.0 18.7 14.7 15.3

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 100.0 18.0 17.9 25.9 18.9 19.2

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 100.0 10.3 14.4 26.4 22.9 26.0

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 100.0 9 .4 13.1 22.0 21.3 34.2

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 8

, 3 2 7 100.0 12.1 16.9 26.5 21.6 23.0

F i r s t m a r r i a g e

............................ 2 3

, 0 8 2 100.0 14.0 17.9 28.0 20.3 20.0

Second marriage or higher

.................... 5

, 2 4 5 100.0 4 .0 12.4 19.9 27.6 36.1

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 5 7 0 100.0 28.0 20.8 16.3 14.1 20.8

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 2 1

, 5 6 8 100.0 72.2 12.1 6 .6 4.1 5 .0

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 6

, 0 9 6 100.0 8 .6 17.8 24.6 19.9 29.0

Religion r aised

N o n e

................................... 4

, 7 7 3 100.0 42.1 19.1 16.5 1 1.4 10.8

Fundamentalist P rotestant

...................... 3

, 6 2 0 100.0 31.6 13.5 19.7 19.7 15.4

O t h e r P r o t e s t a n t

............................ 2 8

, 1 2 0 100.0 34.1 16.2 18.7 13.8 17.3

C a t h o l i c

................................. 2 1

, 5 1 7 100.0 32.5 14.7 18.9 15.2 18.8

O t h e r r e l i g i o n

.............................. 3

, 3 2 4 100.0 40.0 14.4 14.6 16.4 14.6

Education 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 5

, 6 2 7 100.0 6 .1 10.8 21.1 25.8 36.2

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 1 4

, 2 6 4 100.0 12.0 17.5 23.7 21.1 25.7

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 4

, 2 7 9 100.0 21.0 16.4 24.1 16.5 22.1

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 3

, 5 5 1 100.0 36.1 18.7 18.9 14.5 1 1.8

Percent of poverty level 4

0–149 percent

............................. 1 4

, 5 8 2 100.0 17.0 13.5 21.3 20.3 27.9

0–99 percent

............................. 9

, 2 6 2 100.0 18.3 1 1.7 19.5 20.1 30.4

150–299 percent

............................ 1 4

, 5 0 2 100.0 22.1 15.3 22.8 18.7 21.1

300 percent or higher

......................... 2 2

, 6 4 3 100.0 30.8 19.8 20.1 14.4 14.9

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 100.0 27.8 15.6 20.0 16.8 19.8

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 100.0 36.8 15.2 18.1 14.1 15.8

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 100.0 27.4 17.2 17.8 15.1 22.5

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, and women w ith missing information o n r eligion r aised, not shown separately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

4 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: This t able r eflects number of pregnancies a s r eported t o t he interviewer

. W o men w ere a lso a sked t o r eport number of pregnancies in Audio C omput er-Assisted S elf-Interviewing (ACASI), but

these data a re not included in this report. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 3

. P ercentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

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**. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **number o**  **f c**  **hildren ever**  **born, according**  **t o**  **selected**

**characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Number of children ever born

Number in 4 o r

Characteristic thousands T o tal N one 1 2 3 more

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 100.0 41.6 18.2 21.8 1 1.6 6 .8

Age

15–19 years

............................... 9

, 8 3 4 100.0 92.2 7 .0 0.8 *

–

20–24 years

............................... 9

, 8 4 0 100.0 67.1 19.3 10.0 2 .8 0.9

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 100.0 39.5 23.7 20.9 10.3 5 .7

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 100.0 26.8 22.2 29.0 14.7 7 .3

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 100.0 16.9 19.2 34.9 18.5 10.5

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 100.0 15.0 18.0 31.6 20.7 14.8

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 8

, 3 2 7 100.0 18.2 22.5 33.2 17.8 8 .4

F i r s t m a r r i a g e

............................ 2 3

, 0 8 2 100.0 20.1 23.2 33.3 15.8 7 .6

Second marriage or higher

.................... 5

, 2 4 5 100.0 9 .8 19.1 32.7 26.8 1 1.7

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 5 7 0 100.0 41.1 21.5 14.7 1 1.5 1 1.3

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 2 1

, 5 6 8 100.0 79.8 10.5 5 .0 2.6 2 .0

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 6

, 0 9 6 100.0 16.0 22.5 34.4 14.3 12.7

Religion r aised

N o n e

................................... 4

, 7 7 3 100.0 53.3 21.3 15.1 7 .4 2.9

Fundamentalist P rotestant

...................... 3

, 6 2 0 100.0 37.4 16.8 19.6 17.3 8 .9

O t h e r P r o t e s t a n t

............................ 2 8

, 1 2 0 100.0 41.8 18.9 22.1 10.4 6 .8

C a t h o l i c

................................. 2 1

, 5 1 7 100.0 38.7 17.0 23.2 13.4 7 .7

O t h e r r e l i g i o n

.............................. 3

, 3 2 4 100.0 47.8 16.4 21.6 8 .9 5.3

Education 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 5

, 6 2 7 100.0 8 .9 15.9 28.2 25.6 21.4

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 1 4

, 2 6 4 100.0 18.4 22.1 30.6 18.1 10.8

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 4

, 2 7 9 100.0 28.6 22.0 29.7 12.2 7 .6

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 3

, 5 5 1 100.0 46.5 19.5 21.7 9 .8 2.6

Percent of poverty level 4

0–149 percent

............................. 1 4

, 5 8 2 100.0 20.9 19.2 26.3 18.1 15.5

0–99 percent

............................. 9

, 2 6 2 100.0 21.7 15.0 26.5 19.1 17.8

150–299 percent

............................ 1 4

, 5 0 2 100.0 28.1 20.2 25.2 17.2 9 .3

300 percent or higher

......................... 2 2

, 6 4 3 100.0 41.7 21.1 25.8 8 .8 2.7

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 100.0 32.4 18.7 23.6 15.0 10.3

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 100.0 44.2 17.4 21.9 10.8 5 .6

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 100.0 36.8 20.6 19.6 13.2 10.0

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

– Q uantity zero.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, and women w th missing information o n r eligion r aised, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

4 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 4

.

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**. Number**  **o f**  **women 22–44**  **years of**  **age, number**  **o f**  **c urrently**  **married women**  **22–44 years**  **of age,**  **and p**  **ercent d**  **istribution b**  **y number** 

**of children**  **ever born,**  **according t**  **o selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Number of children ever born

Number in 4 o r

Characteristic thousands T o tal N one 1 2 3 more

Percent distribution

T o tal 22–44 years o f age 1

...................... 4 7

, 7 2 1 100.0 28.3 20.6 27.5 14.9 8 .8

Hispanic o rigin and race and education

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 6

, 9 3 6 100.0 18.3 19.2 29.5 19.5 13.6

No high school diploma o r GED 2

................. 2

, 5 1 9 100.0 8 .1 15.2 29.2 24.2 23.4

High school diploma o r GED 2

................... 2

, 0 3 0 100.0 15.3 23.7 29.3 19.6 12.2

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

.............. 1

, 5 7 1 100.0 24.3 20.0 33.7 15.9 6 .1

Bachelor’s degree or higher

.................... 8 1 7 100.0 46.0 18.8 22.7 1 1.6 *

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 0

, 8 9 2 100.0 30.8 20.6 27.7 13.8 7 .2

No high school diploma o r GED 2

............... 1

, 9 6 3 100.0 12.8 17.4 30.6 24.1 15.1

High school diploma o r GED 2

................. 9

, 0 3 1 100.0 19.3 22.3 30.5 17.7 10.2

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

............. 9

, 6 7 6 100.0 27.9 22.3 31.0 1 1.5 7 .3

Bachelor’s degree or higher

.................. 1 0

, 2 2 1 100.0 47.1 18.1 21.5 10.3 2 .9

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 6

, 2 9 7 100.0 23.2 21.6 25.2 17.1 12.9

No high school diploma o r GED 2

............... 9 2 6 100.0 4 .6 12.8 18.7 33.5 30.4

High school diploma o r GED 2

................. 2

, 2 5 2 100.0 17.4 21.9 29.5 18.6 12.6

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

............. 2

, 0 3 0 100.0 27.5 23.9 25.6 12.7 10.3

Bachelor’s degree or higher

.................. 1

, 0 8 9 100.0 43.1 24.3 20.9 8 .4 3.2

Currently married women 22–44 years o f age 1

......... 2 7

, 5 7 5 100.0 17.2 22.2 33.7 18.3 8 .6

Hispanic o rigin and race and education

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 3

, 9 2 0 100.0 10.0 18.1 36.4 22.7 12.8

No high school diploma o r GED 2

................. 1

, 4 2 1 100.0 4 .1 1 1 .8 35.3 27.0 21.7

High school diploma o r GED 2

................... 1

, 1 4 0 100.0 8 .3 21.5 38.9 19.0 12.3

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

.............. 8 8 5 100.0 7 .8 20.3 43.8 22.3 5 .9

Bachelor’s degree or higher

.................... 4 7 4 100.0 35.7 24.4 19.9 19.6 *

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 1 9

, 6 0 7 100.0 19.2 22.5 33.1 17.5 7 .7

No high school diploma o r GED 2

............... 9 6 1 100.0 1 1.8 16.5 34.1 22.6 15.0

High school diploma o r GED 2

................. 5

, 8 5 7 100.0 13.4 20.4 34.2 23.1 8 .9

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

............. 6

, 0 9 1 100.0 16.9 23.6 36.3 13.8 9 .4

Bachelor’s degree or higher

.................. 6

, 6 9 9 100.0 27.6 24.1 29.1 15.2 4 .0

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 2

, 0 9 2 100.0 1 1.9 21.8 33.8 21.1 1 1.5

No high school diploma o r GED 2

............... * * * * * * *

High school diploma o r GED 2

................. 6 2 5 100.0 8 .2 19.4 35.9 25.5 1 1.0

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

............. 7 0 9 100.0 15.4 23.0 35.2 15.9 10.5

Bachelor’s degree or higher

.................. * * * * * * *

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 5

.

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**. Number**  **o f**  **b irths**  **estimated from**  **t he**  **2002 National**  **Survey of**  **Family Growth,**  **confidence interval**  **for t**  **his estimate,**  **number of**  **births**

**based on**  **vital records,**  **and ratio,**  **b y**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **1997–2001**

Number (in 95

millions) of percent Ratio o f

births from confidence Vi t a l NSFG 1 to

Characteristic NSFG 1 interval records 2 vital r ecords

T o tal f or 1997–2001 3

......................... 2 0

. 3 9 4 1 8

. 896–21.892 19.800 1.03

Y

ear of birth

2001

................................... 4

. 1 0 7 3

. 646–4.568 4.013 1.02

2000

................................... 4

. 2 1 4 3

. 720–4.708 4.046 1.04

1999

................................... 4

. 0 1 0 3

. 546–4.474 3.946 1.02

1998

................................... 3

. 9 9 9 3

. 496–4.501 3.928 1.02

1997

................................... 4

. 0 6 4 3

. 434–4.694 3.867 1.05

Race and Hispanic o rigin

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 3

. 7 9 0 3

. 213–4.368 3.860 0.98

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

.................................. 1 2

. 6 4 6 1 1

. 369–13.923 1 1 .896 1.06

B l a c k o r A f r i c a n A m e r i c a n

..................... 2

. 9 2 5 2

. 524–3.327 2.953 0.99

Age a t b irth

15–19 years

............................... 2

. 1 6 2 1

. 843–2.480 2.359 0.92

20–24 years

............................... 5

. 2 8 5 4

. 686–5.883 4.929 1.07

25–29 years

............................... 5

. 4 5 3 4

. 909–5.998 5.377 1.01

30–44 years

............................... 7

. 4 9 4 6

. 524–8.465 7.136 1.05

Birth order

F i r s t

.................................... 8

. 1 1 4 7

. 385–8.843 7.946 1.02

Second

.................................. 6

. 8 4 8 6

. 251–7.445 6.468 1.06

Third or higher

............................. 5

. 4 3 2 4

. 642–6.222 5.387 1.01

1 NSFG i s t he National Survey of Family Growth.

2 References 44, 52, and 75–77 were used to provide v ital s tatistics data i n t his t able. Also, s pecial t abulations were prepared by the N atality T eam of t he Division of V ital S tatistics.

3 Includes births to women o f o ther race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

. The ‘ ‘ race and Hispanic o rigin’ ’ v ariable s hown here i s based on the 197 7 OMB guidelines, in order to be able t o

compare t o t he available v ital s tatistics r eports. S ee ‘ ‘ Appendix II’ ’ f or further information o n t he ‘ ‘ Hispanic o rigin and race’ ’ variable u sed f or the m ajority o f t his r eport. T o tal f or 1997–2001 also includes

births to women under 15 years o f age, not shown s eparately

.

NOTES: For women born outside the U .S. ( 50 states and D.C.), this table i s limited t o b irths o ccurring after t hey came to the U nited S tates t o s tay

. This i s because data o n b irths occurring outside the

United S tates a re not available f rom v ital r ecords.

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**. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age, and**  **m ean**  **number o**  **f c**  **hildren ever**  **born, additional**  **b irths**  **expected, a**  **nd total**  **births**

**expected, b**  **y selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

To t a l

Number in Children Additional births

Characteristic thousands ever born births expected expected

Mean number

To t a l 1

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 1

. 2 8 0

. 9 9 2

. 2 7

Age

15–19 years

............................... 9

, 8 3 4 0

. 0 9 2

. 0 7 2

. 1 5

20–24 years

............................... 9

, 8 4 0 0

. 5 2 1

. 9 2 2

. 4 4

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 1

. 2 1 1

. 1 5 2

. 3 6

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 1

. 5 8 0

. 6 9 2

. 2 7

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 1

. 9 3 0

. 2 8 2

. 2 1

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 2

. 1 1 0

. 0 8 2

. 1 9

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 8

, 3 2 7 1

. 8 0 0

. 6 0 2

. 4 0

F i r s t m a r r i a g e

............................ 2 3

, 0 8 2 1

. 7 2 0

. 6 9 2

. 4 1

Second marriage or higher

.................... 5

, 2 4 5 2

. 1 5 0

. 2 2 2

. 3 7

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 5 7 0 1

. 3 8 0

. 9 5 2

. 3 3

Never married, not cohabiting

................... 2 1

, 5 6 8 0

. 3 9 1

. 7 0 2

. 0 9

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 6

, 0 9 6 1

. 9 0 0

. 3 3 2

. 2 3

Fecundity status

S u r g i c a l l y s t e r i l e :

............................

Contraceptive

............................ 1 3

, 5 1 8 2

. 5 9 0

. 0 0 2

. 5 9

Noncontraceptive

.......................... 9 2 1 1

. 6 5

– 1

. 6 5

Impaired f ecundity

........................... 7

, 2 6 3 1

. 1 4 0

. 7 5 1

. 8 9

Fecund

.................................. 3 9

, 8 5 8 0

. 8 5 1

. 3 9 2

. 2 4

Education 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 5

, 6 2 7 2

. 5 0 0

. 4 4 2

. 9 4

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 1 4

, 2 6 4 1

. 8 8 0

. 4 2 2

. 3 0

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 4

, 2 7 9 1

. 5 0 0

. 6 9 2

. 2 0

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 3

, 5 5 1 1

. 0 4 1

. 0 4 2

. 0 8

Percent of poverty level 4

0–149 percent

............................. 1 4

, 5 8 2 1

. 9 9 0

. 7 5 2

. 7 4

0–99 percent

............................. 9

, 2 6 2 2

. 1 1 0

. 7 5 2

. 8 6

150–299 percent

............................ 1 4

, 5 0 2 1

. 6 3 0

. 7 3 2

. 3 6

300 percent or higher

......................... 2 2

, 6 4 3 1

. 1 1 0

. 8 4 1

. 9 5

Religion r aised

N o n e

................................... 4

, 7 7 3 0

. 8 6 1

. 0 2 1

. 8 8

Fundamentalist P rotestant

...................... 3

, 6 2 0 1

. 4 7 0

. 9 6 2

. 4 3

O t h e r P r o t e s t a n t

............................ 2 8

, 1 2 0 1

. 2 5 0

. 9 9 2

. 2 3

C a t h o l i c

................................. 2 1

, 5 1 7 1

. 3 9 0

. 9 6 2

. 3 5

O t h e r r e l i g i o n

.............................. 3

, 3 2 4 1

. 1 4 1

. 2 4 2

. 3 8

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 1

. 5 9 0

. 9 9 2

. 5 8

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 1

. 1 9 0

. 9 8 2

. 1 7

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 1

. 4 7 0

. 8 7 2

. 3 4

0.00 Quantity more than zero but less than 0.005.

– Q uantity zero.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, and women w ith missing information o n r eligion r aised, not shown separately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

4 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: T o tal b irths m ay not equal the s um of children e ver born and additional births expected due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r ef erence 16, table 1

.

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**. Number**  **o f**  **non-Hispanic or**  **non-Latina women**  **15–44 years**  **of age,**  **and m**  **ean number**  **o f**  **c hildren**  **ever born,**  **additional b**  **irths**

**expected, a**  **nd total**  **births expected,**  **b y**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

To t a l

Number in Children Additional births

Characteristic thousands ever born births expected expected

Mean

White, single r ace

T o t a l

................................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 1

. 1 9 0

. 9 8 2

. 1 7

Age

15–19 years

............................... 6

, 0 6 9 0

. 0 6 2

. 1 0 2

. 1 7

20–24 years

............................... 5

, 9 3 8 0

. 3 3 2

. 0 5 2

. 3 8

25–29 years

............................... 5

, 6 1 3 1

. 0 3 1

. 2 4 2

. 2 7

30–34 years

............................... 6

, 4 6 1 1

. 3 9 0

. 7 1 2

. 1 0

35–39 years

............................... 7

, 2 4 9 1

. 8 1 0

. 2 4 2

. 0 6

40–44 years

............................... 8

, 1 6 9 2

. 0 3 0

. 0 8 2

. 1 1

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 0

, 0 6 1 1

. 7 3 0

. 5 9 2

. 3 2

F i r s t m a r r i a g e

............................ 1 5

, 9 1 4 1

. 6 2 0

. 7 0 2

. 3 2

Second marriage or higher

.................... 4

, 1 4 7 2

. 1 3 0

. 1 8 2

. 3 1

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 3

, 1 0 6 1

. 0 3 1

. 0 0 2

. 0 3

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 1 2

, 5 4 4 0

. 1 9 1

. 8 1 1

. 9 9

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 3

, 7 8 8 1

. 7 8 0

. 3 1 2

. 0 9

Fecundity status

Surgically sterile:

Contraceptive

............................ 8

, 8 4 4 2

. 4 8

– 2

. 4 8

Noncontraceptive

.......................... * * * *

Impaired f ecundity

........................... 4

, 8 9 0 1

. 0 0 0

. 7 2 1

. 7 2

Fecund

.................................. 2 5

, 1 3 0 0

. 7 6 1

. 4 1 2

. 1 7

Black or African American, single r ace

T o t a l

.................................... 8

, 2 5 0 1

. 4 7 0

. 8 7 2

. 3 4

Age

15–19 years

............................... 1

, 4 0 9 0

. 1 1 1

. 7 9 1

. 9 0

20–24 years

............................... 1

, 3 9 6 0

. 7 9 1

. 6 9 2

. 4 8

25–29 years

............................... 1

, 2 5 6 1

. 7 1 0

. 7 9 2

. 4 9

30–34 years

............................... 1

, 3 3 1 1

. 9 7 0

. 5 2 2

. 4 9

35–39 years

............................... 1

, 4 3 4 2

. 0 4 0

. 3 5 2

. 3 9

40–44 years

............................... 1

, 4 2 3 2

. 2 4 0

. 0 9 2

. 3 2

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2

, 1 3 3 2

. 0 7 0

. 4 7 2

. 5 4

F i r s t m a r r i a g e

............................ 1

, 8 1 9 2

. 0 9 0

. 4 8 2

. 5 6

Second marriage or higher

.................... * * * *

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 7 8 9 2

. 0 1 0

. 5 7 2

. 5 8

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 4

, 3 5 4 0

. 9 3 1

. 2 5 2

. 1 8

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 9 7 4 2

. 1 5 0

. 2 8 2

. 4 3

Fecundity status

Surgically sterile:

Contraceptive

............................ 1

, 9 5 5 2

. 7 7

– 2

. 7 7

Noncontraceptive

.......................... * * * *

Impaired f ecundity

........................... 8 6 2 1

. 2 4 0

. 7 3 1

. 9 6

Fecund

.................................. 5

, 3 0 5 1

. 0 2 1

. 2 4 2

. 2 5

– Q uantity zero.

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

NOTES: T o tal b irths e xpected m ay not equal the s um of children e ver born and additional births expected due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s h own i n r eference 16, table 2

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**a ble**  **7**

**. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **t otal**  **births expected,**  **according t**  **o selected**  **characteristics:**

**United States,**  **2002**

T o tal number of births expected

Number in 4 o r

Characteristic thousands T o t a l 0 1 2 3 more

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 100.0 8 .7 13.3 42.2 22.3 13.5

Age

15–19 years

............................... 9

, 8 3 4 100.0 10.5 12.8 47.2 18.2 1 1.3

20–24 years

............................... 9

, 8 4 0 100.0 5 .6 8.7 46.5 24.4 14.7

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 100.0 6 .1 1 1 .0 43.5 25.2 14.1

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 100.0 7 .1 13.9 43.8 22.5 12.7

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 100.0 9 .4 14.6 40.9 22.5 12.7

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 100.0 12.5 17.7 33.2 21.2 15.5

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 8

, 3 2 7 100.0 5 .5 1 1 .6 42.4 26.4 14.2

F i r s t m a r r i a g e

............................ 2 3

, 0 8 2 100.0 5 .3 10.9 44.5 25.2 14.2

Second marriage or higher

.................... 5

, 2 4 5 100.0 6 .4 14.4 33.4 31.6 14.2

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 5 7 0 100.0 10.9 13.5 36.8 21.7 17.2

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 2 1

, 5 6 8 100.0 12.3 14.2 44.2 18.4 10.9

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 6

, 0 9 6 100.0 8 .4 18.0 39.3 17.7 16.6

Parity

0 b i r t h s

.................................. 2 5

, 6 2 2 100.0 20.8 12.7 42.4 15.5 8 .7

1 b i r t h

................................... 1 1

, 1 9 3 100.0

. . . 44.2 38.2 13.3 4 .4

2 b i r t h s

.................................. 1 3

, 4 0 2 100.0

. . . . . . 81.0 15.5 3 .5

3 b i r t h s

.................................. 7

, 1 3 7 100.0

. . . . . . . . . 86.6 13.4

4 o r m o r e b i r t h s

............................ 4

, 2 0 7 100.0

. . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0

Education 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 5

, 6 2 7 100.0 3 .5 8.1 28.0 32.3 28.2

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 1 4

, 2 6 4 100.0 8 .1 16.1 37.1 24.1 14.6

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 4

, 2 7 9 100.0 8 .6 13.9 44.0 20.5 13.0

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 3

, 5 5 1 100.0 10.6 13.8 46.2 21.0 8 .5

Percent of poverty level 4

0–149 percent

............................. 1 4

, 5 8 2 100.0 5 .0 10.5 32.5 28.2 23.9

0–99 percent

............................. 9

, 2 6 2 100.0 4 .8 7.5 32.2 29.0 26.6

150–299 percent

............................ 1 4

, 5 0 2 100.0 7 .3 1 1 .8 40.5 25.0 15.5

300 percent or higher

......................... 2 2

, 6 4 3 100.0 1 1.1 16.3 47.5 18.5 6 .6

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 100.0 5 .2 9.7 37.4 29.0 18.7

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 100.0 10.1 13.3 43.7 21.2 1 1.7

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 100.0 7 .0 18.0 37.5 21.0 16.6

...C a t egory not applicable.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

4 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 7

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**a ble**  **8**

**. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **t otal**  **births expected,**  **according t**  **o H**  **ispanic origin**  **and race**  **and**

**parity: United**  **States, 2002** 

T o tal number of births expected

Number in 4 o r

Hispanic o rigin and race and parity thousands T o t a l 0 1 2 3 more

Percent distribution

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 100.0 5 .2 9.7 37.4 29.0 18.7

0 b i r t h s

................................ 2

, 9 4 8 100.0 15.9 12.9 43.5 17.7 10.1

1 b i r t h

................................. 1

, 7 0 0 100.0

. . . 29.6 44.2 22.3 4 .0

2 b i r t h s

................................ 2

, 1 4 8 100.0

. . . . . . 64.0 28.9 7 .2

3 b i r t h s

................................ 1

, 3 6 9 100.0

. . . . . . . . . 82.0 18.0

4 b i r t h s o r m o r e

........................... 9 4 1 100.0

. . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 100.0 10.1 13.3 43.7 21.2 1 1.7

0 b i r t h s

............................... 1 7

, 4 5 1 100.0 22.8 1 1.8 41.6 15.7 8 .1

1 b i r t h

................................ 6

, 8 9 6 100.0

. . . 46.3 37.2 12.2 4 .2

2 b i r t h s

............................... 8

, 6 6 4 100.0

. . . . . . 85.9 1 1.3 2 .9

3 b i r t h s

............................... 4

, 2 6 9 100.0

. . . . . . . . . 89.8 10.2

4 b i r t h s o r m o r e

.......................... 2

, 2 1 8 100.0

. . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 100.0 7 .0 18.0 37.5 21.0 16.6

0 b i r t h s

............................... 3

, 0 3 2 100.0 18.8 19.4 40.8 12.6 8 .4

1 b i r t h

................................ 1

, 6 9 7 100.0

. . . 53.1 35.5 8 .9 2.5

2 b i r t h s

............................... 1

, 6 1 3 100.0

. . . . . . 77.6 19.6 2 .8

3 b i r t h s

............................... 1

, 0 8 6 100.0

. . . . . . . . . 80.9 19.1

4 b i r t h s o r m o r e

.......................... 8 2 3 100.0

. . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0

...C a t egory not applicable.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 8

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**a ble**  **9**

**. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age, number**  **o f**  **unmarried women**  **15–44 years**  **of age,**  **and p**  **ercent d**  **istribution b**  **y t**  **otal births** 

**expected, according**  **t o**  **m arital**  **and c**  **ohabiting status**  **a nd**  **parity: United**  **States, 2002** 

T o tal number of births expected

Number in 4 o r

Marital and cohabiting status and parity thousands T o t a l 0 1 2 3 more

Percent distribution

T o t a l

.................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 100.0 8 .7 13.3 42.2 22.3 13.5

Marital s tatus and parity

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 8

, 3 2 7 100.0 5 .5 1 1 .6 42.4 26.4 14.2

0 b i r t h s

................................ 5

, 1 4 2 100.0 30.1 12.6 35.7 13.5 8 .2

1 b i r t h

................................. 6

, 3 6 0 100.0

. . . 41.3 40.3 13.4 4 .9

2 b i r t h s

................................ 9

, 4 0 6 100.0

. . . . . . 81.0 15.6 3 .4

3 b i r t h s

................................ 5

, 0 5 2 100.0

. . . . . . . . . 88.3 1 1.8

4 b i r t h s o r m o r e

........................... 2

, 3 6 6 100.0

. . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0

F o r m e r l y m a r r i e d

............................ 7

, 5 2 2 100.0 8 .7 16.9 35.9 19.6 19.0

0 b i r t h s

................................ 1

, 2 0 5 100.0 54.4 15.8 23.9 4 .4 *

1 b i r t h

................................. 1

, 5 9 5 100.0

. . . 67.6 21.1 8 .4 3.0

2 b i r t h s

................................ 2

, 4 0 2 100.0

. . . . . . 86.5 9 .6 3.9

3 b i r t h s

................................ 1

, 2 0 2 100.0

. . . . . . . . . 87.7 12.3

4 b i r t h s o r m o r e

........................... 1

, 1 1 8 100.0

. . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0

Never married

.............................. 2 5

, 7 1 2 100.0 12.2 14.2 43.9 18.6 1 1.3

0 b i r t h s

................................ 1 9

, 2 7 5 100.0 16.2 12.5 45.4 16.7 9 .2

1 b i r t h

................................. 3

, 2 3 8 100.0

. . . 38.1 42.5 15.3 4 .0

2 b i r t h s

................................ 1

, 5 9 4 100.0

. . . . . . 72.6 24.4 3 .0

3 b i r t h s

................................ 8 8 3 100.0

. . . . . . . . . 75.6 24.4

4 b i r t h s o r m o r e

........................... 7 2 2 100.0

. . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0

U n m a r r i e d w o m e n

........................... 3 3

, 2 3 4 100.0 1 1.4 14.8 42.1 18.8 13.0

Marital o r cohabiting status and parity 1

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 5 7 0 100.0 10.9 13.5 36.8 21.7 17.2

0 b i r t h s

................................ 2

, 2 8 7 100.0 26.5 15.9 43.2 10.5 3 .9

1 b i r t h

................................. 1

, 1 9 7 100.0

. . . 32.3 45.5 16.8 5 .5

2 b i r t h s

................................ 8 1 7 100.0

. . . . . . 63.4 30.4 6 .2

3 b i r t h s

................................ 6 4 1 100.0

. . . . . . . . . 80.4 19.6

4 b i r t h s o r m o r e

........................... * * * * * * *

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 6

, 0 9 6 100.0 8 .4 18.0 39.3 17.7 16.6

0 b i r t h s

................................ 9 7 8 100.0 52.4 17.1 25.6 3 .7 *

1 b i r t h

................................. 1

, 3 7 3 100.0

. . . 67.8 20.2 9 .8 *

2 b i r t h s

................................ 2

, 0 9 5 100.0

. . . . . . 89.1 7 .5 3.4

3 b i r t h s

................................ 8 7 3 100.0

. . . . . . . . . 85.9 14.1

4 b i r t h s o r m o r e

........................... 7 7 7 100.0

. . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 2 1

, 5 6 8 100.0 12.3 14.2 44.2 18.4 10.9

0 b i r t h s

................................ 1 7

, 2 1 6 100.0 15.5 12.0 45.3 17.4 9 .9

1 b i r t h

................................. 2

, 2 6 3 100.0

. . . 44.0 39.4 13.1 3 .6

2 b i r t h s

................................ 1

, 0 8 3 100.0

. . . . . . 78.4 19.6 2 .0

3 b i r t h s

................................ 5 7 0 100.0

. . . . . . . . . 80.0 20.0

4 b i r t h s o r m o r e

........................... 4 3 6 100.0

. . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0

...C a t egory not applicable.

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Information f or currently married women i s r eported i n t he top panel.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 8

.

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**a ble**  **10. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **t otal**  **births expected,**  **according t**  **o p**  **arity and**  **fecundity status:** 

**United States,**  **2002**

T o tal number of births expected

Number in 4 o r

Parity and fecundity status thousands T o t a l 0 1 2 3 more

Percent distribution

T o t a l

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 100.0 8 .7 13.3 42.2 22.3 13.5

N o b i r t h s

................................. 2 5

, 6 2 2 100.0 20.8 12.7 42.4 15.5 8 .7

Contraceptively s terile or fecund 1

................ 2 2

, 3 9 9 100.0 17.1 12.6 44.7 16.5 9 .1

Noncontraceptively s terile or impaired f ecundity 2

....... 3

, 2 2 4 100.0 46.8 13.2 26.4 8 .3 5.2

1 b i r t h

................................... 1 1

, 1 9 3 100.0

. . . 44.2 38.2 13.3 4 .4

Contraceptively s terile or fecund 1

................ 9

, 0 0 0 100.0

. . . 40.7 39.7 14.6 5 .0

Noncontraceptively s terile or impaired f ecundity 2

....... 2

, 1 9 3 100.0

. . . 58.5 32.0 7 .6 1.9

2 b i r t h s o r m o r e

............................ 2 4

, 7 4 5 100.0

. . . . . . 43.9 33.4 22.7

Contraceptively s terile or fecund 1

................ 2 1

, 9 7 8 100.0

. . . . . . 43.2 34.2 22.6

Noncontraceptively s terile or impaired f ecundity 2

....... 2

, 7 6 7 100.0

. . . . . . 48.9 26.9 24.2

...C a t egory not applicable.

1 Includes women w ho are s urgically sterile for c ontraceptive purposes.

2 Includes women w ho are s urgically sterile for noncontraceptive purposes.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 9

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**a ble**  **1 1.**  **Number o**  **f women**  **15–44 years**  **of age,**  **number o**  **f unmarried**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age, and**  **p ercent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **t otal**  **births**

**expected, according**  **t o**  **m arital**  **or cohabiting**  **status, parity** 

**, a**  **nd fecundity**  **status: United**  **States, 2002** 

T o tal number of births expected

Number in 4 o r

Marital o r cohabiting status, parity

, and fecundity status thousands T o t a l 0 1 2 3 more

Percent distribution

T o t a l

.......................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 100.0 8 .7 13.3 42.2 22.3 13.5

Marital s tatus, parity

, and fecundity status 1

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

................................... 2 8

, 3 2 7 100.0 5 .5 1 1 .6 42.4 26.4 14.2

N o b i r t h s

....................................... 5

, 1 4 2 100.0 30.1 12.6 35.7 13.5 8 .2

Contraceptively s terile or fecund 2

...................... 3

, 7 2 2 100.0 23.5 12.6 38.7 16.0 9 .3

Noncontraceptively s terile or impaired f ecundity 3

............. 1

, 4 2 0 100.0 47.5 12.6 27.7 7 .0 5.2

1 b i r t h o r m o r e

................................... 2 3

, 1 8 5 100.0

. . . 1 1 .3 43.9 29.2 15.5

Contraceptively s terile or fecund 2

...................... 1 9

, 7 4 3 100.0

. . . 9.0 43.9 30.9 16.3

Noncontraceptively s terile or impaired f ecundity 3

............. 3

, 4 4 1 100.0

. . . 24.9 44.1 19.7 1 1.2

F o r m e r l y m a r r i e d

................................... 7

, 5 2 2 100.0 8 .7 16.9 35.9 19.6 19.0

N o b i r t h s

....................................... 1

, 2 0 5 100.0 54.4 15.8 23.9 4 .4 1.6

Contraceptively s terile or fecund 2

...................... 8 1 0 100.0 42.8 19.9 31.6 4 .3 *

Noncontraceptively s terile or impaired f ecundity 3

............. * * * * * * *

1 b i r t h o r m o r e

................................... 6

, 3 1 7 100.0

. . . 17.1 38.2 22.5 22.3

Contraceptively s terile or fecund 2

...................... 5

, 4 8 7 100.0

. . . 14.9 38.9 24.1 22.2

Noncontraceptively s terile or impaired f ecundity 3

............. 8 3 0 100.0

. . . 31.2 34.1 1 1.8 22.9

Never married

..................................... 2 5

, 7 1 2 100.0 12.2 14.2 43.9 18.6 1 1.3

N o b i r t h s

....................................... 1 9

, 2 7 5 100.0 16.2 12.5 45.4 16.7 9 .2

Contraceptively s terile or fecund 2

...................... 1 7

, 8 6 6 100.0 14.5 12.2 46.6 17.2 9 .5

Noncontraceptively s terile or impaired f ecundity 3

............. 1

, 4 0 9 100.0 37.4 15.5 30.3 10.6 6 .2

1 b i r t h o r m o r e

................................... 6

, 4 3 7 100.0

. . . 19.2 39.4 24.1 17.3

Contraceptively s terile or fecund 2

...................... 5

, 7 4 7 100.0

. . . 18.6 39.7 24.7 17.1

Noncontraceptively s terile or impaired f ecundity 3

............. 6 9 0 100.0

. . . 24.1 36.7 19.6 19.6

U n m a r r i e d w o m e n

.................................. 3 3

, 2 3 4 100.0 1 1.4 14.8 42.1 18.8 13.0

Marital o r cohabiting status, parity

, and fecundity status

Currently cohabiting

................................. 5

, 5 7 0 100.0 10.9 13.5 36.8 21.7 17.2

N o b i r t h s

....................................... 2

, 2 8 7 100.0 26.5 15.9 43.2 10.5 3 .9

Contraceptively s terile or fecund 2

...................... 1

, 9 3 4 100.0 24.9 14.8 45.9 10.9 3 .4

Noncontraceptively s terile or impaired f ecundity 3

............. * * * * * * *

1 b i r t h o r m o r e

................................... 3

, 2 8 3 100.0

. . . 1 1 .8 32.4 29.4 26.5

Contraceptively s terile or fecund 2

...................... 2

, 8 6 1 100.0

. . . 1 1 .8 32.3 29.7 26.2

Noncontraceptively s terile or impaired f ecundity 3

............. * * * * * * *

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

......................... 6

, 0 9 6 100.0 8 .4 18.0 39.3 17.7 16.6

N o b i r t h s

....................................... 9 7 8 100.0 52.4 17.1 25.6 3 .7 1.2

Contraceptively s terile or fecund 2

...................... 6 7 9 100.0 42.7 20.7 32.2 * *

Noncontraceptively s terile or impaired f ecundity 3

............. * * * * * * *

1 b i r t h o r m o r e

................................... 5

, 1 1 8 100.0

. . . 18.2 41.9 20.4 19.6

Contraceptively s terile or fecund 2

...................... 4

, 4 8 0 100.0

. . . 16.0 42.5 22.1 19.5

Noncontraceptively s terile or impaired f ecundity 3

............. 6 3 8 100.0

. . . 33.7 37.9 8 .0 20.5

Never married, not cohabiting

........................... 2 1

, 5 6 8 100.0 12.3 14.2 44.2 18.4 10.9

N o b i r t h s

....................................... 1 7

, 2 1 6 100.0 15.5 12.0 45.3 17.4 9 .9

Contraceptively s terile or fecund 2

...................... 1 6

, 0 6 3 100.0 13.5 12.0 46.5 17.9 10.1

Noncontraceptively s terile or impaired f ecundity 3

............. 1

, 1 5 3 100.0 42.3 12.6 28.4 10.5 6 .2

1 b i r t h o r m o r e

................................... 4

, 3 5 2 100.0

. . . 22.9 40.0 22.1 15.0

Contraceptively s terile or fecund 2

...................... 3

, 8 9 3 100.0

. . . 21.4 40.7 23.0 14.8

Noncontraceptively s terile or impaired f ecundity 3

............. 4 5 9 100.0

. . . 35.5 33.8 14.5 16.3

...C a t egory not applicable.

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Formal m arital s tatus. Does not include cohabiting s tatus.

2 Includes women w ho are s urgically sterile for c ontraceptive purposes.

3 Includes women w ho are s urgically sterile for noncontraceptive purposes.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 9

.

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**a ble**  **12. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **t otal**  **number o**  **f b**  **irths expected,**  **according t**  **o selected** 

**characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

T o tal number of births expected

Number in 4 o r

Characteristic thousands T o tal N one 1 2 3 more

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 100.0 8 .7 13.3 42.2 22.3 13.5

Hispanic o rigin and race, parity

, and fecundity

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 100.0 5 .2 9.7 37.4 29.0 18.7

N o b i r t h s

............................... 2

, 9 4 8 100.0 15.9 12.9 43.5 17.7 10.1

Contraceptively s terile or fecund 2

............... 2

, 6 6 6 100.0 14.0 13.3 44.5 17.9 10.3

Noncontraceptively s terile or impaired f ecundity 3

..... * * * * * * *

1 b i r t h o r m o r e

............................ 6

, 1 5 9 100.0

. . . 8.2 34.5 34.4 22.9

Contraceptively s terile or fecund 2

............... 5

, 3 7 4 100.0

. . . 6.8 34.0 36.3 22.9

Noncontraceptively s terile or impaired f ecundity 3

..... 7 8 4 100.0

. . . 17.6 37.7 21.6 23.1

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 100.0 10.1 13.3 43.7 21.2 1 1.7

N o b i r t h s

.............................. 1 7

, 4 5 1 100.0 22.8 1 1.8 41.6 15.7 8 .1

Contraceptively s terile or fecund 2

............. 1 5

, 1 1 7 100.0 18.4 1 1.7 44.3 17.0 8 .6

Noncontraceptively s terile or impaired f ecundity 3

.... 2

, 3 3 4 100.0 51.1 12.3 24.1 7 .2 5.4

1 b i r t h o r m o r e

.......................... 2 2

, 0 4 7 100.0

. . . 14.5 45.4 25.7 14.5

Contraceptively s terile or fecund 2

............. 1 8

, 8 5 7 100.0

. . . 12.0 45.7 27.3 15.1

Noncontraceptively s terile or impaired f ecundity 3

.... 3

, 1 9 0 100.0

. . . 29.3 43.7 16.1 10.9

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 100.0 6 .9 18.0 37.5 21.0 16.6

N o b i r t h s

.............................. 3

, 0 3 2 100.0 18.8 19.4 40.8 12.6 8 .4

Contraceptively s terile or fecund 2

............. 2

, 6 2 8 100.0 15.6 18.7 42.6 13.5 9 .6

Noncontraceptively s terile or impaired f ecundity 3

.... 4 0 4 100.0 39.3 23.7 29.0 * *

1 b i r t h o r m o r e

.......................... 5

, 2 1 8 100.0

. . . 17.3 35.5 25.8 21.4

Contraceptively s terile or fecund 2

............. 4

, 6 3 1 100.0

. . . 16.5 35.8 26.2 21.5

Noncontraceptively s terile or impaired f ecundity 3

.... 5 8 6 100.0

. . . 23.3 33.1 22.8 20.8

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

...C a t egory not applicable.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 Includes women w ho are s urgically sterile for c ontraceptive purposes.

3 Includes women w ho are s urgically sterile for noncontraceptive purposes.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 10.

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**a ble**  **13. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **had a**  **t least**  **1 live**  **birth and**  **p ercent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **number o**  **f months**  **from first**  **birth**

**to second**  **birth, according**  **t o**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Interval between first and second birth 1

No Less 49 or

Number in second than 12 13–24 25–36 37–48 more

Characteristic thousands T o tal birth months months months months months

Percent distribution

To t a l 2

................................... 3 5

, 9 3 8 100.0 31.7 2 .8 17.8 16.4 10.8 20.6

Age a t f irst birth

Under 20 years

............................. 1 1

, 0 5 3 100.0 22.3 4 .0 18.0 17.4 1 1.5 26.9

Under 18 years

........................... 5

, 0 6 9 100.0 21.6 5 .0 20.7 16.5 12.0 24.3

18–19 years

............................. 5

, 9 8 4 100.0 22.9 3 .1 15.7 18.1 1 1.1 29.1

20–24 years

............................... 1 2

, 2 8 9 100.0 29.2 3 .2 18.5 16.2 1 1.0 22.0

25–29 years

............................... 8

, 0 3 9 100.0 35.3 1 .1 18.0 18.1 10.1 17.5

30–44 years

............................... 4

, 5 5 8 100.0 54.6 1 .6 15.3 1 1.3 9 .8 7.4

Marital o r cohabiting status at first b irth

M a r r i e d

.................................. 2 1

, 6 9 2 100.0 30.7 2 .1 19.2 18.5 1 1.1 18.6

Cohabiting

................................ 4

, 4 4 7 100.0 34.9 3 .0 17.7 1 1.8 5 .1 13.5

F o r m e r l y m a r r i e d

............................ 6 9 0 100.0 36.5 * 2.7 22.0 20.2 10.7 21.8

Never married

.............................. 9

, 1 1 0 100.0 32.1 4 .3 14.4 13.3 10.6 25.4

Education 3

No high school diploma o r GED 4

.................. 5

, 1 2 6 100.0 17.6 6 .0 25.9 16.7 10.7 23.1

High school diploma o r GED 4

.................... 1 1

, 6 4 7 100.0 27.7 3 .2 16.4 16.3 1 1.2 25.2

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 0

, 2 0 2 100.0 31.0 2 .3 18.2 17.0 1 1.0 20.5

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 7

, 2 5 2 100.0 37.2 0 .7 16.4 17.6 1 1.6 16.5

Percent of poverty level 5

0–149 percent

............................. 1 1

, 5 3 4 100.0 24.8 5 .2 22.8 15.1 1 1.0 21.2

0–99 percent

............................. 7

, 2 5 5 100.0 19.6 6 .4 23.0 16.8 12.1 22.2

150–299 percent

............................ 1 0

, 4 2 5 100.0 28.6 1 .9 15.8 18.4 10.7 24.7

300 percent or higher

......................... 1 3

, 2 0 8 100.0 36.7 1 .4 16.0 16.4 1 1.3 18.2

Religion r aised

N o n e

................................... 2

, 2 2 9 100.0 46.3 * 2.0 17.9 10.0 8 .9 14.9

Fundamentalist P rotestant

...................... 2

, 2 6 6 100.0 26.8 2 .8 21.7 17.8 12.4 23.2

O t h e r P r o t e s t a n t

............................ 1 6

, 3 5 9 100.0 33.1 2 .4 17.8 17.8 9 .4 19.5

C a t h o l i c

................................. 1 3

, 1 8 9 100.0 28.1 3 .6 17.4 15.3 10.2 20.7

O t h e r r e l i g i o n

.............................. 1

, 7 3 6 100.0 32.2 * 1.2 16.2 16.8 13.1 20.5

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 6

, 1 5 9 100.0 27.9 4 .0 17.8 13.9 12.5 23.8

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 2 2

, 0 4 7 100.0 31.9 1 .9 18.7 17.2 1 1.0 19.3

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 5

, 2 1 8 100.0 32.7 4 .0 16.0 15.5 9 .5 22.3

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Refers to intervals between deliveries, not intervals between first and second babies born a s a m ultiple birth. Pregnancies r esulting i n m ultiple bi rths ( e.g., t wins) a re considered one delivery

.

2 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups and women w ith missing information o n r eligion r aised, not shown s eparately

.

3 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

4 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

5 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTE: P ercentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

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**a ble**  **14. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **timing o**  **f first**  **birth in**  **relation t**  **o first**  **marriage, according**  **t o** 

**selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

T i ming of first b irth in relation to first m arriage

All p remarital

48 or

8–47 more

Subtotal Before 0–7 months months months

Number in for Never first after f irst after f irst after f irst No

Characteristic thousands To t a l premarital married marriage marriage marriage marriage births

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 100.0 21.5 10.5 1 1.1 6 .2 22.1 8 .6 41.6

Never married

.............................. 2 5

, 7 1 2 100.0 25.0 25.0

. . . . . . . . . . . . 75.0

E v e r m a r r i e d

.............................. 3 5

, 8 4 9 100.0 19.0

. . . 19.0 10.7 37.9 14.8 17.7

Age a t f irst marriage:

Under 18 years

.......................... 6

, 1 9 6 100.0 21.4

. . . 21.4 21.4 44.0 14.5 7 .5

18–19 years

............................ 2

, 9 4 1 100.0 12.3

. . . 12.3 12.3 41.8 16.0 1 1.5

20–22 years

............................ 1 0

, 0 9 4 100.0 12.3

. . . 12.3 10.9 38.8 18.3 15.6

23 years and over

........................ 1 6

, 6 1 7 100.0 6 .2

. . . 6.2 6 .2 34.3 12.6 23.9

Y

ear of first m arriage:

1997–2002

............................. 9

, 1 2 0 100.0 27.2

. . . 27.2 7 .3 25.3 1 .4 38.8

1990–96

.............................. 1 0

, 8 4 0 100.0 20.5

. . . 20.5 1 1.1 37.8 16.6 14.0

1985–89

.............................. 7

, 0 9 0 100.0 14.8

. . . 14.8 10.2 43.2 22.1 9 .7

Before 1985

............................ 8

, 7 9 9 100.0 1 1.9

. . . 1 1 .9 14.1 46.6 20.5 6 .8

Y

ear of first b irth

1997–2002

................................ 9

, 6 5 8 100.0 36.6 28.2 8 .4 7.2 37.1 19.1

. . .

1990–96

................................. 1 1

, 9 6 1 100.0 36.9 17.9 19.0 10.4 33.8 18.8

. . .

1985–89

................................. 6

, 5 8 7 100.0 33.1 1 1.2 21.9 10.4 42.4 14.2

. . . Before 1985

............................... 7

, 7 3 3 100.0 40.3 10.8 29.5 15.5 40.8 3 .5

. . .

Parental living a rrangements a t age 14 years

Both biological or adoptive parents

................. 4 3

, 9 2 1 100.0 17.7 8 .2 9.5 6 .6 24.2 9 .6 42.0

O t h e r

................................... 1 7

, 6 4 0 100.0 31.1 16.1 15.0 5 .3 16.8 6 .2 40.6

Religion r aised

N o n e

................................... 4

, 7 7 3 100.0 21.6 13.0 8 .6 4.4 13.1 7 .6 53.3

Fundamentalist P rotestant

...................... 2 1

, 5 1 7 100.0 20.6 9 .9 10.7 7 .0 25.5 8 .2 38.7

O t h e r P r o t e s t a n t

............................ 2 8

, 1 1 9 100.0 22.1 10.8 1 1.3 6 .1 20.5 9 .5 41.8

C a t h o l i c

................................. 3

, 6 2 0 100.0 26.3 10.6 15.7 7 .0 22.2 7 .2 37.4

O t h e r r e l i g i o n

.............................. 3

, 3 2 4 100.0 15.9 6 .8 9.1 3 .9 25.0 7 .5 47.8

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 100.0 30.8 15.9 14.9 6 .8 25.3 4 .8 32.4

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 100.0 13.7 5 .4 8.3 6 .8 24.2 1 1.1 44.2

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 100.0 48.6 28.9 19.8 3 .4 8.8 2 .5 36.8

...C a t egory not applicable.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 1 1.

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**a ble**  **15. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **have ever**  **had a**  **live birth**  **and p**  **ercent d**  **istribution b**  **y m**  **arital or**  **cohabiting status**  **w ith** 

**the father**  **at the**  **time o**  **f d**  **elivery of**  **their first**  **birth, according**  **t o**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Not m arried

Married to Living with to or living

father of father of with father of

Number in first b irth first b irth first b irth

Characteristic thousands T o tal at delivery at delivery at delivery

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 3 5

, 9 3 8 100.0 60.4 12.4 27.2

Age a t f irst birth

Under 20 years

............................. 1 1

, 0 5 3 100.0 29.6 19.7 50.7

Under 18 years

........................... 5

, 0 6 9 100.0 21.4 18.5 60.2

18–19 years

............................. 5

, 9 8 4 100.0 36.6 20.7 42.8

20–24 years

............................... 1 2

, 2 8 9 100.0 63.2 13.4 23.4

25–29 years

............................... 8

, 0 3 9 100.0 81.9 5 .3 12.8

30–44 years

............................... 4

, 5 5 8 100.0 89.2 4 .6 6.2

Y

ear of first b irth

1997–2002

................................ 9

, 6 5 8 100.0 60.2 15.8 24.0

1990–96

................................. 1 1

, 9 6 1 100.0 60.0 13.4 26.6

1985–89

................................. 6

, 5 8 7 100.0 64.8 9 .3 25.9

Before 1985

............................... 7

, 7 3 3 100.0 57.2 9 .2 33.6

Mother’s education

No high school diploma o r GED 2

.................. 1 1

, 0 5 6 100.0 52.1 15.2 32.7

High school diploma o r GED 2

.................... 1 3

, 7 7 0 100.0 63.0 10.6 26.4

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 6

, 5 3 2 100.0 61.4 12.3 26.3

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 4

, 3 0 8 100.0 73.5 9 .4 17.1

Percent of poverty level 3

0–149 percent

............................. 1 2

, 0 0 7 100.0 39.7 19.1 41.2

0–99 percent

............................. 7

, 6 1 4 100.0 36.6 20.4 43.0

150–299 percent

............................ 1 0

, 6 0 1 100.0 60.0 14.2 25.8

300 percent or higher

......................... 1 3

, 3 3 1 100.0 79.2 4 .8 16.0

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 6

, 1 5 9 100.0 50.9 22.4 26.7

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 2 2

, 0 4 7 100.0 72.7 9 .1 18.2

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 5

, 2 1 8 100.0 21.3 15.0 63.7

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups and women r eporting n o m other or mother figure, not shown s eparately

.

2 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

3 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTE: P ercentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

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**a ble**  **16. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **have ever**  **had a**  **live birth**  **and p**  **ercent d**  **istribution b**  **y m**  **arital or**  **cohabiting status**  **a t** 

**first birth,**  **according t**  **o selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Premarital first b irth

Living alone

Currently Within or apart

Number in or formerly cohabiting from t he

Characteristic thousands T o tal married Subtotal union father

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 3 5

, 9 3 8 100.0 62.3 37.7 12.4 25.3

Age a t f irst birth

Under 20 years

............................. 1 1

, 0 5 3 100.0 30.7 69.3 19.7 49.7

Under 18 years

........................... 5

, 0 6 9 100.0 21.9 78.1 18.5 59.7

18–19 years

............................. 5

, 9 8 4 100.0 38.1 61.9 20.7 41.2

20–24 years

............................... 1 2

, 2 8 9 100.0 65.1 34.9 13.4 21.6

25–29 years

............................... 8

, 0 3 9 100.0 85.2 14.8 5 .3 9.5

30–44 years

............................... 4

, 5 5 8 100.0 91.0 9 .0 4.6 4 .5

Y

ear of first b irth

1997–2002

................................ 9

, 6 5 8 100.0 62.5 37.5 15.8 21.8

1990–96

................................. 1 1

, 9 6 1 100.0 61.8 38.2 13.4 24.8

1985–89

................................. 6

, 5 8 7 100.0 66.7 33.3 9 .3 24.0

Before 1985

............................... 7

, 7 3 3 100.0 59.1 40.9 9 .2 31.7

Religion r aised

N o n e

................................... 2

, 2 2 9 100.0 52.7 47.3 14.6 32.7

Fundamentalist P rotestant

...................... 2

, 2 6 6 100.0 56.4 43.6 14.8 28.8

O t h e r P r o t e s t a n t

............................ 1 6

, 3 5 9 100.0 60.9 39.1 10.3 28.7

C a t h o l i c

................................. 1 3

, 1 8 9 100.0 65.8 34.2 14.5 19.7

O t h e r r e l i g i o n

.............................. 1

, 7 3 6 100.0 69.0 31.0 10.2 20.8

Mother’s education

No high school diploma o r GED 2

.................. 1 1

, 0 5 6 100.0 54.4 45.6 15.2 30.4

High school diploma o r GED 2

.................... 1 3

, 7 7 0 100.0 64.3 35.7 10.6 25.1

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 6

, 5 3 2 100.0 63.5 36.5 12.3 24.2

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 4

, 3 0 8 100.0 75.8 24.2 9 .4 14.9

Percent of poverty level 3

0–149 percent

............................. 1 2

, 0 0 7 100.0 42.6 57.4 19.1 38.3

0–99 percent

............................. 7

, 6 1 4 100.0 39.4 60.6 20.4 40.2

150–299 percent

............................ 1 0

, 6 0 1 100.0 61.7 38.3 14.2 24.1

300 percent or higher

......................... 1 3

, 3 3 1 100.0 80.4 19.6 4 .8 14.7

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 6

, 1 5 9 100.0 53.6 46.4 22.4 24.0

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 2 2

, 0 4 7 100.0 74.4 25.6 9 .1 16.5

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 5

, 2 1 8 100.0 22.7 77.3 15.0 62.3

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, w omen with missing information o n r eligion r aised and women w ho reported n o m other or mothe r f igure, not shown s eparately

.

2 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

3 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTE: P ercentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

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**a ble**  **17. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **have ever**  **had a**  **live birth,**  **p ercentage**  **who ever**  **had a**  **nonmarital live**  **birth, a**  **nd**

**percentage who**  **ever had**  **s uch**  **a b**  **irth within**  **a c**  **ohabiting union,**  **by selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Characteristic Number in

thousands Nonmarital

birth Nonmarital

birth within

cohabiting union

Percent

To t a l 1

...................................

Age a t i nterview

15–19 years

...............................

20–24 years

...............................

25–29 years

...............................

30–34 years

...............................

35–39 years

...............................

40–44 years

...............................

Parental living a rrangements a t age 14 years

Both biological or adoptive parents

................. O t h e r

...................................

Religion r aised

N o n e

...................................

Fundamentalist P rotestant

...................... O t h e r P r o t e s t a n t

............................ C a t h o l i c

................................. O t h e r r e l i g i o n

..............................

Mother’s education

No high school diploma o r GED 2

.................. High school diploma o r GED 2

.................... Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................

Bachelor’s degree or higher

.....................

Percent of poverty level 3

0–149 percent

.............................

0–99 percent

.............................

150–299 percent

............................

300 percent or higher

.........................

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

...........................

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

..........................

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 3 5

, 9 3 8

7 7 1

3

, 2 4 0

5

, 5 9 9

7

, 5 2 1

9

, 0 1 6

9

, 7 9 1

2 5

, 4 6 8

1 0

, 4 7 1

2

, 2 2 9

2

, 2 6 6

1 6

, 3 5 9

1 3

, 1 8 9

1

, 7 3 6

1 1

, 0 5 6

1 3

, 7 7 0

6

, 5 3 2

4

, 3 0 8

1 1

, 5 3 4

7

, 2 5 5

1 0

, 4 2 5

1 3

, 2 0 8

6

, 1 5 9

2 2

, 0 4 7

5

, 2 1 8 4 2

. 2

9 2

. 2

6 8

. 4

5 4

. 2

4 1

. 2

3 5

. 8

2 9

. 2

3 5

. 1

5 9

. 4

4 9

. 3

4 7

. 0

4 3

. 4

3 9

. 6

3 2

. 4

5 1

. 2

3 9

. 6

4 0

. 8

2 7

. 8

6 1

. 6

6 4

. 9

4 2

. 0

2 2

. 4

5 0

. 6

3 0

. 1

8 0

. 9 1 7

. 3

2 9

. 6

2 9

. 5

2 5

. 1

2 0

. 1

1 3

. 0

9

. 7

1 3

. 6

2 6

. 3

2 0

. 9

2 0

. 6

1 5

. 4

1 9

. 3

1 2

. 5

2 1

. 4

1 5

. 3

1 6

. 2

1 3

. 3

2 7

. 0

3 0

. 2

1 8

. 4

7

. 2

2 8

. 3

1 1

. 8

2 7

. 0

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, w omen with missing information o n r eligion r aised, and women w ho reported n o m other or moth er figure, not shown s eparately

.

2 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

3 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

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**a ble**  **18. Number**  **o f**  **b irths**  **i n**  **t he**  **last 5**  **years to**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **m arital**  **or cohabitation**  **s tatus**  **a t** 

**time o**  **f d**  **elivery**

**, according**  **t o**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Unmarried

Number in Not

Characteristic thousands T o tal M arried Subtotal Cohabiting cohabiting

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 2 1

, 0 1 8 100.0 64.4 35.6 14.3 21.3

Parental living a rrangements a t age 14 years

Both biological or adoptive parents

................. 1 4

, 5 9 4 100.0 70.9 29.1 10.3 18.8

O t h e r

................................... 6

, 4 2 4 100.0 49.7 50.3 23.2 27.1

Age a t f irst sexual intercourse

Under 15 years

............................. 3

, 3 2 5 100.0 38.7 61.3 23.9 37.4

15–17 years

............................... 9

, 7 9 7 100.0 62.1 38.0 16.2 21.8

18–19 years

............................... 4

, 0 3 9 100.0 74.3 25.8 10.0 15.8

20 years and over

........................... 3

, 8 5 7 100.0 82.2 17.8 5 .6 12.2

Age a t b irth

Under 20 years

............................. 2

, 2 1 5 100.0 20.4 79.6 27.9 51.8

Under 18 years

........................... 9 2 1 100.0 1 1.7 88.3 25.9 62.5

18–19 years

............................. 1

, 2 9 4 100.0 26.5 73.5 29.3 44.2

20–24 years

............................... 5

, 5 5 3 100.0 47.8 52.2 22.3 30.0

25–29 years

............................... 5

, 7 2 6 100.0 71.9 28.1 1 1.9 16.2

30–44 years

............................... 7

, 5 2 4 100.0 83.9 16.1 6 .2 9.9

Respondent’s mother’s education

No high school diploma o r GED 2

.................. 5

, 8 8 8 100.0 52.3 47.7 20.4 27.3

High school diploma o r GED 2

.................... 7

, 5 0 8 100.0 65.1 34.9 13.4 21.5

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 4

, 3 2 2 100.0 71.1 28.9 10.8 18.1

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 3

, 0 9 9 100.0 78.4 21.7 7 .2 14.5

Percent of poverty level 3

0–149 percent

............................. 8

, 3 2 4 100.0 41.9 58.1 23.8 34.3

0–99 percent

............................. 5

, 5 3 8 100.0 38.4 61.6 25.8 35.8

150–299 percent

............................ 5

, 7 3 0 100.0 69.3 30.7 13.2 17.5

300 percent or higher

......................... 6

, 9 6 4 100.0 87.2 12.8 3 .8 9.0

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 4

, 2 4 2 100.0 52.3 47.7 24.5 23.2

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 1 2

, 3 0 9 100.0 76.6 23.4 9 .4 14.0

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 2

, 8 1 8 100.0 29.0 71.0 20.6 50.4

1 Includes births to women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups and births to women w ho reported n o m other or mother figure, not shown separately

.

2 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

3 Limited t o b irths t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTE: P ercentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

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**a ble**  **19. Number**  **o f**  **nonmarital births**  **estimated from**  **t he**  **2002 National**  **Survey of**  **Family Growth,**  **confidence interval**  **for t**  **his estimate,** 

**number o**  **f nonmarital**  **births b**  **ased on**  **vital records,**  **and ratio,**  **b y**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **1997–2001**

Number (in Number of

millions) of 95 percent nonmarital births Ratio o f

nonmarital births confidence from v ital NSFG 1 to

Characteristic from NSFG 1 interval records 2 vital r ecords

T o tal f or 1997–2001 2

......................... 7

. 0 8 2 6

. 305–7.860 6.509 1.09

Y

ear of birth

2001

................................... 1

. 3 1 6 1

. 070–1.562 1.341 0.98

2000

................................... 1

. 6 6 3 1

. 355–1.971 1.338 1.24

1999

................................... 1

. 3 1 5 1

. 107–1.523 1.299 1.01

1998

................................... 1

. 5 4 1 1

. 258–1.823 1.284 1.20

1997

................................... 1

. 2 4 8 1

. 027–1.449 1.247 1.00

Race and Hispanic o rigin

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 1

. 7 7 0 1

. 340–2.200 1.615 1.10

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

.................................. 2

. 9 1 2 2

. 380–3.444 2.621 1.1 1

B l a c k o r A f r i c a n A m e r i c a n

..................... 2

. 0 1 4 1

. 651–2.376 2.031 0.99

Age a t b irth

15–19 years

............................... 1

. 6 5 3 1

. 367–1.939 1.853 0.89

20–24 years

............................... 2

. 7 9 3 2

. 347–3.239 2.394 1.17

25–29 years

............................... 1

. 4 6 4 1

. 197–1.730 1.238 1.18

30–44 years

............................... 1

. 1 7 3 0

. 885–1.461 1.025 1.14

Birth order

F i r s t b i r t h

................................. 3

. 1 3 2 2

. 692–3.573 3.185 0.98

Second birth

............................... 1

. 9 9 4 1

. 715–2.274 1.716 1.16

Third or higher birth

.......................... 1

. 9 5 6 1

. 603–2.308 1.608 1.22

1 NSFG i s t he National Survey of Family Growth.

2 References 18, 44, 52, and 75–77 were used to provide v ital s tatistics data i n t his t able. Also, s pecial t abulations were prepared by the N atality T eam of the D ivision o f V ital S tatistics.

3 Includes births to women o f o ther race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

. The ‘ ‘ race and Hispanic o rigin’ ’ v ariable s hown here i s based on the 197 7 OMB guidelines, in order to be able t o

compare w ith the a vailable v ital s tatistics r eports. S ee ‘ ‘ Appendix II’ ’ f or further information o n t he ‘ ‘ Hispanic o rigin and race’ ’ variable u sed f or the m ajority o f t his r eport. T o tal f or 1997–2001 also

includes births to women under 15 years o f age, not shown s eparately

.

NOTES: For women born outside the U nited S tates ( the 5 0 s tates, District of Columbia, and the U .S. t erritories), this table i s limited to nonmarital bi rths occurring after t hey came t o t he United S tates

to stay

. This i s because data o n b irths o ccurring outside the U .S. a re not available f rom v ital r ecords.

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**a ble**  **20. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age, percentage**  **who ever**  **had a**  **n unwanted**  **birth, p**  **ercentage who**  **ever had**  **a m**  **istimed birth,** 

**and p**  **ercentage who**  **ever had**  **either**

**, b**  **y selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Number in Unwanted

Characteristic thousands or mistimed Unwanted Mistimed

Percent

To t a l 1

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 3 0

. 8 1 2

. 4 2 3

. 2

Age

15–19 years

............................... 9

, 8 3 4 6

. 9 1

. 8 5

. 2

20–24 years

............................... 9

, 8 4 0 2 2

. 3 6

. 9 1 7

. 7

25–44 years

............................... 4 1

, 8 8 7 3 8

. 3 1 6

. 2 2 8

. 8

Percent of poverty level 2

0–149 percent

............................. 1 4

, 5 8 2 5 0

. 2 2 3

. 2 3 7

. 6

0–99 percent

............................. 9

, 2 6 2 5 1

. 5 2 6

. 1 3 7

. 3

150–299 percent

............................ 1 4

, 5 0 2 4 0

. 6 1 6

. 5 3 0

. 7

300 percent or higher

......................... 2 2

, 6 4 3 2 2

. 3 7

. 5 1 7

. 0

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latino

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 4 0

. 1 1 8

. 1 2 8

. 8

Not H ispanic o r Latino:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 2 6

. 0 8

. 7 2 0

. 8

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 4 4

. 9 2 4

. 7 3 0

. 2

All w omen 25–44

............................ 4 1

, 8 8 7 3 8

. 3 1 6

. 2 2 8

. 8

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 5

, 8 5 6 3 6

. 1 1 3

. 8 2 7

. 7

F i r s t m a r r i a g e

............................ 2 0

, 6 6 2 3 2

. 7 1 1

. 9 2 5

. 1

Second marriage or higher

.................... 5

, 1 9 4 4 9

. 6 2 1

. 5 3 7

. 9

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 3

, 4 7 9 4 8

. 5 2 1

. 7 3 7

. 7

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 6

, 8 3 9 3 1

. 7 1 7

. 0 2 0

. 3

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 5

, 7 1 3 5 0

. 3 2 3

. 0 3 8

. 2

Age a t f irst sexual intercourse with a m ale

Under 16 years

............................. 1 0

, 4 7 5 5 4

. 7 2 6

. 2 3 9

. 8

16 years

................................. 6

, 6 7 8 4 7

. 4 1 7

. 8 3 7

. 5

17 years

................................. 6

, 2 6 2 3 8

. 4 1 3

. 4 2 9

. 9

18 years

................................. 5

, 5 3 9 3 0

. 6 1 4

. 4 2 2

. 4

19 years

................................. 3

, 2 9 1 3 3

. 9 1 7

. 6 2 1

. 7

20 years and over

........................... 8

, 8 1 7 2 2

. 2 7

. 4 1 7

. 5

Education

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 4

, 8 5 0 6 1

. 2 3 0

. 7 4 4

. 4

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 1 2

, 7 2 5 4 9

. 5 2 1

. 0 3 8

. 0

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 2

, 2 7 6 3 7

. 5 1 6

. 2 2 7

. 2

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 2

, 0 3 7 1 8

. 2 5

. 4 1 4

. 2

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, and women w ho have not had sexual intercourse with a m ale, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

NOTES: Percentages who e ver had an unwanted or mistimed birth m ay not add to percentages with ‘ ‘ unwanted or mistimed’ ’ b irths because w omen may have h a d both. Comparable data f or 1995 are

shown i n r eference 16, table 12.

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**a ble**  **21. Number**  **o f**  **b irths**  **i n**  **t he**  **5 years**  **before interview**  **to women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **a t**  **i nterview**  **and p**  **ercent d**  **istribution b**  **y w**  **antedness**

**status a**  **t c**  **onception, according**  **t o**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

W antedness status

Mistimed

Less than 2 o r m o r e

Number in To t a l 2 years years t oo

Characteristic thousands T o tal Intended Unwanted mistimed too soon soon

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

........................................ 2 1

, 0 1 8 100.0 64.9 14.1 20.8 8 .0 12.1

Age a t b irth

Under 20 years

.................................. 2

, 2 1 5 100.0 21.6 21.4 56.9 9 .0 46.3

Under 18 years

................................ 9 2 1 100.0 1 1.9 25.4 62.7 7 .0 53.3

18–19 years

.................................. 1

, 2 9 4 100.0 28.6 18.6 52.9 10.4 41.4

20–24 years

.................................... 5

, 5 5 3 100.0 55.8 17.2 26.9 9 .4 16.3

25–29 years

.................................... 5

, 7 2 6 100.0 73.0 10.4 16.3 8 .8 7.6

30–44 years

.................................... 7

, 5 2 4 100.0 78.2 12.6 9 .0 6.1 2 .4

Marital o r cohabiting status at birth

M a r r i e d

....................................... 1 3

, 5 3 4 100.0 76.6 9 .0 14.1 8 .4 5.3

Cohabiting

..................................... 2

, 9 9 8 100.0 48.8 18.1 33.2 8 .2 24.2

Never married, not cohabiting

......................... 3

, 5 1 0 100.0 35.3 28.5 36.1 5 .4 28.9

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

....................... 9 7 6 100.0 58.2 21.2 20.1 10.7 9 .0

Birth order

F i r s t b i r t h

..................................... 8

, 4 8 1 100.0 63.9 8 .5 27.6 8 .3 18.3

Second birth

................................... 7

, 1 1 6 100.0 71.4 1 1.3 17.2 8 .2 8.6

Third or higher birth

............................... 5

, 4 2 1 100.0 57.9 26.6 14.8 7 .2 7.0

Religion r aised

N o n e

........................................ 1

, 4 2 3 100.0 61.4 16.4 22.2 6 .0 16.2

Fundamentalist P rotestant

........................... 1

, 3 9 1 100.0 55.0 20.1 24.9 8 .2 14.9

O t h e r P r o t e s t a n t

................................. 9

, 1 0 1 100.0 64.7 13.3 21.8 8 .8 12.4

C a t h o l i c

...................................... 7

, 7 7 7 100.0 66.4 13.9 19.3 7 .7 10.8

O t h e r r e l i g i o n

................................... 1

, 2 3 9 100.0 72.3 12.4 15.3 6 .0 9.3

Percent of poverty level 2

0–149 percent

.................................. 7

, 7 8 9 100.0 55.4 19.8 24.4 9 .0 14.9

0–99 percent

.................................. 5

, 1 1 8 100.0 52.3 23.2 24.1 8 .9 14.5

150–299 percent

................................. 5

, 5 2 2 100.0 65.1 14.2 20.5 8 .7 1 1 .1

300 percent or higher

.............................. 6

, 8 5 6 100.0 81.3 7 .0 1 1 .7 6.4 4 .7

Hispanic o rigin and race and age at birth

Hispanic o r Latino

................................ 4

, 2 4 2 100.0 56.4 16.8 26.5 10.7 14.2

Under 20 years

................................ 7 0 3 100.0 24.0 17.9 58.1 16.6 39.0

20–24 years

.................................. 1

, 3 9 7 100.0 55.2 19.7 25.1 9 .4 12.6

25–29 years

.................................. 1

, 1 8 3 100.0 66.1 1 1.9 22.0 1 1.8 10.2

30–44 years

.................................. 9 6 0 100.0 69.8 18.0 1 1.1 7 .1 3.1

Not H ispanic o r Latino:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

............................... 1 2

, 3 0 9 100.0 70.9 10.7 18.1 7 .9 9.9

Under 20 years

............................... 8 8 4 100.0 18.3 22.1 59.6 5 .5 53.7

20–24 years

................................. 2

, 6 6 4 100.0 59.5 12.7 27.4 10.1 17.2

25–29 years

................................. 3

, 4 0 7 100.0 78.3 7 .0 14.3 9 .0 5.3

30–44 years

................................. 5

, 3 5 5 100.0 80.6 10.3 9 .0 6.4 2 .0

Black or African American, single r ace

.................. 2

, 8 1 8 100.0 49.1 26.2 24.6 4 .9 19.1

Under 20 years

............................... 4 4 2 100.0 20.9 23.6 55.4 * 51.8

20–24 years

................................. 1

, 0 4 2 100.0 46.3 28.9 24.9 7 .6 16.7

25–29 years

................................. 7 6 9 100.0 53.7 27.1 19.2 5 .7 13.5

30–44 years

................................. 5 6 5 100.0 70.2 22.4 7 .5 * 5 .4

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Includes births to women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups and births with missing information o n how much too s oon, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o b irths t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 14.

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**a ble**  **22. Number**  **o f**  **m istimed**  **pregnancies leading**  **t o**  **b irths**  **o r**  **s pontaneous**  **loss in**  **January 1999**  **or later**  **to women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **a t** 

**interview and**  **p ercent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **how much**  **t oo**  **soon the**  **p regnancy**  **o ccurred,**  **according t**  **o selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States,**

How m uch too soon

Number in Under 1 t o under 2 t o under 3 t o under 5 years

Characteristic thousands To t a l 1 year 2 years 3 years 5 years or more

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 4

, 1 7 3 100.0 16.8 25.1 19.3 16.8 22.0

Age a t outcome

Under 20 years

............................. 1

, 1 3 9 100.0 7 .8 6.6 16.3 24.1 45.2

20–24 years

............................... 1

, 4 6 1 100.0 10.9 27.8 20.8 18.6 21.9

25–29 years

............................... 8 8 4 100.0 27.7 30.6 25.4 13.1 3 .3

30–44 years

............................... 6 8 9 100.0 30.2 43.1 13.4 5 .5 7.8

Marital o r cohabiting status at outcome

M a r r i e d

.................................. 1

, 6 7 2 100.0 30.4 34.4 16.0 1 1.2 8 .1

Cohabiting

................................ 1

, 5 4 0 100.0 7 .7 20.7 23.0 20.2 28.5

Neither married nor cohabiting

................... 9 6 2 100.0 7 .8 16.2 19.4 20.9 35.9

W antedness of pregnancy with that partner

Never wanted a p regnancy with partner

.............. 6 5 7 100.0 19.1 27.9 18.1 16.5 18.4

W anted a p regnancy at some t ime w ith partner

......... 3

, 5 0 2 100.0 4 .8 10.8 26.4 18.3 39.7

Happy-to-be-pregnant scale 2

1

– 3

.................................... 7 6 4 100.0 8 .5 10.2 28.9 18.5 34.0

4

– 7

.................................... 1

, 6 7 5 100.0 1 1.2 24.8 18.9 19.8 25.4

8–10

................................... 1

, 7 2 6 100.0 26.0 32.2 15.2 13.2 13.5

Education a t i nterview 3

No high school diploma o r GED 4

.................. * * * * * * *

High school diploma o r GED 4

.................... 7 0 3 100.0 17.8 34.2 26.9 10.3 10.8

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 7 7 7 100.0 25.4 33.5 25.7 1 1.4 4 .0

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... * * * * * * *

Percent of poverty level 5

0–149 percent

............................. 1

, 3 5 9 100.0 14.1 31.2 24.7 15.5 14.6

0–99 percent

............................. 8 7 9 100.0 12.4 33.8 25.0 17.3 1 1.5

150–299 percent

............................ 8 4 2 100.0 24.2 28.9 15.9 19.2 1 1.8

300 percent or higher

......................... 8 3 3 100.0 26.0 36.8 18.2 6 .3 12.8

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9 2 6 100.0 16.3 31.8 14.9 17.4 19.7

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 2

, 1 3 9 100.0 21.9 26.9 18.2 14.4 18.7

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8 1 6 100.0 6 .8 13.6 25.0 22.2 32.5

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Includes births to women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, and births with missing information o n w antedness s tatus and births with missing data o n happy-to-be pregnant scale, not shown

separately

.

2 Based o n w omen’s r esponses to a 1–10 scale, w ith 1 being ‘ ‘ very unhappy to be pregnant’ ’ and 10 being ‘ ‘ very happy to be pregnant.’ ’

3 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

4 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

5 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTE: P ercentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

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**a ble**  **23. Number**  **o f**  **b irths**  **i n**  **t he**  **5 years**  **before interview**  **to women**  **22–44 years**  **of age**  **a t**  **i nterview**  **and p**  **ercent d**  **istribution b**  **y w**  **antedness**

**status, according**  **t o**  **e ducation**  **a nd**  **Hispanic origin**  **and race:**  **United States,**  **2002**

W antedness status

Mistimed

Less than 2 o r m o r e

Number in To t a l 2 years years t oo

Education and Hispanic o rigin and race thousands T o tal Intended Unwanted mistimed too soon soon

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 1 8

, 9 9 8 100.0 69.3 13.4 17.1 8 .0 8.7

Education

No high school diploma o r GED 2

.................. 3

, 0 2 3 100.0 57.7 19.1 22.7 7 .2 15.1

High school diploma o r GED 2

.................... 5

, 8 2 3 100.0 64.1 16.1 19.7 7 .5 1 1 .6

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 5

, 1 9 4 100.0 66.5 13.9 19.3 10.8 8 .2

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 4

, 9 5 7 100.0 85.3 6 .0 8.5 6 .3 1.8

Hispanic o rigin and race and education

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 3

, 6 4 1 100.0 61.9 16.9 20.9 10.2 9 .7

No high school diploma o r GED 2

................. 1

, 5 9 3 100.0 60.7 16.8 22.5 10.0 1 1.7

High school diploma o r GED 2

................... 1

, 0 4 8 100.0 57.6 19.4 22.6 6 .9 13.6

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

.............. 7 3 0 100.0 66.0 16.4 16.9 14.1 *

Bachelor’s degree or higher

.................... * * * * * * *

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 100.0 74.2 9 .9 15.6 8 .2 7.1

No high school diploma o r GED 2

............... 7 4 5 100.0 52.7 22.5 23.2 6 .7 16.5

High school diploma o r GED 2

................. 3

, 4 3 0 100.0 67.8 12.7 19.4 8 .4 1 1 .0

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

............. 3

, 4 8 0 100.0 71.5 9 .2 19.0 1 1.0 7 .7

Bachelor’s degree or higher

.................. 3

, 8 5 6 100.0 86.5 5 .7 7.6 5 .7 1.4

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 2

, 3 9 5 100.0 54.0 26.7 19.3 5 .0 13.8

No high school diploma o r GED 2

............... 5 5 6 100.0 62.4 22.5 15.1 * 13.5

High school diploma o r GED 2

................. 8 7 4 100.0 52.2 31.9 15.9 2 .4 12.6

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

............. 6 6 3 100.0 41.7 31.0 27.3 8 .7 18.2

Bachelor’s degree or higher

.................. * * * * * * *

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Includes births to women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups and births with missing information o n how much too s oon, not shown s eparately

.

2 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 15.

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**a ble**  **24. Number**  **o f**  **b irths**  **i n**  **t he**  **5 years**  **before interview**  **to women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **a t**  **i nterview**  **and p**  **ercent d**  **istribution b**  **y c**  **ouple**

**agreement o**  **n t**  **he intendedness**  **of the**  **b irth,**  **according t**  **o selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Mother Mother Mother’s or

intended, unintended, father’s

Number in Both father father Both intent

Characteristic thousands T o tal intended unintended intended unintended unknown

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 2 1

, 0 1 8 100.0 55.2 8 .1 10.1 22.6 4 .0

Age a t b irth

Under 20 years

............................. 2

, 2 1 5 100.0 15.9 5 .3 14.6 58.6 5 .6

Under 18 years

........................... 9 2 1 100.0 9 .2 1.9 16.1 64.6 8 .3

18–19 years

............................. 1

, 2 9 4 100.0 20.7 7 .7 13.6 54.4 3 .6

20–24 years

............................... 5

, 5 5 3 100.0 44.6 9 .2 12.2 29.4 4 .6

25–29 years

............................... 5

, 7 2 6 100.0 61.5 9 .7 9.7 15.3 3 .8

30–44 years

............................... 7

, 5 2 4 100.0 69.8 6 .8 7.4 12.6 3 .4

Marital o r cohabiting status at birth

M a r r i e d

.................................. 1 3

, 5 3 4 100.0 68.8 6 .5 8.0 13.6 3 .1

Cohabiting

................................ 2

, 9 9 8 100.0 37.1 10.2 14.3 34.3 4 .1

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 3

, 5 1 0 100.0 21.6 1 1.4 12.0 48.1 6 .9

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 9 7 6 100.0 43.1 10.8 19.0 21.0 6 .1

Birth order

F i r s t b i r t h

................................. 8

, 4 8 1 100.0 53.9 8 .0 9.7 24.3 4 .2

Second birth

............................... 7

, 1 1 6 100.0 64.3 6 .5 8.7 18.3 2 .2

Third or higher birth

.......................... 5

, 4 2 1 100.0 45.3 10.3 12.5 25.8 6 .2

Education a t i nterview 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 3

, 0 2 3 100.0 46.4 10.0 15.1 24.1 4 .4

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 5

, 8 2 3 100.0 51.2 1 1.2 10.8 22.0 4 .8

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 5

, 1 9 4 100.0 57.1 6 .8 9.1 22.7 4 .3

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 4

, 9 5 7 100.0 78.7 5 .6 5.0 8 .4 2.3

Hispanic o rigin and race and age at birth

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 4

, 2 4 2 100.0 48.7 7 .2 15.4 26.2 2 .6

Under 20 years

........................... 7 0 3 100.0 19.8 3 .7 18.3 54.1 4 .3

20–24 years

............................. 1

, 3 9 7 100.0 46.1 8 .0 13.2 29.2 3 .5

25–29 years

............................. 1

, 1 8 3 100.0 57.5 8 .6 18.0 15.3 *

30–44 years

............................. 9 6 0 100.0 62.7 7 .2 13.1 14.7 2 .5

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 1 2

, 3 0 9 100.0 60.9 8 .0 7.7 19.0 4 .4

Under 20 years

.......................... 8 8 4 100.0 12.9 5 .4 12.8 64.3 4 .6

20–24 years

............................ 2

, 6 6 4 100.0 46.8 10.4 10.2 27.5 5 .2

25–29 years

............................ 3

, 4 0 7 100.0 65.6 10.3 6 .3 12.7 5 .2

30–44 years

............................ 5

, 3 5 5 100.0 72.9 5 .8 6.4 1 1.4 3 .5

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 2

, 8 1 8 100.0 39.4 7 .9 15.5 31.5 5 .8

Under 20 years

.......................... 4 4 2 100.0 16.5 * 16.1 54.1 10.1

20–24 years

............................ 1

, 0 4 2 100.0 37.6 7 .2 18.5 31.5 5 .2

25–29 years

............................ 7 6 9 100.0 44.1 7 .7 16.0 28.3 3 .8

30–44 years

............................ 5 6 5 100.0 54.3 12.8 8 .7 17.9 6 .3

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Includes births to women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 17.

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**a ble**  **25. Number**  **o f**  **p regnancies,**  **including pregnancies**  **current a**  **t t**  **he time**  **o f**  **i nterview** 

**, i**  **n January**  **1999 or**  **later to**  **women 15–44**  **years of** 

**age a**  **t i**  **nterview**

**, p**  **ercent d**  **istribution b**  **y value**  **o n**  **t he**  **scale of**  **how happy**  **she w**  **as to**  **be pregnant,**  **a nd**  **mean scale**  **value, according**  **t o** 

**selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Scale value 1 Mean

Number in scale

Characteristic thousands T o tal 1–3 4–5 6–7 8–9 10 value

Percent distribution

To t a l 2,3

.................................. 2 2

, 8 0 8 100.0 12.6 10.0 8 .3 13.5 55.7 7 .9

W antedness at conception

Intended

................................. 1 4

, 6 1 1 100.0 2 .5 4.1 4 .4 12.5 76.5 9 .2

M i s t i m e d

................................. 4

, 9 8 9 100.0 18.2 22.1 17.3 19.7 22.7 6 .4

Less than 2 years t oo soon

.................... 2

, 0 4 7 100.0 8 .1 17.4 15.2 25.1 34.3 7 .5

2 o r m ore years t oo soon

..................... 2

, 7 4 3 100.0 26.3 25.1 18.9 15.6 14.1 5 .5

U n w a n t e d

................................ 3

, 1 7 0 100.0 49.8 18.4 12.1 7 .8 1 1 .9 4.2

Pregnancy outcome and wantedness at conception

L i v e b i r t h

................................. 1 5

, 6 7 4 100.0 1 1.3 10.4 8 .9 12.6 56.9 8 .0

Intended

................................ 1 0

, 1 4 5 100.0 2 .3 4.4 4 .8 1 1 .5 77.0 9 .2

M i s t i m e d

................................ 3

, 2 9 4 100.0 16.7 22.3 19.5 18.5 23.0 6 .4

U n w a n t e d

............................... 2

, 2 0 6 100.0 44.4 19.8 1 1.8 8 .1 15.9 4 .6

Spontaneous loss

........................... 4

, 4 6 4 100.0 17.9 10.3 6 .4 16.7 48.7 7 .4

Intended

................................ 2

, 6 8 1 100.0 3 .8 3.9 2 .1 16.7 73.4 9 .2

M i s t i m e d

................................ 1

, 0 5 6 100.0 22.5 21.8 14.5 24.7 16.6 5 .9

U n w a n t e d

............................... 7 2 3 100.0 63.3 17.4 10.6 5 .2 3.6 3 .1

Currently pregnant

........................... 2

, 6 7 0 100.0 1 1.2 7 .6 8.0 13.1 60.2 8 .2

Intended

................................ 1

, 7 8 5 100.0 1 .9 2.4 5 .3 1 1 .7 78.7 9 .4

M i s t i m e d

................................ 6 3 9 100.0 19.2 21.4 10.8 17.5 31.2 6 .7

U n w a n t e d

............................... * * * * * * * *

Age a t outcome 4 and wantedness at conception

Under 20 years

............................. 2

, 3 7 3 100.0 24.2 21.7 1 1.5 16.0 26.7 6 .2

Intended

................................ 5 6 3 100.0 * 10.3 * 18.6 65.1 8 .8

M i s t i m e d

................................ 1

, 3 1 9 100.0 24.2 25.1 16.1 18.7 15.9 5 .8

U n w a n t e d

............................... 4 9 1 100.0 46.9 25.4 10.3 * 1 1 .6 4.1

20–29 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 8 9 100.0 12.7 1 1.0 9 .5 14.7 52.2 7 .8

Intended

................................ 7

, 2 0 8 100.0 3 .4 4.7 5 .8 14.1 72.1 9 .1

M i s t i m e d

................................ 2

, 7 9 0 100.0 16.8 22.9 16.5 19.6 24.3 6 .5

U n w a n t e d

............................... 1

, 5 7 1 100.0 47.7 18.9 14.2 8 .0 1 1 .2 4.3

30–44 years

............................... 8

, 8 4 6 100.0 9 .3 5.6 5 .8 1 1 .2 68.1 8 .5

Intended

................................ 6

, 8 4 1 100.0 1 .5 3.0 3 .1 10.2 82.2 9 .5

M i s t i m e d

................................ 8 7 9 100.0 13.6 15.1 21.8 21.6 27.8 6 .9

U n w a n t e d

............................... 1

, 1 0 8 100.0 54.1 14.5 10.1 8 .2 13.0 4 .1

Marital o r cohabiting status at outcome 5

and wantedness at conception

M a r r i e d

.................................. 1 4

, 4 3 9 100.0 7 .1 6.7 6 .4 10.6 69.3 8 .7

Intended

................................ 1 1

, 1 4 5 100.0 1 .6 2.7 3 .5 9.3 82.9 9 .5

M i s t i m e d

................................ 2

, 0 2 0 100.0 13.3 24.1 18.7 17.5 26.4 6 .7

U n w a n t e d

............................... 1

, 2 4 5 100.0 46.6 13.9 12.9 9 .1 17.5 4 .6

Cohabiting

................................ 3

, 2 4 7 100.0 18.0 15.1 10.2 18.2 38.5 7 .1

Intended

................................ 1

, 4 4 3 100.0 4 .1 4.9 6 .5 19.3 65.2 8 .9

M i s t i m e d

................................ 1

, 1 5 5 100.0 20.6 20.8 15.2 20.5 23.0 6 .3

U n w a n t e d

............................... 6 4 4 100.0 44.4 27.2 9 .6 12.0 6 .7 4.3

Neither married nor cohabiting

................... 5

, 1 2 2 100.0 24.6 16.3 12.2 18.6 28.4 6 .4

Intended

................................ 2

, 0 2 3 100.0 6 .7 1 1 .0 7.7 25.0 49.6 8 .2

M i s t i m e d

................................ 1

, 8 1 3 100.0 22.3 20.7 17.1 21.6 18.4 6 .1

U n w a n t e d

............................... 1

, 2 8 1 100.0 55.6 18.4 12.6 4 .3 9.1 3 .8

See f ootnotes at end of table.

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**a ble**  **25. Number**  **o f**  **p regnancies,**  **including pregnancies**  **current a**  **t t**  **he time**  **o f**  **i nterview** 

**, i**  **n January**  **1999 or**  **later to**  **women 15–44**  **years of** 

**age a**  **t i**  **nterview**

**, p**  **ercent d**  **istribution b**  **y value**  **o n**  **t he**  **scale of**  **how happy**  **she w**  **as to**  **be pregnant,**  **a nd**  **mean scale**  **value, according**  **t o** 

**selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002—Con.**

Scale value 1 Mean

Number in scale

Characteristic thousands T o tal 1–3 4–5 6–7 8–9 10 value

Hispanic o rigin and race and wantedness at conception P ercent distribution

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 4

, 1 8 3 100.0 13.5 8 .2 8.0 10.5 59.8 8 .0

Intended

................................ 2

, 2 9 2 100.0 6 .1 1.4 2 .6 8.6 81.3 9 .2

M i s t i m e d

................................ 1

, 1 3 7 100.0 13.1 15.7 15.3 14.6 41.3 7 .3

U n w a n t e d

............................... 7 4 3 100.0 37.2 16.9 14.0 10.0 21.9 5 .2

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 1 3

, 6 4 2 100.0 9 .9 9.7 7 .1 13.6 59.8 8 .2

Intended

.............................. 9

, 6 3 2 100.0 1 .1 4.3 3 .9 12.4 78.3 9 .4

M i s t i m e d

.............................. 2

, 5 7 2 100.0 18.5 25.4 16.9 21.6 17.6 6 .1

U n w a n t e d

............................. 1

, 4 1 4 100.0 54.2 17.7 1 1.0 6 .2 1 1 .0 3.9

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 3

, 1 2 5 100.0 22.8 15.7 1 1.1 16.1 34.3 6 .6

Intended

.............................. 1

, 4 0 7 100.0 3 .9 8.1 5 .1 19.0 63.9 8 .8

M i s t i m e d

.............................. 9 2 9 100.0 25.1 21.3 18.9 20.1 14.5 5 .8

U n w a n t e d

............................. 7 8 9 100.0 54.0 22.6 12.6 5 .9 4.9 3 .7

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Based o n w omen’s r esponses to a 1–10 scale, w ith 1 being ‘ ‘ very unhappy to be pregnant’ ’ and 10 being ‘ ‘ very happy to be pregnant.’ ’

2 Includes pregnancies o f w omen of other or multiple race and origin groups and pregnancies w ith missing information o n w antedness s tatus, not shown s e parately

.

3 Excludes pregnancies ending in abortion.

4 Age a t i nterview for p regnancies c urrent at time o f i nterview

.

5 Marital s tatus a t i nterview for c urrent pregnancies.

NOTES: Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 16. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

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**a ble**  **26. Number**  **o f**  **p regnancies**  **that ended**  **i n**  **live births**  **o r**  **s pontaneous**  **loss in**  **January 1999**  **or later**  **to women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **at**

**interview**

**, p**  **ercent d**  **istribution b**  **y value**  **o n**  **t he**  **scale of**  **how happy**  **she w**  **as to**  **be pregnant,**  **a nd**  **mean scale**  **value, according**  **t o**  **selected**

**characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Scale value 1 Mean

Number in scale

Characteristic thousands T o tal 1–3 4–5 6–7 8–9 10 value

Percent distribution

To t a l 2,3

.................................. 2 0

, 2 8 8 100.0 12.7 10.3 8 .3 13.5 55.1 7 .9

W antedness at conception

Intended

................................. 1 2

, 8 9 1 100.0 2 .6 4.3 4 .2 12.6 76.2 9 .2

M i s t i m e d

................................. 4

, 3 6 0 100.0 18.1 22.2 18.3 20.0 21.5 6 .3

Less than 2 years t oo soon

.................... 1

, 7 4 9 100.0 8 .2 18.6 15.9 26.0 31.4 7 .4

2 o r m ore years t oo soon

..................... 2

, 4 2 4 100.0 25.7 24.1 20.2 15.6 14.4 5 .6

U n w a n t e d

................................ 2

, 9 7 2 100.0 49.1 19.2 1 1.5 7 .4 12.8 4 .2

Pregnancy outcome and wantedness at conception

L i v e b i r t h

................................. 1 5

, 6 9 0 100.0 1 1.3 10.4 8 .9 12.6 56.9 8 .0

Intended

................................ 1 0

, 1 5 6 100.0 2 .3 4.4 4 .8 1 1 .5 77.0 9 .2

M i s t i m e d

................................ 3

, 2 9 4 100.0 16.7 22.3 19.5 18.5 23.0 6 .4

U n w a n t e d

............................... 2

, 2 0 6 100.0 44.4 19.8 1 1.8 8 .1 15.9 4 .6

Spontaneous loss

........................... 4

, 5 9 8 100.0 17.9 10.3 6 .4 16.7 48.7 7 .4

Intended

................................ 2

, 7 3 4 100.0 3 .8 3.9 2 .1 16.7 73.4 9 .2

M i s t i m e d

................................ 1

, 0 6 6 100.0 22.5 21.8 14.5 24.7 16.6 5 .9

U n w a n t e d

............................... 7 6 6 100.0 63.3 17.4 10.6 5 .2 3.6 3 .1

Age a t outcome and wantedness at conception

Under 20 years

............................. 2

, 1 3 7 100.0 23.9 21.4 12.1 15.5 27.2 6 .2

Intended

................................ * * * * * * * *

M i s t i m e d

................................ 1

, 1 6 9 100.0 22.9 24.4 17.6 17.9 17.2 5 .8

U n w a n t e d

............................... * * * * * * * *

20–29 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 5 9 100.0 12.6 1 1.5 9 .5 15.0 51.4 7 .8

Intended

................................ 6

, 3 4 6 100.0 3 .5 5.0 5 .3 14.3 71.8 9 .0

M i s t i m e d

................................ 2

, 4 3 8 100.0 16.9 23.3 17.6 20.4 21.8 6 .4

U n w a n t e d

............................... 1

, 4 6 1 100.0 45.3 20.1 13.8 8 .8 12.1 4 .5

30–44 years

............................... 7

, 8 9 2 100.0 9 .9 5.9 5 .8 1 1 .0 67.6 8 .5

Intended

................................ 6

, 0 5 2 100.0 1 .5 3.3 3 .3 10.2 81.8 9 .4

M i s t i m e d

................................ 7 5 2 100.0 14.4 15.1 21.4 22.0 27.1 6 .9

U n w a n t e d

............................... 1

, 0 3 6 100.0 55.4 14.5 9 .4 6.8 14.0 4 .0

Marital o r cohabiting status at outcome and

wantedness at conception

M a r r i e d

.................................. 1 2

, 7 5 4 100.0 7 .6 6.9 6 .0 10.6 68.9 8 .8

Intended

................................ 9

, 7 6 1 100.0 1 .6 2.9 3 .1 9.5 83.0 9 .5

M i s t i m e d

................................ 1

, 7 5 0 100.0 13.6 24.6 18.6 18.2 25.0 6 .6

U n w a n t e d

............................... 1

, 1 9 1 100.0 47.9 14.1 1 1.7 7 .8 18.5 4 .6

Cohabiting

................................ 2

, 8 8 9 100.0 19.2 14.5 10.9 17.9 37.5 7 .5

Intended

................................ 1

, 2 8 6 100.0 4 .7 5.3 7 .4 18.7 64.1 8 .8

M i s t i m e d

................................ 9 9 2 100.0 22.1 18.7 17.0 20.6 21.5 6 .2

U n w a n t e d

............................... 6 1 1 100.0 45.7 27.4 8 .4 1 1 .6 7.0 4 .3

Neither married nor cohabiting

................... 4

, 6 4 5 100.0 23.0 17.2 12.9 18.7 28.2 7 .0

Intended

................................ 1

, 8 4 4 100.0 6 .6 1 1 .3 8.0 25.1 49.0 8 .2

M i s t i m e d

................................ 1

, 6 1 8 100.0 20.5 21.7 18.7 21.6 17.6 6 .1

U n w a n t e d

............................... 1

, 1 6 9 100.0 52.0 20.3 12.8 4 .8 10.1 3 .9

See f ootnotes at end of table.

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**a ble**  **26. Number**  **o f**  **p regnancies**  **that ended**  **i n**  **live births**  **o r**  **s pontaneous**  **loss in**  **January 1999**  **or later**  **to women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **at**

**interview**

**, p**  **ercent d**  **istribution b**  **y value**  **o n**  **t he**  **scale of**  **how happy**  **she w**  **as to**  **be pregnant,**  **a nd**  **mean scale**  **value, according**  **t o**  **selected**

**characteristics: United**  **States, 2002—Con.** 

Scale value 1 Mean

Number in scale

Characteristic thousands T o tal 1–3 4–5 6–7 8–9 10 value

Hispanic o rigin and race and wantedness at conception P ercent distribution

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 3

, 7 2 3 100.0 14.1 8 .5 8.4 9 .4 59.7 7 .9

Intended

................................ 1

, 9 9 9 100.0 6 .8 1.5 2 .7 7.2 81.8 9 .2

M i s t i m e d

................................ 1

, 0 0 2 100.0 12.3 16.5 17.2 12.7 41.3 7 .3

U n w a n t e d

............................... 7 1 2 100.0 37.4 16.9 1 1.9 10.6 23.3 5 .3

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 1 2

, 1 9 4 100.0 10.1 9 .8 7.3 13.9 58.8 8 .1

Intended

.............................. 8

, 5 7 1 100.0 1 .1 4.4 4 .2 12.9 77.5 9 .3

M i s t i m e d

.............................. 2

, 2 1 8 100.0 18.8 25.9 17.3 22.3 15.7 6 .0

U n w a n t e d

............................. 1

, 3 6 6 100.0 53.8 18.1 1 1.1 5 .4 1 1 .6 4.0

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 2

, 7 7 4 100.0 22.1 16.7 1 1.7 16.2 33.2 6 .6

Intended

.............................. 1

, 2 2 6 100.0 3 .5 9.4 5 .3 18.7 63.1 8 .7

M i s t i m e d

.............................. 8 3 4 100.0 24.4 20.5 20.4 21.2 13.5 5 .8

U n w a n t e d

............................. 7 0 1 100.0 51.4 24.8 12.5 6 .1 5.2 3 .7

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Based o n w omen’s r esponses to a 1–10 scale, w ith 1 being ‘ ‘ very unhappy to be pregnant’ ’ and 10 being ‘ ‘ very happy to be pregnant.’ ’

2 Excludes pregnancies c urrent at time o f i nterview and pregnancies ending in abortion.

3 Includes pregnancies t o w omen of other or multiple race and origin groups and pregnancies w ith missing information o n w antedness s tatus, not shown s e parately

.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 16.

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**a ble**  **27. Number**  **o f**  **p regnancies**  **that ended**  **i n**  **live births**  **o r**  **s pontaneous**  **loss in**  **January 1999**  **or later**  **to women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **at**

**interview**

**, p**  **ercent d**  **istribution b**  **y value**  **o n**  **t he**  **scale of**  **how hard**  **she w**  **as trying**  **t o**  **g et**  **pregnant, and**  **m ean**  **scale value,**  **according to** 

**selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Scale value 1 Mean

Number in scale

Characteristic thousands T o tal 0 1–4 5 6–9 10 value

Percent distribution

To t a l 2,3

.................................. 2 0

, 2 8 8 100.0 16.6 14.9 17.0 19.6 31.8 5 .9

W antedness at conception

Intended

................................. 1 2

, 8 9 1 100.0 4 .9 6.9 14.8 25.7 47.8 7 .6

M i s t i m e d

................................. 4

, 3 6 0 100.0 27.7 31.3 24.4 12.0 4 .6 3.4

Less than 2 years t oo soon

.................... 1

, 7 4 9 100.0 21.4 24.9 27.8 18.5 7 .4 4.1

2 o r m ore years t oo soon

..................... 2

, 4 2 4 100.0 31.2 37.1 22.3 6 .8 2.6 2 .8

U n w a n t e d

................................ 2

, 9 7 2 100.0 51.4 24.9 16.0 4 .9 2.8 2 .0

Pregnancy outcome and wantedness at conception

L i v e b i r t h

................................. 1 5

, 6 9 0 100.0 15.8 15.7 17.4 19.9 31.3 5 .9

Intended

................................ 1 0

, 1 5 6 100.0 4 .8 7.7 15.3 26.0 46.3 7 .6

M i s t i m e d

................................ 3

, 2 9 4 100.0 27.5 32.2 25.3 1 1.0 4 .0 3.3

U n w a n t e d

............................... 2

, 2 0 6 100.0 48.5 26.9 15.3 5 .9 3.4 2 .1

Spontaneous loss

........................... 4

, 5 9 8 100.0 19.7 12.3 15.9 18.5 33.6 5 .9

Intended

................................ 2

, 7 3 4 100.0 5 .1 3.9 12.8 24.6 53.5 7 .9

M i s t i m e d

................................ 1

, 0 6 6 100.0 28.2 28.5 21.8 15.1 6 .4 3.6

U n w a n t e d

............................... 7 6 6 100.0 59.6 19.1 18.2 * * 1 .6

Age a t outcome and wantedness at conception

Under 20 years

............................. 2

, 1 3 7 100.0 27.2 29.5 22.3 14.5 6 .5 3.6

Intended

................................ * * * * * * * *

M i s t i m e d

................................ 1

, 1 6 9 100.0 26.0 38.4 22.2 12.1 * 3.1

U n w a n t e d

............................... * * * * * * * *

20–29 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 5 9 100.0 17.3 15.7 18.0 22.1 27.0 5 .7

Intended

................................ 6

, 3 4 6 100.0 6 .5 7.9 15.8 29.5 40.3 7 .3

M i s t i m e d

................................ 2

, 4 3 8 100.0 28.3 29.1 24.5 12.0 6 .1 3.4

U n w a n t e d

............................... 1

, 4 6 1 100.0 45.4 26.6 17.0 6 .8 4.3 2 .4

30–44 years

............................... 7

, 8 9 2 100.0 12.8 9 .9 14.4 17.9 45.0 6 .8

Intended

................................ 6

, 0 5 2 100.0 2 .9 5.4 12.8 21.2 57.7 8 .2

M i s t i m e d

................................ 7 5 2 100.0 28.1 27.2 27.7 12.0 4 .9 3.5

U n w a n t e d

............................... 1

, 0 3 6 100.0 59.5 22.5 13.8 3 .1 * 1 .5

Marital o r cohabiting status at outcome and

wantedness at conception

M a r r i e d

.................................. 1 2

, 7 5 4 100.0 10.0 10.4 15.2 21.6 42.7 6 .9

Intended

................................ 9

, 7 6 1 100.0 2 .5 4.6 13.2 25.4 54.4 8 .2

M i s t i m e d

................................ 1

, 7 5 0 100.0 23.3 33.0 26.2 12.6 4 .9 3.6

U n w a n t e d

............................... 1

, 1 9 1 100.0 52.3 23.6 15.5 5 .0 3.6 1 .9

Cohabiting

................................ 2

, 8 8 9 100.0 25.0 21.1 22.2 18.9 12.9 4 .4

Intended

................................ 1

, 2 8 6 100.0 6 .5 14.3 23.3 30.7 25.2 6 .4

M i s t i m e d

................................ 9 9 2 100.0 32.7 27.1 25.3 10.5 4 .5 3.1

U n w a n t e d

............................... 6 1 1 100.0 52.0 25.6 14.6 7 .6 * 2 .0

Neither married nor cohabiting

................... 4

, 6 4 5 100.0 29.5 23.3 18.8 14.6 13.8 4 .0

Intended

................................ 1

, 8 4 4 100.0 16.4 14.1 17.0 23.9 28.6 5 .8

M i s t i m e d

................................ 1

, 6 1 8 100.0 29.3 32.0 22.0 12.3 4 .4 3.3

U n w a n t e d

............................... 1

, 1 6 9 100.0 50.1 26.0 17.3 3 .3 3.4 2 .0

See f ootnotes at end of table.

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**a ble**  **27. Number**  **o f**  **p regnancies**  **that ended**  **i n**  **live births**  **o r**  **s pontaneous**  **loss in**  **January 1999**  **or later**  **to women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **at**

**interview**

**, p**  **ercent d**  **istribution b**  **y value**  **o n**  **t he**  **scale of**  **how hard**  **she w**  **as trying**  **t o**  **g et**  **pregnant, and**  **m ean**  **scale value,**  **according to** 

**selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002—Con.**

Scale value 1 Mean

Number in scale

Characteristic thousands T o tal 0 1–4 5 6–9 10 value

Hispanic o rigin and race and wantedness at conception P ercent distribution

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 3

, 7 2 3 100.0 19.2 12.3 21.1 20.0 27.4 5 .6

Intended

................................ 1

, 9 9 9 100.0 7 .8 3.8 18.3 25.5 44.6 7 .4

M i s t i m e d

................................ 1

, 0 0 2 100.0 23.2 22.7 29.1 15.9 9 .1 4.1

U n w a n t e d

............................... 7 1 2 100.0 45.6 21.2 17.9 10.6 4 .8 2.6

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 1 2

, 1 9 4 100.0 14.4 14.0 15.4 20.2 36.0 6 .2

Intended

.............................. 8

, 5 7 1 100.0 3 .6 6.9 13.5 25.9 50.2 7 .8

M i s t i m e d

.............................. 2

, 2 1 8 100.0 29.7 34.9 23.0 9 .3 3.1 3 .0

U n w a n t e d

............................. 1

, 3 6 6 100.0 56.8 23.9 15.7 2 .8 * 1 .5

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 2

, 7 7 4 100.0 24.8 22.5 16.6 15.0 21.2 4 .7

Intended

.............................. 1

, 2 2 6 100.0 7 .4 10.7 13.5 25.5 42.9 7 .2

M i s t i m e d

.............................. 8 3 4 100.0 29.1 34.6 23.6 8 .7 4.0 3 .0

U n w a n t e d

............................. 7 0 1 100.0 49.5 28.3 13.6 4 .3 4.3 2 .2

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Based o n w omen’s r esponses to a 0–10 scale, w ith 0 being ‘ ‘trying hard not to get pregnant’ ’ and 10 being ‘ ‘trying hard t o get pregnant.’ ’

2 Excludes pregnancies c urrent at time o f i nterview and pregnancies ending in abortion.

3 Includes pregnancies o f w omen of other or multiple race and origin groups and pregnancies w ith missing information o n w antedness s tatus, not shown s e parately

.

NOTE: P ercentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

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**a ble**  **28. Number**  **o f**  **p regnancies**  **that ended**  **i n**  **live births**  **o r**  **s pontaneous**  **loss in**  **January 1999**  **or later**  **to women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **at**

**interview**

**, p**  **ercent d**  **istribution b**  **y value**  **o n**  **t he**  **scale of**  **how much**  **s he**  **wanted to**  **get p**  **regnant and**  **m ean**  **scale value,**  **according t**  **o selected** 

**characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Scale value 1 Mean

Number in scale

Characteristic thousands T o tal 0 1–4 5 6–9 10 value

Percent distribution

To t a l 2,3

.................................. 2 0

, 2 8 8 100.0 19.0 1 1.5 12.3 13.8 43.4 6 .3

W antedness at conception

Intended

................................. 1 2

, 8 9 1 100.0 3 .9 4.9 9 .0 16.7 65.5 8 .4

M i s t i m e d

................................. 4

, 3 6 0 100.0 33.2 23.9 23.1 13.1 6 .8 3.4

Less than 2 years t oo soon

.................... 1

, 7 4 9 100.0 18.9 20.7 25.6 22.8 12.0 4 .7

2 o r m ore years t oo soon

..................... 2

, 4 2 4 100.0 43.0 27.3 20.3 7 .1 2.3 2 .5

U n w a n t e d

................................ 2

, 9 7 2 100.0 64.0 21.7 10.2 2 .1 2.0 1 .4

Pregnancy outcome and wantedness at conception

L i v e b i r t h

................................. 1 5

, 6 9 0 100.0 17.4 12.2 12.7 13.8 43.9 6 .4

Intended

................................ 1 0

, 1 5 6 100.0 3 .4 5.3 9 .3 16.8 65.3 8 .4

M i s t i m e d

................................ 3

, 2 9 4 100.0 31.9 25.1 24.6 12.3 6 .2 3.4

U n w a n t e d

............................... 2

, 2 0 6 100.0 60.1 24.5 10.3 2 .5 2.7 1 .5

Spontaneous loss

........................... 4

, 5 9 8 100.0 24.7 9 .0 10.9 13.7 41.7 6 .0

Intended

................................ 2

, 7 3 4 100.0 5 .6 3.4 8 .1 16.5 66.4 8 .4

M i s t i m e d

................................ 1

, 0 6 6 100.0 37.3 20.0 18.5 15.7 8 .6 3.5

U n w a n t e d

............................... 7 6 6 100.0 75.2 13.7 10.0 *

– 0 .9

Age a t outcome and wantedness at conception

Under 20 years

............................. 2

, 1 3 7 100.0 40.0 20.8 13.1 14.5 1 1.6 3 .5

Intended

................................ * * * * * * * *

M i s t i m e d

................................ 1

, 1 6 9 100.0 45.7 21.5 14.9 1 1.6 6 .3 2.8

U n w a n t e d

............................... * * * * * * * *

20–29 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 5 9 100.0 18.7 12.8 13.2 16.2 39.2 6 .1

Intended

................................ 6

, 3 4 6 100.0 4 .4 6.2 8 .6 20.7 60.1 8 .2

M i s t i m e d

................................ 2

, 4 3 8 100.0 30.6 24.7 25.4 12.4 7 .0 3.5

U n w a n t e d

............................... 1

, 4 6 1 100.0 60.0 21.7 12.5 3 .2 2.6 1 .6

30–44 years

............................... 7

, 8 9 2 100.0 13.8 7 .3 10.8 10.4 57.7 7 .3

Intended

................................ 6

, 0 5 2 100.0 3 .0 2.9 9 .0 1 1 .2 73.8 8 .8

M i s t i m e d

................................ 7 5 2 100.0 22.1 25.0 28.3 17.8 6 .8 4.0

U n w a n t e d

............................... 1

, 0 3 6 100.0 70.9 18.8 8 .2 * * 1.0

Marital o r cohabiting status at outcome

and wantedness at conception

M a r r i e d

.................................. 1 2

, 7 5 4 100.0 10.8 8 .2 9.7 13.8 57.6 7 .5

Intended

................................ 9

, 7 6 1 100.0 1 .9 3.1 6 .8 14.7 73.6 8 .9

M i s t i m e d

................................ 1

, 7 5 0 100.0 25.8 27.8 23.3 16.5 6 .7 3.8

U n w a n t e d

............................... 1

, 1 9 1 100.0 61.3 20.1 12.3 3 .1 3.1 1 .6

Cohabiting

................................ 2

, 8 8 9 100.0 28.1 15.2 19.8 17.7 19.2 4 .7

Intended

................................ 1

, 2 8 6 100.0 4 .6 8.8 17.6 30.4 38.7 7 .4

M i s t i m e d

................................ 9 9 2 100.0 37.7 18.4 29.2 9 .4 5.3 3 .2

U n w a n t e d

............................... 6 1 1 100.0 62.6 23.6 9 .2 4.3 * 1.3

Neither married nor cohabiting

................... 4

, 6 4 5 100.0 36.0 18.3 14.7 1 1.3 19.7 4 .0

Intended

................................ 1

, 8 4 4 100.0 13.8 1 1.7 14.7 18.2 41.7 6 .6

M i s t i m e d

................................ 1

, 6 1 8 100.0 38.4 23.0 19.1 1 1.7 7 .8 3.2

U n w a n t e d

............................... 1

, 1 6 9 100.0 67.4 22.4 8 .5

– 1 .7 1.2

See f ootnotes at end of table.

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**a ble**  **28. Number**  **o f**  **p regnancies**  **that ended**  **i n**  **live births**  **o r**  **s pontaneous**  **loss in**  **January 1999**  **or later**  **to women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **at**

**interview**

**, p**  **ercent d**  **istribution b**  **y value**  **o n**  **t he**  **scale of**  **how much**  **s he**  **wanted to**  **get p**  **regnant and**  **m ean**  **scale value,**  **according t**  **o selected** 

**characteristics: United**  **States, 2002—Con.** 

Scale value 1 Mean

Number in scale

Characteristic thousands T o tal 0 1–4 5 6–9 10 value

Hispanic o rigin and race and wantedness at conception P ercent distribution

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 3

, 7 2 3 100.0 22.0 8 .6 12.2 13.8 43.4 6 .2

Intended

................................ 1

, 9 9 9 100.0 4 .1 2.1 9 .1 15.1 69.7 8 .7

M i s t i m e d

................................ 1

, 0 0 2 100.0 30.9 13.0 18.6 19.1 18.5 4 .5

U n w a n t e d

............................... 7 1 2 100.0 59.7 20.1 12.1 * 5.3 1 .8

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 1 2

, 1 9 4 100.0 16.4 1 1.0 10.9 14.0 47.8 6 .7

Intended

.............................. 8

, 5 7 1 100.0 3 .4 4.6 8 .6 16.4 66.9 8 .5

M i s t i m e d

.............................. 2

, 2 1 8 100.0 34.2 28.5 21.1 12.5 3 .9 3.1

U n w a n t e d

............................. 1

, 3 6 6 100.0 68.7 21.7 8 .2 *

– 1.0

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 2

, 7 7 4 100.0 30.1 16.4 16.9 1 1.4 25.3 4 .7

Intended

.............................. 1

, 2 2 6 100.0 7 .0 8.7 12.1 18.1 54.0 7 .7

M i s t i m e d

.............................. 8 3 4 100.0 38.1 21.4 30.0 8 .4 2.2 2 .9

U n w a n t e d

............................. 7 0 1 100.0 60.4 23.6 9 .6 3.3 3 .2 1.6

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

– Q uantity zero.

1 Based o n w omen’s r esponses to a 0–10 scale, w ith 0 being ‘ ‘ you w anted to avoid a p regnancy’ ’ and 10 being ‘ ‘ you w anted to get pregnant.’ ’

2 Excludes pregnancies c urrent at time o f i nterview and pregnancies ending in abortion.

3 Includes pregnancies t o w omen of other or multiple race and origin groups and pregnancies w ith missing information o n w antedness s tatus, not shown s e parately

.

NOTE: P ercentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

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**a ble**  **29. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **had a**  **n unintended**  **p regnancy**  **leading t**  **o a**  **live birth**  **in January**  **1999 or**  **later**

**, who**  **were**

**not using**  **a m**  **ethod of**  **contraception a**  **t t**  **he time**  **o f**  **t he**  **pregnancy**

**, and**  **p ercentage**  **reporting s**  **pecified reasons**  **for not**  **using a**  **m ethod**  **of**

**contraception, by**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Did not Didn’t r eally W o rried about Male partner Male partner

Did not think you mind if side ef fects didn’t w ant didn’t w ant

Number in expect to could get you got of birth you to use to use

Characteristic thousands have sex pregnant pregnant control birth control birth control

Percent

To t a l 1

................................... 2

, 2 0 0 3 0

. 9 4 5

. 6 1 7

. 3 5

. 4 5

. 6 7

. 7

Age a t b irth

Under 25 years

............................. 1

, 2 4 2 3 2

. 9 4 9

. 1 1 5

. 6 3

. 6 7

. 6 6

. 3

25–44 years

............................... 9 5 7 2 8

. 2 4 1

. 0 1 9

. 6 7

. 8 3

. 0 9

. 5

Marital o r cohabiting status at birth

M a r r i e d

.................................. 1

, 0 3 5 2 2

. 0 4 8

. 2 2 3

. 9 4

. 1 4

. 7 7

. 6

Cohabiting

................................ 4 0 2 1 5

. 1 5 7

. 4 1 6

. 5 1 0

. 2 9

. 2 1 1

. 4

Neither married nor cohabiting

................... 7 6 3 5 1

. 2 3 5

. 8 8

. 8 4

. 7 4

. 7 5

. 9

Public assistance receipt in 2001

Y

e s

.................................... 1

, 4 1 3 3 5

. 7 4 4

. 4 1 2

. 7 6

. 0 7

. 2 7

. 4

N o

..................................... 7 8 7 2 2

. 2 4 7

. 9 2 5

. 6 4

. 5 * 8

. 3

Education 2

High school diploma o r GED 3 o r l e s s

................ 1

, 1 0 4 3 2

. 4 4 2

. 3 1 7

. 7 5

. 2 5

. 3 9

. 8

Some college or higher

........................ 6 8 3 2 3

. 7 4 9

. 5 2 3

. 3 5

. 7 * 4

. 1

Percent of poverty level 4

0–99 percent

.............................. 6 8 5 3 6

. 6 4 1

. 8 1 3

. 8 8

. 0 * 6

. 2

100 percent or higher

......................... 1

, 3 1 8 2 7

. 8 4 6

. 5 2 0

. 6 4

. 4 4

. 7 8

. 7

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 6 3 3 2 6

. 8 5 0

. 0 1 3

. 2 6

. 1 6

. 8 8

. 8

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 9 9 7 2 8

. 2 4 5

. 6 2 3

. 3 5

. 1 * 7

. 5

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 4 5 1 4 5

. 6 3 4

. 6 1 0

. 8 6

. 5 * 7

. 4

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, w omen with missing information o n c ontraception u sed i n each m onth and women w ith m issing i nformation on reasons for not using

contraception, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

4 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTE: I f a women had more than one unintended pregnancy l eading to a b irth during t he time f rame, only t he most recent pregnancy is represented in this ta ble.

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**a ble**  **30. Percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **a ge**  **at first**  **menstrual period**  **a mong**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd mean**  **age a**  **t first**  **menstrual period,** 

**according t**  **o a**  **ge and**  **H ispanic**  **origin and**  **race: United**  **States, 2002** 

Age a t f irst menstrual period

Under 15 and Mean

Age and Hispanic o rigin and race T o tal 10 10 1 1 12 13 14 over age 1

Percent distribution

To t a l : 2

15–44 years

............................. 100.0 3 .3 5.0 14.1 27.5 26.1 12.9 1 1.1 12.6

15–19 years

............................ 100.0 3 .0 6.0 16.1 27.5 27.2 14.1 6 .1 12.4

20–24 years

............................ 100.0 2 .4 5.2 12.8 30.4 27.4 12.1 9 .8 12.5

25–29 years

............................ 100.0 5 .2 6.8 1 1.4 28.5 24.9 13.2 10.1 12.5

30–34 years

............................ 100.0 3 .0 3.9 16.7 26.4 26.5 12.9 10.8 12.6

35–39 years

............................ 100.0 3 .3 4.0 14.2 26.1 25.7 12.2 14.4 12.7

40–44 years

............................ 100.0 3 .1 4.4 13.5 26.3 25.0 13.1 14.7 12.7

Hispanic o r Latina

15–44 years

............................... 100.0 3 .4 6.1 16.0 29.5 21.6 12.3 1 1.3 12.5

15–19 years

............................. 100.0 3 .6 10.3 18.5 32.0 21.6 9 .1 4.9 12.0

20–24 years

............................. 100.0 3 .3 7.8 14.7 31.6 24.4 8 .4 9.8 12.3

25–29 years

............................. 100.0 3 .5 4.2 12.5 33.2 21.7 15.8 9 .0 12.5

30–34 years

............................. 100.0 4 .7 3.4 15.7 27.5 22.0 15.3 1 1.4 12.6

35–39 years

............................. 100.0 2 .5 5.4 18.3 21.1 21.7 13.0 18.0 12.7

40–44 years

............................. 100.0 2 .2 5.3 17.2 30.9 16.9 1 1.7 15.9 12.6

Not H ispanic o r Latina

White, single r ace:

15–44 years

............................. 100.0 2 .9 3.9 13.5 27.4 27.9 13.5 10.9 12.6

15–19 years

............................ 100.0 2 .8 4.6 13.6 26.4 30.8 15.9 6 .0 12.5

20–24 years

............................ 100.0 1 .0 4.6 12.2 29.5 28.8 14.4 9 .6 12.7

25–29 years

............................ 100.0 4 .9 6.5 10.1 29.1 26.0 13.1 10.3 12.5

30–34 years

............................ 100.0 2 .6 3.1 17.3 26.1 28.8 12.7 9 .5 12.6

35–39 years

............................ 100.0 3 .5 2.9 13.3 26.8 27.9 1 1.6 14.0 12.7

40–44 years

............................ 100.0 3 .0 2.5 14.0 27.1 25.9 13.5 14.2 12.7

Black or African American, single r ace:

15–44 years

............................. 100.0 5 .1 8.0 16.6 27.0 21.2 10.2 12.1 12.4

15–19 years

............................ 100.0 3 .3 8.8 25.4 27.4 18.0 10.9 6 .2 12.0

20–24 years

............................ 100.0 6 .0 5.1 17.5 33.6 23.7 5 .4 8.8 12.2

25–29 years

............................ 100.0 8 .9 10.1 16.7 23.4 20.6 8 .8 1 1 .5 12.1

30–34 years

............................ 100.0 4 .1 7.4 15.1 25.9 20.9 9 .3 17.3 12.6

35–39 years

............................ 100.0 4 .5 5.8 16.1 27.4 19.5 13.2 13.6 12.5

40–44 years

............................ 100.0 3 .9 10.8 8 .8 23.9 24.4 13.1 15.2 12.6

1 Mean ages are based only o n w omen who have r eached menarche.

2 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 18.

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**a ble**  **31. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percentage**  **who have**  **ever had**  **sexual intercourse**  **after menarche**  **f or**  **all women**  **a nd** 

**never-married women,**  **by age**  **a t**  **i nterview**  **and b**  **y a**  **ge and**  **H ispanic**  **origin and**  **race for**  **teenagers: United**  **States, 2002** 

All w omen Never-married women

Age and Hispanic o rigin and race Number in

thousands Percent Number in

thousands Percent

To t a l 1

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 8 7

. 9 2 5

, 7 1 2 7 1

. 2

Age

15 years

................................. 1

, 8 1 9 1 2

. 8 1

, 8 1 9 1 2

. 8

16 years

................................. 1

, 9 2 7 2 9

. 5 1

, 9 2 7 2 9

. 5

17 years

................................. 2

, 0 7 3 4 5

. 5 2

, 0 6 9 4 5

. 4

18 years

................................. 2

, 0 3 5 6 6

. 6 1

, 8 8 7 6 4

. 0

19 years

................................. 1

, 9 8 0 7 4

. 7 1

, 8 9 6 7 3

. 5

20 years

................................. 1

, 9 5 8 7 7

. 6 1

, 6 4 6 7 3

. 3

21 years

................................. 2

, 0 4 7 7 9

. 2 1

, 7 0 9 7 5

. 1

22 years

................................. 2

, 1 4 7 8 9

. 8 1

, 6 9 5 8 7

. 1

23 years

................................. 1

, 8 9 5 9 5

. 0 1

, 1 4 1 9 1

. 7

24 years

................................. 1

, 7 9 3 9 2

. 1 9 5 9 8 5

. 2

15–19 years

............................... 9

, 8 3 4 4 6

. 5 9

, 5 9 8 4 5

. 2

15–17 years

............................. 5

, 8 1 9 3 0

. 0 5

, 8 1 5 2 9

. 9

18–19 years

............................. 4

, 0 1 6 7 0

. 6 3

, 7 8 3 6 8

. 8

20–24 years

............................... 9

, 8 4 0 8 6

. 6 7

, 1 5 1 8 1

. 6

20–22 years

............................. 6

, 1 5 2 8 2

. 4 5

, 0 5 1 7 8

. 6

23–24 years

............................. 3

, 6 8 7 9 3

. 6 2

, 1 0 0 8 8

. 8

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 9 6

. 6 3

, 6 8 4 9 1

. 6

30–44 years

............................... 3 2

, 6 3 8 9 8

. 4 5

, 2 8 0 9 0

. 0

Age and Hispanic o rigin and race

15–19 years:

Hispanic o r Latina

.......................... 1

, 5 2 1 4 0

. 4 1

, 4 4 7 3 7

. 4

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

........................ 6

, 0 6 9 4 6

. 4 5

, 9 3 0 4 5

. 1

Black or African American, single r ace

............ 1

, 4 0 9 5 6

. 3 1

, 4 0 7 5 6

. 2

15–17 years:

Hispanic o r Latina

........................ 9 1 2 2 5

. 1 9 0 9 2 4

. 8

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

.....................

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

....................... 3

, 5 6 3 3 0

. 4 3

, 5 6 3 3 0

. 4

Black or African American, single r ace

.......... 8 5 2 4 0

. 8 8 5 2 4 0

. 8

18–19 years:

Hispanic o r Latina

........................ 6 0 8 6 3

. 5 5 3 9 5 8

. 7

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

....................... 2

, 5 0 7 6 9

. 1 2

, 3 6 7 6 7

. 3

Black or African American, single r ace

.......... 5 5 8 8 0

. 0 5 5 5 7 9

. 9

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

NOTE: C omparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 19.

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**a ble**  **32. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percentage**  **who have**  **ever had**  **sexual intercourse,**  **for all**  **women a**  **nd never-married** 

**women, by**  **age a**  **t i**  **nterview and**  **b y**  **a ge**  **and H**  **ispanic origin**  **and race**  **for teenagers:**  **United States,**  **2002**

All w omen Never-married women

Age and Hispanic o rigin and race

To t a l 1

...................................

Age

15 years

.................................

16 years

.................................

17 years

.................................

18 years

.................................

19 years

.................................

20 years

.................................

21 years

.................................

22 years

.................................

23 years

.................................

24 years

.................................

15–19 years

...............................

15–17 years

.............................

18–19 years

.............................

20–24 years

...............................

20–22 years

.............................

23–24 years

.............................

25–29 years

...............................

30–44 years

...............................

Age and Hispanic o rigin and race

15–19 years:

Hispanic o r Latina

..........................

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

........................

Black or African American, single r ace

............

15–17 years:

Hispanic o r Latina

........................

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................

Black or African American, single r ace

..........

18–19 years:

Hispanic o r Latina

........................

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................

Black or African American, single r ace

.......... Number in

thousands

6 1

, 5 6 1

1

, 8 1 9

1

, 9 2 7

2

, 0 7 3

2

, 0 3 5

1

, 9 8 0

1

, 9 5 8

2

, 0 4 7

2

, 1 4 7

1

, 8 9 5

1

, 7 9 3

9

, 8 3 4

5

, 8 1 9

4

, 0 1 6

9

, 8 4 0

6

, 1 5 2

3

, 6 8 7

9

, 2 4 9

3 2

, 6 3 8

1

, 5 2 1

6

, 0 6 9

1

, 4 0 9

9 1 2

3

, 5 6 3

8 5 2

6 0 8

2

, 5 0 7

5 5 8 Percent

8 8

. 0

1 4

. 0

2 9

. 5

4 5

. 5

6 6

. 6

7 4

. 7

7 7

. 6

7 9

. 2

9 0

. 3

9 5

. 0

9 2

. 1

4 6

. 8

3 0

. 3

7 0

. 6

8 6

. 7

8 2

. 5

9 3

. 6

9 6

. 6

9 8

. 4

4 0

. 4

4 6

. 4

5 6

. 9

2 5

. 1

3 0

. 4

4 1

. 8

6 3

. 5

6 9

. 1

8 0

. 0 Number in

thousands

2 5

, 7 1 2

1

, 8 1 9

1

, 9 2 7

2

, 0 6 9

1

, 8 8 7

1

, 8 9 6

1

, 6 4 6

1

, 7 0 9

1

, 6 9 5

1

, 1 4 1

9 5 9

9

, 5 9 8

5

, 8 1 5

3

, 7 8 3

7

, 1 5 1

5

, 0 5 1

2

, 1 0 0

3

, 6 8 4

5

, 2 8 0

1

, 4 4 7

5

, 9 3 0

1

, 4 0 7

9 0 9

3

, 5 6 3

8 5 2

5 3 9

2

, 3 6 7

5 5 5 Percent

7 1

. 3

1 4

. 0

2 9

. 5

4 5

. 4

6 4

. 0

7 3

. 5

7 3

. 3

7 5

. 1

8 7

. 7

9 1

. 7

8 5

. 2

4 5

. 5

3 0

. 3

6 8

. 8

8 1

. 7

7 8

. 7

8 8

. 8

9 1

. 6

9 0

. 3

3 7

. 4

4 5

. 1

5 6

. 8

2 4

. 8

3 0

. 4

4 1

. 8

5 8

. 7

6 7

. 3

7 9

. 9

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

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**a ble**  **33. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd cumulative**  **percentage who**  **have ever**  **had sexual**  **intercourse after**  **menarche b**  **efore**

**reaching selected**  **age a**  **nd mean**  **age a**  **t first**  **intercourse after**  **menarche, by**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Exact age in years 1 Mean age at first

Number in intercourse after

Characteristic thousands 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 menarche 2

To t a l 3

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 5

. 4 1 2

. 3 2 4

. 7 4 0

. 9 5 5

. 7 6 8

. 6 7 6

. 4 8 1

. 3 8 6

. 1 1 7

. 4

Age Cumulative percent

15–19 years

............................... 9

, 8 3 4 5

. 4 1 2

. 8 2 7

. 5 4 4

. 2 5 9

. 1 7 0

. 7

. . . . . . . . . 1 5

. 4

20–24 years

............................... 9

, 8 4 0 5

. 7 1 2

. 9 2 5

. 5 4 2

. 5 5 5

. 9 6 7

. 5 7 5

. 1 8 0

. 9 8 6

. 0 1 6

. 7

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 6

. 8 1 5

. 8 2 7

. 8 4 6

. 4 5 9

. 1 6 9

. 8 7 6

. 2 8 0

. 0 8 4

. 8 1 7

. 1

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 5

. 4 1 1

. 2 2 4

. 8 4 2

. 2 5 8

. 1 7 2

. 1 8 0

. 5 8 4

. 1 8 7

. 6 1 7

. 5

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 6

. 0 1 2

. 7 2 3

. 8 3 8

. 3 5 3

. 6 6 5

. 6 7 5

. 1 7 9

. 6 8 5

. 3 1 8

. 2

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 3

. 5 8

. 9 2 0

. 1 3 4

. 8 5 1

. 3 6 8

. 0 7 5

. 4 8 1

. 9 8 6

. 7 1 8

. 2

Parental living a rrangements a t age 14 years

Both biological or adoptive parents

................. 4 3

, 9 2 1 3

. 4 8

. 9 1 9

. 8 3 5

. 7 5 0

. 2 6 3

. 6 7 2

. 4 7 8

. 1 8 3

. 5 1 7

. 9

O t h e r

................................... 1 7

, 6 4 0 1 0

. 6 2 0

. 7 3 7

. 1 5 4

. 6 7 0

. 1 8 2

. 0 8 7

. 2 9 0

. 0 9 3

. 4 1 6

. 3

Mother’s education

No high school diploma o r GED 4

.................. 1 4

, 7 4 9 6

. 2 1 3

. 8 2 7

. 6 4 2

. 7 5 5

. 9 6 6

. 9 7 5

. 1 7 9

. 4 8 3

. 8 1 7

. 7

High school diploma o r GED 4

.................... 2 2

, 1 0 8 5

. 6 1 3

. 2 2 5

. 5 4 3

. 1 5 9

. 7 7 3

. 8 8 0

. 9 8 5

. 7 9 0

. 0 1 7

. 0

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 3

, 2 7 1 5

. 7 1 1

. 2 2 5

. 4 4 2

. 7 5 7

. 1 6 8

. 0 7 5

. 5 8 0

. 1 8 5

. 5 1 7

. 2

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 1

, 0 6 3 3

. 1 8

. 9 1 7

. 4 3 0

. 9 4 4

. 4 6 0

. 6 6 9

. 6 7 6

. 3 8 1

. 6 1 7

. 6

Mother’s age at first b irth

Under 20 years

............................. 2 1

, 7 4 9 8

. 7 1 7

. 3 3 1

. 2 5 0

. 1 6 3

. 6 7 4

. 5 8 1

. 5 8 5

. 0 8 8

. 7 1 7

. 0

20 years and over

........................... 3 8

, 9 8 1 3

. 6 9

. 4 2 1

. 0 3 5

. 5 5 0

. 7 6 4

. 9 7 3

. 2 7 9

. 0 8 4

. 4 1 7

. 6

Religion r aised

N o n e

................................... 4

, 7 7 3 1 0

. 1 2 0

. 8 3 4

. 7 5 3

. 2 6 4

. 7 7 6

. 6 8 3

. 3 8 6

. 3 9 0

. 6 1 6

. 6

Fundamentalist P rotestant

...................... 3

, 6 2 0 8

. 2 1 5

. 9 2 9

. 0 4 3

. 5 5 7

. 2 6 7

. 5 7 7

. 5 8 0

. 6 8 6

. 3 1 7

. 1

O t h e r P r o t e s t a n t

............................ 2 8

, 1 2 0 5

. 6 1 3

. 4 2 6

. 6 4 4

. 0 5 8

. 9 7 1

. 9 7 9

. 4 8 4

. 9 8 8

. 9 1 7

. 0

C a t h o l i c

................................. 2 1

, 5 1 7 4

. 1 9

. 2 2 0

. 8 3 5

. 9 5 1

. 4 6 5

. 3 7 3

. 3 7 8

. 1 8 3

. 9 1 7

. 8

O t h e r r e l i g i o n

.............................. 3

, 3 2 4 2

. 9 5

. 7 1 4

. 4 2 8

. 5 4 2

. 5 5 2

. 4 6 0

. 9 6 7

. 1 7 1

. 6 1 8

. 8

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 4

. 5 1 0

. 7 2 3

. 3 3 6

. 8 4 7

. 9 6 0

. 1 6 9

. 5 7 3

. 7 7 8

. 9 1 8

. 0

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 4

. 9 1 1

. 4 2 3

. 7 4 0

. 2 5 6

. 1 6 9

. 6 7 7

. 8 8 2

. 9 8 8

. 0 1 7

. 3

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 9

. 5 1 9

. 1 3 3

. 3 5 3

. 4 6 8

. 3 7 9

. 7 8 5

. 3 8 9

. 6 9 3

. 2 1 6

. 4

...C a t egory not applicable.

1 The denominator for each percentage includes only t hose having r eached the s pecified age to which t he percentage pertains.

2 Mean ages are based only o n w omen who e ver had intercourse after m enarche.

3 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups and women w ho reported n o m other or mother figure, not shown s eparately

.

4 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

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**a ble**  **34. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd cumulative**  **percentage who**  **have ever**  **had sexual**  **intercourse before**  **reaching selected** 

**age a**  **nd mean**  **age a**  **t first**  **intercourse, by**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Exact age in years 1

Number in Mean

Characteristic thousands 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 age 2

To t a l 3

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 6

. 3 1 3

. 1 2 5

. 6 4 1

. 6 5 6

. 2 6 8

. 9 7 6

. 6 8 1

. 6 8 6

. 3 1 7

. 3

Age Cumulative percent

15–19 years

............................... 9

, 8 3 4 5

. 7 1 3

. 1 2 7

. 9 4 4

. 4 5 9

. 6 7 0

. 7

. . . . . . . . . 1 5

. 3

20–24 years

............................... 9

, 8 4 0 6

. 5 1 3

. 8 2 6

. 3 4 2

. 9 5 6

. 3 6 7

. 7 7 5

. 2 8 1

. 0 8 6

. 2 1 6

. 6

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 7

. 5 1 6

. 4 2 8

. 8 4 7

. 0 5 9

. 9 7 0

. 1 7 6

. 5 8 0

. 3 8 4

. 9 1 7

. 0

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 6

. 4 1 2

. 4 2 6

. 0 4 3

. 3 5 8

. 8 7 2

. 4 8 0

. 6 8 4

. 3 8 7

. 6 1 7

. 4

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 7

. 1 1 3

. 6 2 5

. 0 3 9

. 4 5 4

. 3 6 6

. 3 7 5

. 4 7 9

. 9 8 5

. 7 1 8

. 1

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 5

. 0 1 0

. 1 2 1

. 1 3 5

. 5 5 1

. 7 6 8

. 1 7 5

. 6 8 2

. 1 8 6

. 8 1 8

. 1

Parental living a rrangements a t age 14 years

Both biological or adoptive parents

................. 4 3

, 9 2 1 4

. 1 9

. 5 2 0

. 6 3 6

. 3 5 0

. 8 6 3

. 9 7 2

. 6 7 8

. 4 8 3

. 6 1 7

. 8

O t h e r

................................... 1 7

, 6 4 0 1 1

. 8 2 2

. 1 3 8

. 4 5 5

. 6 7 0

. 7 8 2

. 3 8 7

. 4 9 0

. 2 9 3

. 6 1 6

. 1

Mother’s education

No high school diploma o r GED 4

.................. 1 4

, 7 4 9 7

. 4 1 5

. 2 2 9

. 1 4 3

. 7 5 6

. 5 6 7

. 2 7 5

. 4 7 9

. 7 8 4

. 1 1 7

. 6

High school diploma o r GED 4

.................... 2 2

, 1 0 8 6

. 5 1 4

. 0 2 6

. 5 4 3

. 9 6 0

. 2 7 4

. 1 8 1

. 1 8 5

. 9 9 0

. 1 1 7

. 0

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 3

, 2 7 1 6

. 5 1 2

. 1 2 5

. 9 4 3

. 2 5 7

. 7 6 8

. 3 7 5

. 8 8 0

. 4 8 5

. 7 1 7

. 1

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 1

, 0 6 3 3

. 6 9

. 1 1 8

. 0 3 1

. 3 4 5

. 1 6 0

. 7 6 9

. 7 7 6

. 4 8 1

. 8 1 7

. 6

Mother’s age at first b irth

Under 20 years

............................. 2 1

, 7 4 9 9

. 8 1 8

. 4 3 2

. 6 5 1

. 0 6 4

. 2 7 4

. 8 8 1

. 7 8 5

. 3 8 8

. 9 1 6

. 8

20 years and over

........................... 3 8

, 9 8 1 4

. 3 1 0

. 2 2 1

. 7 3 6

. 0 5 1

. 3 6 5

. 2 7 3

. 4 7 9

. 2 8 4

. 6 1 7

. 6

Religion r aised

N o n e

................................... 4

, 7 7 3 1 1

. 9 2 2

. 7 3 6

. 7 5 4

. 5 6 5

. 9 7 7

. 1 8 3

. 7 8 6

. 8 9 1

. 1 1 6

. 4

Fundamentalist P rotestant

...................... 3

, 6 2 0 9

. 1 1 7

. 1 3 0

. 3 4 4

. 2 5 8

. 2 6 5

. 6 7 8

. 3 8 1

. 4 8 7

. 2 1 6

. 9

O t h e r P r o t e s t a n t

............................ 2 8

, 1 2 0 6

. 6 1 4

. 2 2 7

. 4 4 4

. 5 5 9

. 4 7 2

. 1 7 9

. 5 8 5

. 0 8 8

. 9 1 6

. 9

C a t h o l i c

................................. 2 1

, 5 1 7 4

. 7 9

. 8 2 1

. 5 3 6

. 7 5 1

. 9 6 8

. 3 7 3

. 6 7 8

. 3 8 4

. 1 1 7

. 7

O t h e r r e l i g i o n

.............................. 3

, 3 2 4 3

. 3 6

. 2 1 5

. 0 2 8

. 5 4 2

. 5 5 2

. 4 6 0

. 9 6 7

. 1 7 1

. 6 1 8

. 8

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 4

. 8 1 1

. 0 2 3

. 6 3 7

. 0 4 8

. 1 6 0

. 2 6 9

. 5 7 3

. 8 7 8

. 9 1 8

. 0

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 5

. 9 1 2

. 2 2 4

. 6 4 0

. 9 5 6

. 7 7 0

. 0 7 8

. 1 8 3

. 2 8 8

. 1 1 7

. 2

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 1 0

. 7 2 0

. 4 3 4

. 5 5 4

. 5 6 9

. 1 7 9

. 9 8 5

. 6 8 9

. 8 9 3

. 4 1 6

. 3

...C a t egory not applicable.

1 The denominator for each percentage includes only t hose having r eached the s pecified age to which t he percentage pertains.

2 Mean ages are based only o n w omen who have e ver had intercourse.

3 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups and women w ho reported n o m other or mother figure, not shown s eparately

.

4 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

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**a ble**  **35. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd cumulative**  **percentage who**  **have ever**  **had sexual**  **intercourse before**  **reaching selected** 

**age, by**  **mode of**  **interview and**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Exact age in years 1

Number in Mean

Characteristic thousands 14 15 18 20 age 2

Mode of interview C umulative percent

Interviewer-administered questionnaire 3

.............. 6 1

, 5 6 1 6

. 3 1 3

. 1 5 6

. 2 7 6

. 6 1 7

. 3

Self-administered questionnaire 3

.................. 6 1

, 5 6 1 6

. 2 1 3

. 4 5 5

. 4 7 5

. 2 1 7

. 2

Interviewer-administered questionnaire

Age

15–19 years

............................... 9

, 8 3 4 5

. 7 1 3

. 1 5 9

. 6

. . . 1 5

. 3

20–24 years

............................... 9

, 8 4 0 6

. 5 1 3

. 8 5 6

. 3 7 5

. 2 1 6

. 6

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 7

. 5 1 6

. 4 5 9

. 9 7 6

. 5 1 7

. 0

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 6

. 4 1 2

. 4 5 8

. 8 8 0

. 6 1 7

. 4

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 7

. 1 1 3

. 6 5 4

. 3 7 5

. 4 1 8

. 1

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 5

. 0 1 0

. 1 5 1

. 7 7 5

. 6 1 8

. 1

Parental living a rrangements a t age 14 years

Both biological or adoptive parents

................. 4 3

, 9 2 1 4

. 1 9

. 5 5 0

. 8 7 2

. 6 1 7

. 8

O t h e r

................................... 1 7

, 6 4 0 1 1

. 8 2 2

. 1 7 0

. 7 8 7

. 4 1 6

. 1

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 4

. 8 1 1

. 0 4 8

. 1 6 9

. 5 1 8

. 0

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 5

. 9 1 2

. 2 5 6

. 7 7 8

. 1 1 7

. 2

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 1 0

. 7 2 0

. 4 6 9

. 1 8 5

. 6 1 6

. 3

Self-administered questionnaire

Age

15–19 years

............................... 9

, 8 3 4 5

. 0 1 3

. 5 6 0

. 6

. . . 1 5

. 3

20–24 years

............................... 9

, 8 4 0 6

. 0 1 4

. 0 5 6

. 0 7 4

. 7 1 6

. 6

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 8

. 0 1 5

. 7 5 8

. 9 7 5

. 3 1 7

. 0

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 6

. 5 1 2

. 8 5 6

. 9 7 7

. 8 1 7

. 4

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 6

. 9 1 4

. 3 5 3

. 5 7 4

. 6 1 8

. 0

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 5

. 0 1 0

. 4 5 0

. 5 7 3

. 8 1 8

. 1

Parental living a rrangements a t age 14 years

Both biological or adoptive parents

................. 4 3

, 9 8 9 3

. 9 9

. 4 4 9

. 5 7 1

. 3 1 7

. 8

O t h e r

................................... 1 7

, 5 7 2 1 1

. 9 2 3

. 2 7 0

. 9 8 5

. 6 1 6

. 1

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 3

. 9 1 0

. 3 4 4

. 1 6 3

. 6 1 7

. 9

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 6

. 0 1 2

. 7 5 6

. 6 7 8

. 0 1 7

. 2

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 1 0

. 0 1 9

. 2 6 6

. 4 8 2

. 5 1 6

. 4

...C a t egory not applicable.

1 The denominator for each percentage includes only t hose having r eached the s pecified age to which t he percentage pertains.

2 Mean ages are based only o n w omen who have e ver had sexual intercourse.

3 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

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**a ble**  **36. Number**  **o f**  **women 18–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **have ever**  **had sexual**  **intercourse and**  **p ercentage**  **whose first**  **intercourse was**  **not**

**voluntary**

**, b**  **y selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Percent whose first

Number in intercourse was

Characteristic thousands not voluntary 1

To t a l 2

................................................. 5 2

, 4 2 5 8

. 3

Age a t f irst sexual intercourse

Under 15 years

........................................... 7

, 4 0 4 2 0

. 0

15 years

............................................... 6

, 8 2 3 1 0

. 2

16 years

............................................... 9

, 0 0 2 8

. 5

17 years

............................................... 8

, 1 1 3 5

. 3

18 years

............................................... 7

, 0 2 5 6

. 1

19 years

............................................... 4

, 1 1 1 3

. 1

20 years and over

......................................... 9

, 9 4 6 4

. 3

Y

ear of first sexual intercourse

1995 or later

............................................. 1 2

, 3 1 1 7

. 1

1990–94

............................................... 9

, 3 9 1 6

. 7

1980–89

............................................... 2 0

, 6 7 5 7

. 9

Before 1980

............................................. 1 0

, 0 4 8 1 2

. 3

Parental living a rrangement at age 14 years

Both biological or adoptive parents

............................... 3 7

, 6 6 6 7

. 3

O t h e r

................................................. 1 4

, 7 5 9 1 1

. 0

Hispanic o rigin, race, and age at first sexual intercourse

Hispanic o r Latina

.......................................... 7

, 6 5 8 8

. 8

Under 16 years

.......................................... 1

, 9 4 3 1 6

. 0

16–19 years

............................................ 3

, 7 1 6 6

. 5

20 years and over

........................................ 1

, 9 9 9 5

. 7

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

........................................ 3 3

, 9 1 5 8

. 2

Under 16 years

........................................ 8

, 8 1 8 1 6

. 2

16–19 years

.......................................... 1 9

, 0 0 4 6

. 0

20 years and over

....................................... 6

, 0 9 3 3

. 4

Black or African American, single r ace

............................ 7

, 0 4 8 7

. 0

Under 16 years

........................................ 2

, 5 1 1 1 0

. 8

16–19 years

.......................................... 3

, 7 9 1 5

. 2

20 years and over

....................................... 7 4 6 3

. 2

1 First i ntercourse was r eported a s ‘ ‘not voluntary’ ’ i n t he self-administered portion o f t he questionnaire. S ee ‘ ‘ Appendix II.’ ’

2 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

NOTE: C omparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 21.

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**a ble**  **37. Number**  **o f**  **women 18–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percentage**  **ever forced**  **to have**  **sexual intercourse,**  **by age**  **a t**  **first forced**  **intercourse**

**and selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Age a t f irst forced intercourse

Number in Ever 20 and

Characteristic thousands forced 1 Under 15 15–17 18–19 over

Percent

To t a l 2

................................... 5 5

, 7 4 2 2 2

. 6 5

. 4 6

. 4 4

. 0 6

. 0

Age

18–19 years

............................... 4

, 0 1 5 1 4

. 3 5

. 4 7

. 0 2

. 0

. . .

20–24 years

............................... 9

, 8 4 0 1 9

. 1 4

. 5 8

. 2 3

. 9 2

. 0

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 2 2

. 4 6

. 2 6

. 1 3

. 8 5

. 8

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 2 4

. 0 4

. 9 6

. 5 5

. 2 6

. 3

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 2 4

. 9 6

. 5 6

. 5 4

. 1 7

. 6

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 2 5

. 2 5

. 0 5

. 0 3

. 9 1 0

. 2

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 8

, 3 2 3 1 9

. 5 4

. 7 5

. 4 3

. 7 5

. 1

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 4 5 2 3 1

. 6 7

. 9 9

. 7 6

. 6 7

. 2

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 1 5

, 8 7 1 1 8

. 5 4

. 4 6

. 1 3

. 2 4

. 4

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 6

, 0 9 6 3 9

. 8 9

. 4 9

. 4 5

. 6 1 4

. 0

Parental living a rrangements a t age 14 years

Both biological or adoptive parents

................. 4 0

, 3 9 5 1 9

. 6 3

. 6 5

. 4 3

. 9 6

. 0

O t h e r

................................... 1 5

, 3 4 7 3 0

. 5 1 0

. 0 9

. 3 4

. 5 6

. 2

Mother’s education

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 1 3

, 8 5 9 2 3

. 7 6

. 7 6

. 2 2

. 8 7

. 1

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 2 0

, 1 0 0 2 2

. 0 4

. 6 6

. 1 4

. 7 6

. 0

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 1

, 8 1 3 2 3

. 4 6

. 2 7

. 1 3

. 7 5

. 7

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 9

, 6 1 5 2 0

. 3 3

. 7 6

. 4 4

. 9 5

. 0

Percent of poverty level 4

0–149 percent

............................. 1 4

, 5 8 2 2 7

. 1 8

. 4 7

. 9 3

. 5 6

. 9

0–99 percent

............................. 9

, 2 6 2 2 6

. 9 8

. 5 7

. 9 3

. 0 7

. 0

150–299 percent

............................ 1 4

, 5 0 2 2 3

. 3 4

. 6 6

. 8 4

. 5 6

. 1

300 percent or higher

......................... 2 2

, 6 4 3 2 0

. 7 4

. 0 5

. 2 4

. 4 6

. 6

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 8

, 1 9 4 1 7

. 6 4

. 4 5

. 5 2

. 3 5

. 1

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 5

, 9 3 6 2 2

. 9 5

. 5 6

. 1 4

. 8 6

. 0

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 7

, 3 9 9 2 5

. 1 6

. 0 6

. 9 3

. 2 7

. 7

...C a t egory not applicable.

1 ‘ ‘ Ever forced’ ’ m eans that the w oman either 1) responded ‘ ‘ yes’ ’ t o t he question a sking if she had ever been forced to have i ntercourse, o r 2 ) r eported h er first intercourse was ‘ ‘not voluntary

. ’ ’ ‘ ‘ Age a t

first forced intercourse’ ’ is based on the first question i f first intercourse was v oluntary

, and based on the s econd question i f first intercourse wa s nonvoluntary

. See ‘ ‘Appendix I I.’ ’

2 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups and women w ith missing information o n a ll of the f our questions making up the ‘ ‘ever forced’ ’ and ‘ ‘ age at first forced intercourse’ ’

measures, not shown s eparately

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

4 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: Percentages in categories o f age at first forced intercourse do not add to the t otal ‘ ‘ Ever forced’ ’ due to missing information o n both s ets o f m e asures. Comparable data f or 1995 are shown i n

reference 16, table 22.

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**a ble**  **38. Number**  **o f**  **women 18–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **ever had**  **sexual intercourse**  **and p**  **ercentage who**  **reported specific**  **types of**  **force at** 

**first intercourse:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Not H ispanic o r Latina

Hispanic White, Black or African

Whether force r eported and type of force T otal or Latina single r ace American, single r ace

Number in thousands 1

To t a l 1

................................................. 5 2

, 4 2 5 7

, 6 5 8 4 1

, 5 7 3 4 8

, 6 2 1

Percent

No types of force r eported

.................................... 7 4

. 0 7 6

. 1 7 3

. 5 7 6

. 8

One o r m ore t ypes of force r eported

.............................. 2 6

. 0 2 3

. 9 2 6

. 5 2 3

. 2

Given alcohol or drugs

..................................... 8

. 7 6

. 4 1 0

. 2 3

. 6

Did w hat he said because he was b igger or grownup, and you were young

..... 7

. 8 1 0

. 6 7

. 2 7

. 1

T o ld that the r elationship w ould end if you didn’t have sex

............... 3

. 9 5

. 8 3

. 2 4

. 5

Pressured into it by his w ords or actions, but without threats o f harm

......... 1 8

. 6 1 4

. 4 1 9

. 0 1 8

. 8

Threatened with physical harm o r i njury

........................... 2

. 9 3

. 0 3

. 0 1

. 3

Physically hurt o r i njured

.................................... 3

. 0 2

. 9 3

. 3 1

. 5

Physically held down

...................................... 5

. 2 4

. 3 5

. 5 2

. 7

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, w omen with missing information o n t ypes of force e xperienced, and women w ith missing i nfor mation o n questions that resulted i n t ypes of

force questions being asked, not shown s eparately

.

NOTES: Percentages reporting s pecific types of force d o not add to ‘ ‘ One o r m ore t ypes of force r eported’ ’ because w omen could r eport m ore t han one type of force, as each t ype w as a s eparate ‘ ‘yes

or no’ ’ question. See ‘ ‘Appendix II’ ’ f or further information.

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**a ble**  **39. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **have had**  **sexual intercourse**  **and p**  **ercent d**  **istribution b**  **y a**  **ge difference**  **between female** 

**and first**  **male partner** 

**, according**  **t o**  **a ge**  **and H**  **ispanic origin**  **and race**  **at first**  **intercourse: United**  **States, 2002** 

Male partner’s age relative to female’s age

4–6 7 years

Number in Same 1–3 years years older

Age and Hispanic o rigin and race at first i ntercourse thousands T o tal Y ounger age older older or more

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 5 4

, 1 9 0 100.0 7 .2 17.8 49.1 15.5 10.5

Age a t f irst sexual intercourse

Under 16 years

............................. 1 5

, 5 4 9 100.0 1 .2 10.1 54.2 21.6 12.8

16 years

................................. 9

, 3 4 8 100.0 4 .6 18.6 57.9 1 1.4 7 .4

17 years

................................. 8

, 2 1 0 100.0 6 .7 24.0 50.4 12.3 6 .6

18 years

................................. 7

, 0 2 5 100.0 7 .0 23.5 46.7 1 1.5 1 1.4

19 years

................................. 4

, 1 1 1 100.0 10.8 21.4 41.1 17.2 9 .6

20 years and over

........................... 9

, 9 4 6 100.0 17.9 18.2 36.7 14.3 12.9

20 years

................................ 2

, 4 7 7 100.0 8 .3 18.7 49.3 15.1 8 .5

21–22 years

............................. 3

, 6 9 2 100.0 12.5 22.8 38.0 12.8 13.9

23 years and over

.......................... 3

, 7 7 7 100.0 29.5 13.4 27.0 15.3 14.9

Hispanic o rigin and race and age

at first sexual intercourse

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 7

, 8 8 7 100.0 9 .6 14.9 39.9 19.9 15.7

Under 16 years

........................... 2

, 1 1 0 100.0 1 .3 8.8 42.3 27.7 20.0

16–19 years

............................. 3

, 7 7 8 100.0 8 .5 19.4 40.1 18.6 13.4

20 years and over

.......................... 1

, 9 9 9 100.0 20.6 12.7 36.9 14.3 15.5

20 years

.............................. 3 8 4 100.0 5 .8 1 1 .2 44.5 19.7 18.8

21–22 years

............................ 7 1 9 100.0 1 1.8 12.8 45.8 14.4 15.3

23 years and over

........................ 8 9 6 100.0 34.0 13.4 26.6 1 1.9 14.2

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 4

, 9 9 9 100.0 6 .9 19.1 50.9 14.0 9 .1

Under 16 years

.......................... 9

, 6 1 9 100.0 1 .2 10.1 57.4 19.1 12.2

16–19 years

............................ 1 9

, 2 8 7 100.0 6 .3 22.9 52.4 1 1.3 7 .1

20 years and over

........................ 6

, 0 9 3 100.0 18.2 21.1 36.1 14.3 10.4

20 years

............................. 1

, 6 1 1 100.0 9 .0 19.9 50.7 13.6 6 .8

21–22 years

........................... 2

, 3 6 8 100.0 12.7 28.7 36.0 12.1 10.4

23 years and over

....................... 2

, 1 1 4 100.0 31.3 13.3 25.1 17.1 13.2

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 7

, 4 0 3 100.0 6 .3 16.0 50.9 18.0 8 .9

Under 16 years

.......................... 2

, 7 8 7 100.0 1 .2 1 1 .0 52.3 26.9 8 .7

16–19 years

............................ 3

, 8 7 1 100.0 7 .9 19.4 51.9 12.0 8 .8

20 years and over

........................ 7 4 6 100.0 16.6 16.8 40.0 16.2 10.4

20 years

............................. 2 7 4 100.0 8 .0 26.2 49.4 10.0 *

21–22 years

........................... 2 5 8 100.0 16.3 1 1.7 39.1 23.0 9 .9

23 years and over

....................... 2 1 4 100.0 28.0 10.9 29.2 15.8 16.1

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

NOTE: P ercentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

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**a ble**  **40. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **have had**  **sexual intercourse**  **and p**  **ercent d**  **istribution b**  **y type**  **o f**  **relationship w**  **ith**

**partner at**  **first intercourse,**  **according t**  **o selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Going

out once

Number in Just Just in a Going

Characteristic thousands T o tal met friends while steady Cohabiting Engaged Married Other

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 5 4

, 1 9 0 100.0 2 .2 8.9 7 .2 61.2 2 .2 4.5 9 .6 3.8

Age

15–19 years

............................... 4

, 5 9 8 100.0 3 .3 10.6 6 .6 74.3 1 .4 1.2 1 .1 1.2

20–24 years

............................... 8

, 5 3 0 100.0 2 .3 8.8 8 .4 64.5 2 .5 3.3 6 .8 3.5

25–29 years

............................... 8

, 9 3 9 100.0 1 .3 8.6 5 .5 63.7 2 .6 4.0 9 .8 4.5

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 0 7 7 100.0 1 .8 9.2 7 .1 61.6 1 .7 4.8 9 .1 4.2

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 6 8 6 100.0 3 .2 10.0 7 .0 56.5 2 .9 5.1 1 1.6 3 .4

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 3 6 0 100.0 1 .8 7.5 8 .0 55.8 1 .8 6.2 13.7 4 .4

Age a t f irst sexual intercourse

Under 16 years

............................. 1 5

, 5 4 9 100.0 4 .0 14.1 8 .2 59.6 1 .8 1.7 1 .2 8.7

16 years

................................. 9

, 3 4 8 100.0 1 .5 7.9 7 .6 75.9 1 .4 1.9 1 .5 2.1

17 years

................................. 8

, 2 1 0 100.0 1 .1 8.5 6 .4 71.8 1 .5 6.1 2 .9 1.6

18 years

................................. 7

, 0 2 5 100.0 2 .1 5.3 9 .1 65.9 2 .5 5.8 6 .7 2.6

19 years

................................. 4

, 1 1 1 100.0 2 .1 7.9 7 .4 56.7 3 .9 7.4 13.1 1 .3

20 years and over

........................... 9

, 9 4 6 100.0 1 .2 5.2 4 .4 39.9 3 .3 7.8 36.6 1 .3

Mother’s education

No high school diploma o r GED 2

.................. 1 3

, 5 4 3 100.0 2 .3 9.4 7 .3 47.5 4 .8 7.5 15.8 4 .9

High school diploma o r GED 2

.................... 2 0

, 0 6 1 100.0 1 .9 9.7 7 .3 65.4 1 .4 4.5 7 .3 2.5

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 1

, 3 6 6 100.0 2 .5 8.1 6 .6 65.6 1 .1 2.2 8 .3 5.1

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 8

, 8 6 5 100.0 2 .5 7.5 7 .7 67.8 1 .3 2.6 7 .4 3.0

Mother’s age at first b irth

Under 20 years

............................. 2 0

, 0 0 6 100.0 2 .7 8.9 6 .8 58.1 3 .3 5.4 10.0 4 .6

20 years and over

........................... 3 3

, 4 2 0 100.0 1 .9 8.9 7 .4 63.0 1 .5 4.0 9 .6 3.3

Parental living a rrangement at age 14 years

Both biological or adoptive parents

................. 3 8

, 4 8 0 100.0 2 .0 8.1 7 .4 60.1 1 .9 5.2 1 1.8 3 .2

O t h e r

................................... 1 5

, 7 1 0 100.0 2 .8 10.9 6 .6 64.1 2 .9 2.8 4 .3 5.3

Religion r aised

N o n e

................................... 4

, 2 5 5 100.0 6 .2 12.0 8 .6 56.9 2 .7 3.0 5 .8 4.7

Fundamentalist P rotestant

...................... 3

, 0 6 2 100.0 0 .8 1 1 .9 4.7 56.9 3 .4 5.0 1 1.9 5 .4

O t h e r P r o t e s t a n t

............................ 2 4

, 8 9 8 100.0 1 .9 10.1 7 .2 63.6 1 .0 4.0 7 .9 4.1

C a t h o l i c

................................. 1 9

, 1 1 9 100.0 1 .8 6.1 7 .4 62.4 3 .5 5.6 9 .9 2.8

O t h e r r e l i g i o n

.............................. 2

, 6 6 4 100.0 2 .8 10.1 6 .6 44.7 1 .5 3.5 26.6 4 .3

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 7

, 8 8 7 100.0 1 .7 6.8 5 .9 47.6 7 .2 9.5 18.4 2 .8

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 4

, 9 9 9 100.0 2 .5 8.3 7 .4 64.2 1 .2 4.2 8 .1 4.0

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 7

, 4 0 3 100.0 1 .6 14.1 7 .3 68.5 1 .7 1.3 1 .9 3.2

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, and women w ith missing information o n t heir r elationship w ith their f irst partner

, not sho wn separately

.

2 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 24.

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**a ble**  **41. Number**  **o f**  **ever-married women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **a nd**  **percent d**  **istribution b**  **y timing**  **o f**  **first sexual**  **intercourse after**  **menarche in** 

**relation t**  **o first**  **marriage, according**  **t o**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

T i me from f irst sexual intercourse after m enarche to marriage

5 years

Same month 1–3 years 3–5 years or more

Number in as marriage Less than (12–35 (36–59 (60 o r

Characteristic thousands T o tal or after 12 months months) months) more months)

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 3 5

, 8 4 9 100.0 15.2 7 .2 16.8 15.9 44.9

Age

15–24 years

............................... 2

, 9 2 6 100.0 19.8 9 .1 24.5 24.1 22.5

25–29 years

............................... 5

, 5 6 6 100.0 15.9 6 .4 14.6 14.7 48.4

30–34 years

............................... 7

, 9 7 1 100.0 12.3 6 .1 12.5 13.9 55.3

35–39 years

............................... 9

, 0 4 1 100.0 13.4 7 .3 17.1 15.6 46.7

40–44 years

............................... 1 0

, 3 4 5 100.0 17.2 8 .0 18.8 16.1 39.9

Y

ear of first m arriage

1995–2002

................................ 1 2

, 4 5 3 100.0 13.5 3 .7 10.1 12.4 60.3

1990–94

................................. 7

, 5 0 7 100.0 12.2 4 .8 12.4 13.5 57.1

1980–89

................................. 1 3

, 0 6 5 100.0 17.4 9 .3 21.9 20.1 31.4

Before 1980

............................... 2

, 8 2 3 100.0 20.4 19.8 34.0 18.5 7 .3

Parental living a rrangements a t age 14 years

Both biological or adoptive parents

................. 2 6

, 8 3 9 100.0 17.3 7 .8 17.1 15.4 42.4

O t h e r

................................... 9

, 0 0 9 100.0 8 .8 5.6 15.8 17.3 52.5

Mother’s education

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 9

, 5 5 2 100.0 22.2 10.9 18.6 14.7 33.5

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 1 3

, 8 3 2 100.0 1 1.5 7 .8 17.4 16.6 46.8

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 6

, 9 8 8 100.0 13.6 3 .5 16.4 16.5 50.0

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 5

, 2 5 3 100.0 13.9 4 .0 12.7 16.1 53.4

Mother’s age at first b irth

Under 20 years

............................. 1 3

, 2 0 7 100.0 15.7 8 .1 18.5 15.6 42.2

20 years and over

........................... 2 2

, 1 0 2 100.0 15.0 6 .9 16.1 16.2 45.9

Religion r aised

N o n e

................................... 2

, 1 9 6 100.0 1 1.8 4 .3 20.0 14.8 49.1

Fundamentalist P rotestant

...................... 2

, 1 6 9 100.0 17.2 13.6 19.4 20.9 29.0

O t h e r P r o t e s t a n t

............................ 1 6

, 2 9 0 100.0 13.0 6 .9 15.2 17.4 47.6

C a t h o l i c

................................. 1 3

, 1 1 3 100.0 14.6 8 .0 18.4 14.3 44.7

O t h e r r e l i g i o n

.............................. 1

, 9 3 3 100.0 38.1 2 .1 12.4 9 .1 38.3

Percent of poverty level 2

0–149 percent

............................. 8

, 7 1 9 100.0 19.7 10.6 18.4 12.8 38.5

0–99 percent

............................. 5

, 2 6 4 100.0 20.0 9 .6 20.1 1 1.8 38.5

150–299 percent

............................ 1 0

, 3 5 6 100.0 16.6 8 .3 17.8 18.3 39.3

300 percent or higher

......................... 1 6

, 5 3 7 100.0 1 1.9 4 .8 14.8 16.0 52.5

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 5

, 2 6 9 100.0 28.5 12.1 16.1 13.2 30.2

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 2 4

, 8 1 7 100.0 12.1 6 .7 17.6 17.3 46.4

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 3

, 2 4 2 100.0 4 .1 3.5 13.1 15.9 63.4

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 25.

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**a ble**  **42. Number**  **o f**  **ever-married women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **a nd**  **percent d**  **istribution b**  **y timing**  **o f**  **first sexual**  **intercourse in**  **relation t**  **o first** 

**marriage, according**  **t o**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

T i me from f irst sexual intercourse to marriage

Characteristic Number in

thousands T o tal Same month

as marriage

or after Less than

12 months 1–3 years

(12–35

months) 3–5 years

(36–59

months) 5 years

or more

(60 o r

more months)

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 3 5

, 8 4 9 100.0 15.1 7 .1 16.4 15.9 45.6

Age

15–24 years

............................... 2

, 9 2 6 100.0 19.6 9 .1 23.8 23.1 24.4

25–29 years

............................... 5

, 5 6 6 100.0 15.9 6 .4 14.2 14.6 48.9

30–34 years

............................... 7

, 9 7 1 100.0 12.2 6 .1 12.3 13.8 55.7

35–39 years

............................... 9

, 0 4 1 100.0 13.4 6 .9 16.8 15.8 47.1

40–44 years

............................... 1 0

, 3 4 5 100.0 17.2 7 .9 18.1 16.2 40.6

Y

ear of first m arriage

1995–2002

................................ 1 2

, 4 5 3 100.0 13.3 3 .7 9.9 12.1 61.0

1990–94

................................. 7

, 5 0 7 100.0 12.2 4 .8 12.1 13.1 57.7

1980–89

................................. 1 3

, 0 6 5 100.0 17.3 9 .1 21.1 20.3 32.1

Before 1980

............................... 2

, 8 2 3 100.0 20.4 19.6 33.8 18.9 7 .3

Parental living a rrangements a t age 14 years

Both biological or adoptive parents

................. 2 6

, 8 3 9 100.0 17.2 7 .7 16.8 15.5 42.9

O t h e r

................................... 9

, 0 0 9 100.0 8 .8 5.6 15.1 16.9 53.6

Mother’s education

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 9

, 5 5 2 100.0 22.2 10.8 17.7 14.8 34.6

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 1 3

, 8 3 2 100.0 1 1.5 7 .6 17.2 16.4 47.4

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 6

, 9 8 8 100.0 13.5 3 .5 15.9 16.5 50.7

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 5

, 2 5 3 100.0 13.8 4 .0 12.7 16.2 53.4

Mother’s age at first b irth

Under 20 years

............................. 1 3

, 2 0 7 100.0 15.7 8 .1 17.9 15.4 43.0

20 years and over

........................... 2 2

, 1 0 2 100.0 14.9 6 .7 15.8 16.3 46.4

Religion r aised

N o n e

................................... 2

, 1 9 6 100.0 1 1.8 4 .3 17.5 13.9 52.5

Fundamentalist P rotestant

...................... 2

, 1 6 9 100.0 17.2 13.6 18.6 21.3 29.3

O t h e r P r o t e s t a n t

............................ 1 6

, 2 9 0 100.0 12.9 6 .6 14.9 17.4 48.1

C a t h o l i c

................................. 1 3

, 1 1 3 100.0 14.6 8 .0 18.1 14.3 45.0

O t h e r r e l i g i o n

.............................. 1

, 9 3 3 100.0 38.1 2 .1 12.4 9 .1 38.3

Percent of poverty level 2

0–149 percent

............................. 8

, 7 1 9 100.0 19.7 10.6 17.6 12.9 39.3

0–99 percent

............................. 5

, 2 6 4 100.0 20.0 9 .6 19.2 1 1.8 39.5

150–299 percent

............................ 1 0

, 3 5 6 100.0 16.3 7 .9 17.1 18.0 40.7

300 percent or higher

......................... 1 6

, 5 3 7 100.0 1 1.9 4 .8 14.7 16.1 52.5

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 5

, 2 6 9 100.0 28.5 12.1 15.9 13.3 30.2

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 2 4

, 8 1 7 100.0 12.0 6 .5 17.2 17.2 47.1

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 3

, 2 4 2 100.0 4 .1 3.5 12.9 16.1 63.5

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

NOTE: P ercentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

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**a ble**  **43. Number**  **o f**  **unmarried women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **a nd**  **percent d**  **istribution b**  **y number**  **o f**  **m ale**  **sexual partners**  **in the**  **1 2**  **months**

**prior t**  **o t**  **he interview** 

**, a**  **s reported**  **to the**  **i nterviewer** 

**, according**  **t o**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Number of partners i n l ast 12 months

Had sex

but not

Number in Never in last 4 o r

Characteristic thousands T o tal had sex 12 months 1 2 3 more

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 3 3

, 2 3 4 100.0 22.2 13.5 46.9 10.3 4 .2 3.0

Age

15–19 years

............................... 9

, 6 3 6 100.0 54.3 4 .2 27.6 6 .2 4.0 3 .6

20–24 years

............................... 7

, 5 6 6 100.0 17.3 7 .1 52.4 14.0 5 .6 3.6

25–29 years

............................... 4

, 4 7 5 100.0 7 .0 13.4 58.5 13.4 5 .2 2.6

30–34 years

............................... 3

, 9 2 1 100.0 5 .0 19.2 57.1 12.2 3 .9 2.7

35–39 years

............................... 3

, 8 6 4 100.0 4 .3 26.6 54.5 9 .4 2.5 2 .8

40–44 years

............................... 3

, 7 7 2 100.0 4 .0 31.1 52.6 8 .4 2.8 1 .2

Age a t f irst sexual intercourse

Under 16 years

............................. 9

, 2 1 8 100.0

. . . 13.1 56.7 17.1 8 .4 4.8

16 years

................................. 4

, 8 8 9 100.0

. . . 1 1 .4 67.3 12.6 3 .5 5.3

17 years

................................. 3

, 9 0 4 100.0

. . . 15.5 62.9 1 1.2 6 .3 4.2

18 years

................................. 3

, 1 2 6 100.0

. . . 19.4 63.8 1 1.8 2 .9 2.1

19 years

................................. 1

, 7 5 5 100.0

. . . 25.9 58.7 10.0 3 .6 1.9

20 years and over

........................... 2

, 9 7 1 100.0

. . . 35.9 53.3 8 .0 1.9 1 .0

Cohabiting status

Y

e s

.................................... 5

, 5 7 0 100.0

. . . 4.3 85.7 7 .0 1.6 1 .4

N o

.................................... 2 7

, 6 6 4 100.0 26.7 15.4 39.1 10.9 4 .7 3.3

Education 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 2

, 8 6 3 100.0 3 .6 17.4 63.8 9 .9 2.7 2 .5

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 6

, 1 7 2 100.0 2 .6 16.7 60.3 12.8 4 .7 2.9

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 6

, 0 8 1 100.0 6 .3 21.4 53.0 12.1 4 .9 2.4

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 5

, 0 3 0 100.0 12.4 22.5 49.0 1 1.9 2 .5 1.8

Percent of poverty level 4

0–149 percent

............................. 8

, 9 9 3 100.0 6 .9 17.0 57.1 12.1 4 .3 2.5

0–99 percent

............................. 5

, 9 4 8 100.0 8 .4 16.7 55.5 13.0 4 .2 2.3

150–299 percent

............................ 6

, 1 9 5 100.0 10.7 15.3 55.9 1 1.7 3 .6 2.7

300 percent or higher

......................... 8

, 4 1 0 100.0 10.1 19.1 51.3 1 1.9 4 .7 2.9

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 4

, 9 6 9 100.0 24.6 1 1.6 52.8 6 .4 2.6 2 .1

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 1 9

, 4 3 8 100.0 23.2 13.5 44.3 10.7 5 .0 3.4

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 6

, 1 1 7 100.0 13.8 15.9 51.7 12.3 3 .7 2.6

...C a t egory not applicable.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

4 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 26.

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**a ble**  **44. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **number o**  **f m**  **ale sexual**  **partners in**  **lifetime, as**  **reported to**  **the**

**interviewer**

**, according**  **t o**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Number of partners i n lifetime

Number in 10 or

Characteristic thousands T o tal 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

– 9 more

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 100.0 12.0 21.7 1 1.1 9 .7 8.8 8 .2 13.5 15.0

Age

15–19 years

............................... 9

, 8 3 4 100.0 53.2 18.2 6 .9 7.4 4 .1 2.4 5 .2 2.6

20–24 years

............................... 9

, 8 4 0 100.0 13.3 23.3 13.4 1 1.0 7 .3 7.5 13.1 1 1.0

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 100.0 3 .4 23.0 13.1 10.4 7 .9 8.2 15.0 19.1

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 100.0 1 .9 21.0 10.4 1 1.2 10.5 9 .8 15.5 19.6

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 100.0 1 .5 21.5 1 1.8 9 .3 9.3 10.8 15.4 20.3

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 100.0 1 .3 23.2 10.8 9 .3 13.0 10.0 15.8 16.7

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 8

, 3 2 7 100.0

. . . 32.7 12.6 10.3 10.1 7 .9 13.6 12.9

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 5 7 0 100.0

. . . 15.1 13.8 1 1.0 10.7 12.1 15.3 22.0

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 2 1

, 5 6 8 100.0 34.2 13.0 8 .9 8.6 5 .9 6.9 1 1.0 1 1.5

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 6

, 0 9 6 100.0

. . . 7.7 8 .9 10.3 1 1.3 1 1.3 19.4 31.0

Age a t f irst sexual intercourse

Under 16 years

............................. 1 5

, 5 4 9 100.0

. . . 9.7 9 .1 1 1 .0 9.9 1 1.1 19.7 29.5

16 years

................................. 9

, 3 4 8 100.0

. . . 14.1 12.0 1 1.1 12.8 1 1.9 18.6 19.5

17 years

................................. 8

, 2 1 0 100.0

. . . 18.1 14.1 13.6 13.1 8 .7 16.8 15.6

18 years

................................. 7

, 0 2 5 100.0

. . . 25.0 14.9 13.1 9 .4 10.1 15.7 1 1.7

19 years

................................. 4

, 1 1 1 100.0

. . . 31.9 15.7 12.6 10.3 9 .4 10.0 10.3

20 years and over

........................... 9

, 9 4 6 100.0

. . . 60.3 14.3 6 .9 5.4 4 .2 5.8 3 .2

Education 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 5

, 6 2 7 100.0 1 .8 28.2 13.6 1 1.0 8 .8 9.6 13.1 13.9

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 1 4

, 2 6 4 100.0 1 .1 18.6 1 1.6 9 .6 10.1 10.3 17.5 21.3

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 4

, 2 7 9 100.0 2 .7 20.6 10.4 1 1.4 10.6 9 .6 14.8 19.9

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 3

, 5 5 1 100.0 4 .6 26.3 12.0 8 .7 9.8 8 .6 15.0 15.0

Percent of poverty level 4

0–149 percent

............................. 1 4

, 5 8 2 100.0 4 .3 23.9 1 1.4 1 1.2 9 .1 10.3 13.1 16.8

0–99 percent

............................. 9

, 2 6 2 100.0 5 .4 24.4 10.6 1 1.4 9 .8 9.5 13.5 15.3

150–299 percent

............................ 1 4

, 5 0 2 100.0 4 .6 23.5 13.0 9 .0 9.2 7 .7 15.2 17.9

300 percent or higher

......................... 2 2

, 6 4 3 100.0 3 .8 20.8 1 1.4 10.3 10.4 9 .8 16.2 17.5

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 100.0 13.4 34.1 15.8 9 .9 8.1 4 .7 7.3 6 .7

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 100.0 1 1.4 19.9 10.9 9 .3 8.6 8 .3 14.4 17.2

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 100.0 10.3 1 1.6 9 .0 12.1 1 1.6 13.1 17.3 15.1

...C a t egory not applicable.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

4 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 30.

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**a ble**  **45. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd number**  **o f**  **unmarried women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **a nd**  **percentage who**  **ever had**  **sexual**

**intercourse, who**  **had sexual**  **intercourse in**  **the last**  **12 months,**  **a nd**  **who had**  **sexual intercourse**  **in the**  **last 3**  **months, b**  **y selected** 

**characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Number in Ever had Had i ntercourse Had i ntercourse

Characteristic thousands intercourse in last 12 months in last 3 m onths

Percent

To t a l 1

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 8 8

. 0 7 9

. 2 7 2

. 2

Unmarried women 1

.......................... 3 3

, 2 3 4 7 7

. 8 6 4

. 3 5 4

. 8

Age

15–19 years

............................... 9

, 6 3 6 4 5

. 7 4 1

. 5 3 4

. 5

20–24 years

............................... 7

, 5 6 6 8 2

. 7 7 5

. 6 6 6

. 6

25–29 years

............................... 4

, 4 7 4 9 3

. 1 7 9

. 6 6 7

. 6

30–34 years

............................... 3

, 9 2 1 9 5

. 0 7 5

. 8 6 2

. 4

35–39 years

............................... 3

, 8 6 4 9 5

. 7 6 9

. 1 5 8

. 2

40–44 years

............................... 3

, 7 7 2 9 6

. 0 6 4

. 9 5 6

. 4

Marital o r cohabiting status

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 5 7 0 100.0 95.7 93.0

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 6

, 0 9 6 6 5

. 8 5 3

. 9 4 3

. 7

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 2 1

, 5 6 8 100.0 72.5 59.4

Age a t f irst sexual intercourse

Never had sex

............................. 7

, 3 7 1

. . . . . . . . .

Under 16 years

............................. 9

, 2 1 8 100.0 86.9 76.0

16 years

................................. 4

, 8 8 8 100.0 88.6 75.0

17 years

................................. 3

, 9 0 4 100.0 84.5 70.7

18 years

................................. 3

, 1 2 6 100.0 80.6 67.5

19 years

................................. 1

, 7 5 5 100.0 74.1 63.4

20 years and over

........................... 2

, 9 7 1 100.0 64.1 52.6

Education 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 2

, 8 6 3 9 6

. 4 7 8

. 9 6 8

. 3

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 6

, 1 7 2 9 7

. 4 8 0

. 7 6 9

. 7

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 6

, 0 8 1 9 3

. 8 7 2

. 4 6 1

. 6

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 5

, 0 3 0 8 7

. 6 6 5

. 1 5 4

. 1

Percent of poverty level 4

0–149 percent

............................. 8

, 9 9 2 9 3

. 1 7 6

. 1 6 4

. 5

0–99 percent

............................. 5

, 9 4 8 9 1

. 6 7 5

. 0 6 4

. 2

150–299 percent

............................ 6

, 1 9 5 8 9

. 3 7 4

. 0 6 3

. 9

300 percent or higher

......................... 8

, 4 1 0 8 9

. 9 7 0

. 8 6 1

. 0

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 4

, 9 6 9 7 5

. 5 6 3

. 9 5 2

. 9

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 6

, 1 1 7 7 6

. 9 6 3

. 4 5 4

. 7

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 2

, 7 1 0 8 6

. 2 7 0

. 3 5 9

. 7

...C a t egory not applicable.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

4 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

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**a ble**  **46. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **c urrent**  **f ormal**  **m arital**  **status, according**  **t o**  **selected**

**characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Currently married Formerly m arried

Number in Never Second

Characteristic thousands T o tal married Subtotal First or higher Separated Divorced Widowed

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 100.0 41.8 46.0 37.5 8 .5 3.0 8 .7 0.4

Age

15–19 years

............................... 9

, 8 3 4 100.0 97.6 2 .0 2.0

– 0.3 0 .1

–

20–24 years

............................... 9

, 8 4 0 100.0 72.7 23.1 22.6 0 .5 2.1 2 .0 0.1

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 100.0 39.8 51.6 47.7 4 .0 3.0 5 .3 0.3

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 100.0 22.4 61.8 54.1 7 .8 5.6 9 .9 0.2

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 100.0 16.7 64.4 49.5 14.9 3 .3 14.7 0 .9

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 100.0 10.1 67.2 46.3 20.9 3 .6 18.0 1 .0

Currently cohabiting

Y

e s

.................................... 5

, 5 7 0 100.0 74.4

. . . . . . . . . 3.8 21.7 0 .2

N o

..................................... 5 5

, 9 9 1 100.0 38.5 50.6 41.2 9 .4 3.0 7 .5 0.5

Parental living a rrangements a t age 14 years

Both biological or adoptive parents

................. 4 3

, 9 2 1 100.0 39.0 49.3 41.2 8 .1 2.9 8 .5 0.5

O t h e r

................................... 1 7

, 6 4 0 100.0 48.9 38.0 28.3 9 .7 3.3 9 .4 0.3

Parity

0 b i r t h s

.................................. 2 5

, 6 2 2 100.0 75.2 20.1 18.1 2 .0 0.9 3 .7 0.1

1 b i r t h

................................... 1 1

, 1 9 3 100.0 28.9 56.8 47.9 9 .0 3.2 10.4 0 .6

2 b i r t h s

.................................. 1 3

, 4 0 2 100.0 1 1.9 70.2 57.4 12.8 4 .8 12.5 0 .7

3 o r m o r e b i r t h s

............................ 1 1

, 3 4 3 100.0 14.2 65.4 47.6 17.8 5 .7 14.0 0 .7

Education 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 5

, 6 2 7 100.0 32.2 49.1 39.0 10.2 8 .1 9.4 1 .2

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 1 4

, 2 6 4 100.0 25.1 56.7 39.8 17.0 3 .8 13.6 0 .8

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 4

, 2 7 9 100.0 24.9 57.4 47.2 10.2 3 .8 13.4 0 .5

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 3

, 5 5 1 100.0 28.2 62.9 57.0 5 .9 1.7 7 .0 0.2

Percent of poverty level 4

0–149 percent

............................. 1 4

, 5 8 2 100.0 40.2 38.3 31.8 6 .6 6.9 13.5 1 .1

0–99 percent

............................. 9

, 2 6 2 100.0 43.2 35.8 29.8 6 .0 8.8 1 1.1 1 .2

150–299 percent

............................ 1 4

, 5 0 2 100.0 28.6 57.3 44.4 12.9 3 .1 10.6 0 .5

300 percent or higher

......................... 2 2

, 6 4 3 100.0 27.0 62.9 52.2 10.7 1 .7 8.3 0 .2

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 100.0 42.1 45.4 39.5 5 .9 5.5 6 .1 0.8

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 100.0 37.2 50.8 40.3 10.5 2 .1 9.6 0 .3

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 100.0 60.7 25.8 22.0 3 .8 4.6 8 .5 0.4

– Q uantity zero.

...C a t egory not applicable.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

4 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 32.

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**a ble**  **47. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percentage**  **who have**  **ever married**  **or cohabited,**  **h ave**  **ever cohabited,**  **are currently** 

**cohabiting, have**  **ever married,**  **o r**  **are currently**  **married, b**  **y selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Number in Ever married Ever Currently Ever Currently

Characteristic thousands or cohabited cohabited cohabiting married married

Percent

To t a l 1

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 7 3

. 3 5 0

. 0 9

. 1 5 8

. 2 4 6

. 0

Age

15–19 years

............................... 9

, 8 3 4 1 3

. 3 1 1

. 7 5

. 6 2

. 4 2

. 0

20–24 years

............................... 9

, 8 4 0 5 5

. 5 4 3

. 1 1 5

. 7 2 7

. 3 2 3

. 1

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 8 5

. 2 6 0

. 9 1 2

. 9 6 0

. 2 5 1

. 6

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 9 1

. 2 6 3

. 2 7

. 9 7 7

. 6 6 1

. 8

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 9 3

. 7 6 1

. 3 6

. 7 8 3

. 3 6 4

. 4

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 9 5

. 1 5 7

. 4 6

. 6 8 9

. 9 6 7

. 2

Parental living a rrangements a t age 14 years

Both biological or adoptive parents

................. 4 3

, 9 2 1 7 3

. 2 4 5

. 5 7

. 4 6 1

. 1 4 9

. 3

O t h e r

................................... 1 7

, 6 4 0 7 3

. 6 6 1

. 3 1 3

. 2 5 1

. 1 3 8

. 0

Parity

0 b i r t h s

.................................. 2 5

, 6 2 2 4 1

. 8 3 1

. 8 8

. 9 2 4

. 8 2 0

. 1

1 b i r t h

................................... 1 1

, 1 9 3 9 1

. 4 6 3

. 1 1 0

. 7 7 1

. 1 5 6

. 8

2 b i r t h s

.................................. 1 3

, 4 0 2 9 7

. 8 6 1

. 4 6

. 1 8 8

. 1 7 0

. 2

3 o r m o r e b i r t h s

............................ 1 1

, 3 4 3 9 7

. 7 6 4

. 9 1 1

. 2 8 5

. 9 6 5

. 4

Education 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 5

, 6 2 7 9 2

. 2 6 9

. 4 1 7

. 2 6 7

. 8 4 9

. 1

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 1 4

, 2 6 4 9 2

. 5 6 8

. 5 1 1

. 3 7 5

. 0 5 6

. 7

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 4

, 2 7 9 8 8

. 4 5 8

. 3 7

. 6 7 5

. 1 5 7

. 4

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 3

, 5 5 1 8 2

. 3 4 6

. 3 5

. 4 7 1

. 8 6 2

. 9

Percent of poverty level 4

0–149 percent

............................. 1 4

, 5 8 2 8 3

. 5 6 0

. 1 1 3

. 0 5 9

. 8 3 8

. 3

0–99 percent

............................. 9

, 2 6 2 8 1

. 3 5 9

. 3 1 3

. 0 5 6

. 8 3 5

. 8

150–299 percent

............................ 1 4

, 5 0 2 8 6

. 7 5 7

. 9 1 1

. 1 7 1

. 4 5 7

. 3

300 percent or higher

......................... 2 2

, 6 4 3 8 4

. 3 5 5

. 1 6

. 7 7 3

. 0 6 2

. 9

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 7 6

. 7 4 8

. 8 1 3

. 4 5 7

. 9 4 5

. 4

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 7 4

. 8 5 0

. 5 7

. 9 6 2

. 8 5 0

. 8

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 6 3

. 4 5 1

. 1 9

. 6 3 9

. 3 2 5

. 8

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

4 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTE: C omparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 33.

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**a ble**  **48. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **c ohabitation**  **experience relative**  **to first**  **marriage, according**  **t o** 

**selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Ever cohabited

Premarital

Number in Never Never Before first After f irst

Characteristic thousands T o tal cohabited Subtotal married marriage marriage

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 100.0 50.0 43.2 15.1 28.1 6 .9

Age

15–19 years

............................... 9

, 8 3 4 100.0 88.3 1 1.7 10.9 0 .8 0.1

20–24 years

............................... 9

, 8 4 0 100.0 56.9 42.8 28.2 14.6 0 .3

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 100.0 39.1 58.6 25.0 33.6 2 .4

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 100.0 36.8 57.8 13.6 44.2 5 .4

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 100.0 38.7 50.2 10.4 39.8 1 1.1

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 100.0 42.6 38.2 5 .2 33.0 19.3

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 8

, 3 2 7 100.0 44.5 46.8

. . . 46.8 8 .7

F i r s t m a r r i a g e

............................ 2 3

, 0 8 2 100.0 51.0 49.0

. . . 48.8 *

Second or later m arriage

..................... 5

, 2 4 5 100.0 15.7 37.8

. . . 37.8 46.5

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 5 7 0 100.0

. . . 87.6 74.4 13.2 12.4

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 2 1

, 5 6 8 100.0 76.2 23.8 23.8

. . . . . . Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 6

, 0 9 6 100.0 28.4 54.0

. . . 54.0 17.6

Parity

0 b i r t h s

.................................. 2 5

, 6 2 2 100.0 68.2 30.1 17.0 13.1 1 .7

1 b i r t h

................................... 1 1

, 1 9 3 100.0 36.9 56.8 20.4 36.4 6 .3

2 b i r t h s

.................................. 1 3

, 4 0 2 100.0 38.6 51.2 9 .7 41.5 10.3

3 o r m o r e b i r t h s

............................ 1 1

, 3 4 3 100.0 35.1 49.8 1 1.9 37.9 15.1

Education 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 5

, 6 2 7 100.0 30.7 60.5 24.4 36.1 8 .8

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 1 4

, 2 6 4 100.0 31.5 54.6 17.5 37.1 13.9

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 4

, 2 7 9 100.0 41.8 49.7 13.3 36.4 8 .6

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 3

, 5 5 1 100.0 53.7 42.6 10.5 32.1 3 .8

Percent of poverty level 4

0–149 percent

............................. 1 4

, 5 8 2 100.0 40.0 52.5 23.7 28.8 7 .6

0–99 percent

............................. 9

, 2 6 2 100.0 40.7 52.4 24.5 27.9 7 .0

150–299 percent

............................ 1 4

, 5 0 2 100.0 42.1 47.8 15.3 32.5 10.2

300 percent or higher

......................... 2 2

, 6 4 3 100.0 44.9 47.9 1 1.3 36.6 7 .2

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 100.0 51.2 43.5 18.8 24.7 5 .3

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 100.0 49.5 42.6 12.0 30.6 8 .0

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 100.0 48.9 46.3 24.1 22.2 4 .8

...C a t egory not applicable.

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

4 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 34.

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**a ble**  **49. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **have ever**  **cohabited and**  **p ercent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **status o**  **f first**  **cohabitation, according** 

**to selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Number in Intact Intact Dissolved Dissolved

Characteristic thousands T o tal cohabitation marriage marriage cohabitation

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 3 0

, 7 9 5 100.0 13.2 33.6 18.7 34.5

Age

15–24 years

............................... 5

, 3 9 6 100.0 35.2 18.4 6 .2 40.3

25–29 years

............................... 5

, 6 3 7 100.0 16.2 34.3 1 1.7 37.9

30–34 years

............................... 6

, 4 9 5 100.0 6 .8 35.3 18.3 39.6

35–39 years

............................... 6

, 6 5 6 100.0 7 .3 37.7 24.5 30.5

40–44 years

............................... 6

, 6 1 1 100.0 5 .1 39.6 29.5 25.8

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 1 5

, 7 2 3 100.0

. . . 65.8 12.9 21.3

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 5 7 0 100.0 65.3

. . . 12.6 22.1

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 5

, 1 3 8 100.0 7 .1

. . . . . . 92.9

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 4

, 3 6 3 100.0 1 .6

. . . 69.3 29.2

Parental living a rrangements a t age 14 years

Both biological or adoptive parents

................. 1 9

, 9 8 3 100.0 12.4 37.2 19.0 31.3

O t h e r

................................... 1 0

, 8 1 1 100.0 14.7 26.9 18.1 40.3

Parity

0 b i r t h s

.................................. 8

, 1 4 3 100.0 23.7 22.6 10.5 43.2

1 b i r t h

................................... 7

, 0 6 1 100.0 13.4 32.8 17.1 36.7

2 b i r t h s

.................................. 8

, 2 3 1 100.0 7 .3 42.4 23.0 27.3

3 o r m o r e b i r t h s

............................ 7

, 3 6 0 100.0 8 .2 36.8 24.4 30.7

Education 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 3

, 9 0 3 100.0 14.4 28.1 21.5 36.1

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 9

, 7 7 4 100.0 10.1 31.4 23.1 35.4

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 8

, 3 1 8 100.0 8 .8 36.4 20.8 34.0

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 6

, 2 7 9 100.0 10.7 45.3 13.5 30.5

Percent of poverty level 4

0–149 percent

............................. 8

, 7 5 6 100.0 14.6 21.3 21.2 42.9

0–99 percent

............................. 5

, 4 9 2 100.0 14.1 20.2 22.0 43.7

150–299 percent

............................ 8

, 4 0 2 100.0 13.1 37.2 19.4 30.2

300 percent or higher

......................... 1 2

, 4 8 2 100.0 9 .7 42.4 18.2 29.8

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 4

, 4 4 2 100.0 22.9 31.1 16.5 29.4

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 1 9

, 9 5 2 100.0 10.6 36.9 20.6 31.9

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 4

, 2 1 7 100.0 15.3 23.9 14.5 46.3

...C a t egory not applicable.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

4 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 35.

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**a ble**  **50. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd probability**  **of first**  **marriage b**  **efore reaching**  **s pecified**  **age, by**  **selected characteristics:** 

**United States,**  **2002**

Characteristic Number in

thousands 18 Probability o f f irst marriage by age

20 25 30 35

To t a l 1

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 0

. 0 5 0

. 1 7 0

. 5 1 0

. 7 3 0

. 8 2

Age

15–24 years

...............................

25–29 years

...............................

30–34 years

...............................

35–39 years

...............................

40–44 years

............................... 1 9

, 6 7 4

9

, 2 4 9

1 0

, 2 7 2

1 0

, 8 5 3

1 1

, 5 1 2 0

. 0 2

0

. 0 4

0

. 0 4

0

. 0 7

0

. 1 0 0

. 1 0

0

. 1 4

0

. 1 5

0

. 2 0

0

. 2 4 . . .

0

. 4 7

0

. 4 7

0

. 5 4

0

. 6 1 . . .

. . .

0

. 7 2

0

. 7 3

0

. 7 9 . . .

. . .

. . .

0

. 8 1

0

. 8 5

Parental living a rrangements a t age 14 years

Both biological or adoptive parents

................. O t h e r

................................... 4 3

, 9 2 1

1 7

, 6 4 0 0

. 0 5

0

. 0 6 0

. 1 6

0

. 1 9 0

. 5 2

0

. 4 8 0

. 7 5

0

. 6 9 0

. 8 3

0

. 7 6

Religion r aised

N o n e

...................................

Fundamentalist P rotestant

...................... O t h e r P r o t e s t a n t

............................ C a t h o l i c

................................. O t h e r r e l i g i o n

.............................. 4

, 7 7 3

3

, 6 2 0

2 8

, 1 2 0

2 1

, 5 1 7

3

, 3 2 4 0

. 0 4

0

. 0 9

0

. 0 5

0

. 0 5

0

. 0 3 0

. 1 5

0

. 2 5

0

. 1 6

0

. 1 7

0

. 1 2 0

. 4 8

0

. 5 8

0

. 5 2

0

. 4 9

0

. 4 8 0

. 6 6

0

. 7 7

0

. 7 2

0

. 7 5

0

. 7 2 0

. 7 4

0

. 8 3

0

. 8 0

0

. 8 4

0

. 9 1

Parity

0 b i r t h s

..................................

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

............................ 2 5

, 6 2 2

3 5

, 9 3 8 0

. 0 1

0

. 0 8 0

. 0 4

0

. 2 3 0

. 2 6

0

. 6 2 0

. 4 8

0

. 8 2 0

. 6 0

0

. 8 9

First b irth timing relative to first m arriage

B e f o r e f i r s t m a r r i a g e

..........................

A f t e r f i r s t m a r r i a g e

........................... 1 3

, 2 3 9

2 2

, 7 0 0 0

. 0 2

0

. 1 1 0

. 1 0

0

. 3 1 0

. 3 5

0

. 7 6 0

. 5 3

0

. 9 5 0

. 6 3

0

. 9 9

Age a t f irst sexual intercourse

Under 16 years

.............................

16–19 years

...............................

20 years and over

........................... 1 5

, 5 4 9

2 8

, 6 9 4

9

, 9 4 6 0

. 1 2

0

. 0 4

0

. 0 0 0

. 2 7

0

. 1 9

0

. 0 1 0

. 5 7

0

. 5 3

0

. 4 5 0

. 7 3

0

. 7 5

0

. 7 5 0

. 7 8

0

. 8 4

0

. 8 6

Education 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 5

, 6 2 7

1 4

, 2 6 4

1 4

, 2 7 9

1 3

, 5 5 1 0

. 1 7

0

. 0 8

0

. 0 4

0

. 0 1 0

. 3 3

0

. 2 6

0

. 1 6

0

. 0 4 0

. 5 5

0

. 5 9

0

. 5 6

0

. 3 8 0

. 6 9

0

. 7 4

0

. 7 8

0

. 7 0 0

. 7 3

0

. 8 1

0

. 8 5

0

. 8 3

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

...........................

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

..........................

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 9

, 1 0 7

3 9

, 4 9 8

8

, 2 5 0 0

. 0 9

0

. 0 5

0

. 0 2 0

. 2 3

0

. 1 7

0

. 0 8 0

. 5 3

0

. 5 5

0

. 3 1 0

. 7 3

0

. 7 8

0

. 4 9 0

. 8 1

0

. 8 7

0

. 5 5

0.00 Quantity more than zero but less than 0.05.

...C a t egory not applicable.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups and women w ith missing information o n r eligion r aised, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

NOTE: C omparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 38, table 1

.

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**a ble**  **51. Number**  **o f**  **ever-married women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **a nd**  **cumulative percentage**  **whose first**  **marriage w**  **as dissolved**  **by separation,** 

**divorce, or**  **annulment, b**  **y years**  **since first**  **marriage a**  **nd selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Y

ears s ince first m arriage

Number in All m arital

Characteristic thousands 1 3 5 1 0 durations

Cumulative percent dissolved at interview

To t a l 1

................................... 3 5

, 8 4 9 5

. 5 1 3

. 7 1 9

. 9 2 9

. 1 3 4

. 7

Age a t f irst marriage

Under 18 years

............................. 2

, 9 8 3 6

. 7 2 3

. 6 3 4

. 2 4 8

. 1 6 2

. 6

18–19 years

............................... 6

, 1 5 5 1 0

. 4 2 0

. 1 2 8

. 3 3 9

. 2 5 0

. 1

20–22 years

............................... 1 0

, 0 9 4 5

. 6 1 5

. 0 2 1

. 5 3 1

. 9 3 7

. 8

23 years and over

........................... 1 6

, 6 1 7 3

. 5 8

. 7 1 3

. 3 2 0

. 2 2 2

. 0

Y

ear of first m arriage

1995 or later

............................... 1 2

, 4 5 3 5

. 3 1 1

. 1 1 4

. 0

. . . 1 4

. 3

1990–94

................................. 7

, 5 0 7 5

. 2 1 4

. 0 2 1

. 5 2 9

. 9 3 0

. 5

1985–89

................................. 7

, 0 9 0 5

. 7 1 5

. 4 2 2

. 6 4 0

. 9 4 7

. 5

1980–84

................................. 5

, 9 7 5 6

. 0 1 4

. 6 2 2

. 2 3 6

. 7 4 9

. 1

Before 1980

............................... 2

, 8 2 3 5

. 9 1 8

. 4 3 0

. 5 4 6

. 5 7 2

. 6

Parental living a rrangements a t age 14 years

Both biological or adoptive parents

................. 2 6

, 8 3 9 5

. 1 1 2

. 2 1 8

. 0 2 5

. 8 3 1

. 6

O t h e r

................................... 9

, 0 0 9 6

. 9 1 8

. 0 2 5

. 6 3 8

. 8 4 3

. 8

First cohabitation relative to first m arriage

Did not cohabit before f irst marriage

................ 1 8

, 5 7 2 5

. 0 1 2

. 4 1 8

. 4 2 8

. 6 3 5

. 3

Never cohabited

........................... 1 4

, 3 3 6 2

. 6 5

. 4 7

. 7 1 3

. 3 1 7

. 1

Cohabited a fter f irst marriage ended 2

.............. 4

, 2 3 5 1 3

. 0 3 6

. 3 5 4

. 7 8 0

. 7 9 7

. 2

Cohabited w ith f irst husband

..................... 1 3

, 3 8 5 6

. 1 1 5

. 3 2 2

. 2 3 0

. 9 3 5

. 9

Cohabited w ith someone else

.................... 3

, 8 9 2 6

. 3 1 4

. 3 1 9

. 2 2 5

. 2 2 7

. 1

Education 3

No high school diploma o r GED 4

.................. 3

, 8 1 6 7

. 6 1 6

. 1 2 3

. 5 3 1

. 7 4 0

. 6

High school diploma o r GED 4

.................... 1 0

, 6 9 1 7

. 0 1 6

. 6 2 5

. 0 3 8

. 2 4 5

. 4

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 0

, 7 2 8 5

. 5 1 5

. 0 2 1

. 3 3 1

. 3 3 6

. 4

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 9

, 7 2 8 2

. 9 8

. 1 1 1

. 8 1 7

. 0 2 0

. 3

Percent of poverty level 5

0–149 percent

............................. 8

, 7 1 9 8

. 3 1 9

. 4 2 7

. 8 3 8

. 7 4 4

. 6

0–99 percent

............................. 5

, 2 6 4 9

. 3 2 3

. 1 2 9

. 5 4 0

. 4 4 5

. 0

150–299 percent

............................ 1 0

, 3 5 6 5

. 4 1 3

. 9 2 0

. 2 3 0

. 4 3 7

. 1

300 percent or higher

......................... 1 6

, 5 3 7 4

. 1 1 0

. 5 1 5

. 6 2 3

. 4 2 8

. 1

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 5

, 2 6 9 4

. 7 1 2

. 8 1 7

. 4 2 5

. 6 3 0

. 0

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 2 4

, 8 1 7 5

. 1 1 3

. 0 1 9

. 6 2 8

. 9 3 5

. 1

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 3

, 2 4 2 7

. 7 1 7

. 5 2 3

. 9 3 7

. 1 4 2

. 8

...C a t egory not applicable.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 First m arriages that ended in the death o f t he spouse a re not considered dissolved by separation, divorce, or annulment.

3 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

4 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

5 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTE: C omparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 36.

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**a ble**  **52. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **number o**  **f husbands**  **or cohabiting**  **p artners**  **in lifetime,** 

**according t**  **o selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Number of husbands or

Never cohabiting partners i n lifetime

married

Number in and never 4 o r

Characteristic thousands T o tal cohabited 1 2 3 more

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 100.0 27.2 48.4 16.4 5 .6 2.4

Age

15–24 years

............................... 1 9

, 6 7 4 100.0 66.4 28.1 4 .3 1.0 0 .2

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 100.0 16.0 62.3 17.0 3 .0 1.8

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 100.0 9 .1 59.2 21.0 8 .0 2.7

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 100.0 6 .6 58.1 23.2 8 .4 2.8

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 100.0 5 .1 53.2 25.9 10.7 5 .1

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 8

, 3 2 7 100.0

. . . 71.2 20.4 6 .4 2.0

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 5 7 0 100.0

. . . 55.4 26.0 1 1.1 7 .6

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 2 1

, 5 6 8 100.0 77.7 15.0 5 .1 1.5 0 .6

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 6

, 0 9 6 100.0

. . . 54.0 29.2 1 1.0 5 .9

Number of marriages

1 m a r r i a g e

................................ 2 9

, 0 3 8 100.0

. . . 80.8 14.9 3 .0 1.3

2 m arriages

............................... 5

, 4 1 1 100.0

. . . . . . 74.7 18.6 6 .8

3 o r m ore m arriages

.......................... 1

, 4 0 0 100.0

. . . . . . . . . 67.0 33.0

Parental living a rrangements a t age 14 years

Both biological or adoptive parents

................. 4 3

, 9 2 1 100.0 27.2 51.1 15.3 4 .3 2.1

O t h e r

................................... 1 7

, 6 4 0 100.0 27.4 41.6 19.0 8 .9 3.2

Education 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 5

, 6 2 7 100.0 8 .9 55.6 22.9 8 .9 3.8

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 1 4

, 2 6 4 100.0 7 .8 51.3 25.3 10.3 5 .3

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 4

, 2 7 9 100.0 12.1 57.4 21.7 6 .1 2.7

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 3

, 5 5 1 100.0 18.3 63.8 13.0 4 .1 0.8

Percent of poverty level 4

0–149 percent

............................. 1 4

, 5 8 2 100.0 17.7 51.5 20.1 6 .9 3.8

0–99 percent

............................. 9

, 2 6 2 100.0 19.6 50.0 19.0 7 .4 3.9

150–299 percent

............................ 1 4

, 5 0 2 100.0 13.5 55.8 19.8 7 .7 3.2

300 percent or higher

......................... 2 2

, 6 4 3 100.0 16.1 58.3 17.9 5 .7 2.0

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 100.0 24.4 55.4 15.1 4 .3 0.9

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 100.0 25.5 48.3 16.9 6 .3 3.0

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 100.0 37.3 41.5 16.2 4 .1 1.0

...C a t egory not applicable.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

4 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 37.

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**a ble**  **53. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **have ever**  **had sexual**  **intercourse and**  **p ercentage**  **who have**  **ever used**  **the s**  **pecified**

**contraceptive method,**  **by age:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Age i n years

All

Method ages 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44

Number in thousands

To t a l 1

................................... 5 4

, 1 9 0 4

, 5 9 8 8

, 5 3 0 8

, 9 3 9 1 0

, 0 7 7 1 0

, 6 8 6 1 1

, 3 6 0

Percent who ever used the specified method

A n y m e t h o d

............................... 9 8

. 2 9 7

. 7 9 8

. 5 9 9

. 0 9 8

. 4 9 8

. 1 9 7

. 5

F e m a l e s t e r i l i z a t i o n

.......................... 2 0

. 7

– 2

. 6 1 1

. 0 2 0

. 4 3 1

. 9 4 0

. 1

M a l e s t e r i l i z a t i o n

............................ 1 3

. 0

– 2

. 1 6

. 4 1 0

. 6 2 0

. 0 2 7

. 0

P i l l

..................................... 8 2

. 3 6 1

. 4 7 7

. 9 8 3

. 9 8 7

. 2 8 7

. 0 8 3

. 9

I m p l a n t

.................................. 2

. 1 0

. 1 0

. 7 4

. 5 4

. 0 1

. 4 0

. 9

1-month i njectable ( Lunelle)

..................... 0

. 9 1

. 0 1

. 0 1

. 4 1

. 0 0

. 6 0

. 7

3-month i njectable ( Depo-Provera)

................. 1 6

. 8 2 0

. 7 2 4

. 4 2 6

. 7 1 8

. 3 1 0

. 9 5

. 8

Emergency contraception

....................... 4

. 2 8

. 1 9

. 1 5

. 2 3

. 5 1

. 5 1

. 1

Contraceptive patch

.......................... 0

. 9 1

. 5 1

. 8 1

. 4 0

. 9 0

. 5 0

. 0

T odayTM Sponge

............................ 7

. 3 0

. 1 0

. 2 2

. 4 9

. 7 1 3

. 7 1 1

. 2

Intrauterine device (IUD)

....................... 5

. 8 0

. 2 2

. 0 4

. 6 5

. 2 5

. 8 1 2

. 4

Diaphragm

................................ 8

. 5 0

. 6 1

. 4 2

. 9 6

. 6 1 1

. 6 2 0

. 4

Condom

................................. 8 9

. 7 9 3

. 7 9 3

. 1 9 1

. 9 9 1

. 7 8 8

. 2 8 3

. 3

Female condom

............................ 1

. 9 1

. 7 2

. 4 1

. 9 2

. 1 1

. 5 1

. 8

Periodic abstinence—calendar rhythm

............... 1 6

. 2 1 0

. 8 1 0

. 2 1 0

. 5 1 7

. 8 2 2

. 0 2 0

. 4

Periodic abstinence—natural family planning

........... 3

. 5 0

. 3 1

. 1 3

. 5 3

. 5 5

. 2 5

. 1

W i t h d r a w a l

................................ 5 6

. 1 5 5

. 0 6 0

. 1 6 2

. 3 5 9

. 8 5 4

. 4 4 6

. 8

Foam alone

............................... 1 2

. 1 3

. 1 5

. 3 9

. 2 1 2

. 9 1 4

. 9 1 9

. 8

J e l l y o r c r e a m a l o n e

.......................... 7

. 3 3

. 1 5

. 7 5

. 6 8

. 6 8

. 3 9

. 4

Suppository or insert

.......................... 7

. 5 3

. 3 4

. 4 5

. 3 9

. 4 9

. 2 9

. 9

Other methods

............................. 1

. 0 0

. 3 0

. 8 0

. 9 0

. 7 0

. 9 1

. 7

0.0 Q uantity more than zero but less than 0.05.

– Q uantity zero.

1 Includes women w ith missing information o n s ome o f t he methods shown.

NOTE: C omparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 38.

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**a ble**  **54. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **have ever**  **had sexual**  **intercourse and**  **p ercentage**  **who used**  **the s**  **pecified**

**contraceptive method**  **at first**  **intercourse, by**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Characteristic Number in

thousands Used any

method Pill Condom Withdrawal All o ther

methods 1

Percent

To t a l 2

................................... 5 4

, 1 9 0 6 2

. 9 2 0

. 2 4 2

. 2 7

. 1 3

. 8

Y

ear of first sexual intercourse

1999 or later

..............................

1995–98

.................................

1990–94

.................................

1980–89

................................. Before 1980

............................... 6

, 9 5 3

7

, 2 5 4

9

, 3 6 3

2 0

, 6 8 3

9

, 8 8 2 7 8

. 1

7 1

. 7

6 8

. 6

6 1

. 7

4 3

. 1 2 4

. 7

2 1

. 3

1 8

. 0

2 2

. 4

1 3

. 5 6 0

. 3

5 7

. 1

5 3

. 3

3 6

. 0

2 1

. 1 8

. 7

5

. 5

4

. 0

7

. 5

9

. 4 6

. 5

3

. 3

3

. 9

3

. 7

2

. 3

Parental living a rrangement at age 14 years

Both biological or adoptive parents

................. O t h e r

................................... 3 8

, 4 8 0

1 5

, 7 1 0 6 3

. 6

6 1

. 2 2 0

. 6

1 9

. 1 4 1

. 8

4 3

. 1 7

. 1

7

. 1 4

. 2

2

. 8

Religion r aised

N o n e

...................................

Fundamentalist P rotestant

...................... O t h e r P r o t e s t a n t

............................ C a t h o l i c

................................. O t h e r r e l i g i o n

.............................. 4

, 2 5 5

3

, 0 6 2

2 4

, 8 9 8

1 9

, 1 1 9

2

, 6 6 4 6 4

. 7

5 3

. 2

6 7

. 0

5 8

. 7

6 5

. 9 1 7

. 7

1 6

. 5

2 4

. 9

1 5

. 7

1 7

. 7 4 9

. 9

3 5

. 5

4 3

. 7

3 8

. 9

5 0

. 0 6

. 7

4

. 9

7

. 1

8

. 0

4

. 2 2

. 9

2

. 2

3

. 8

4

. 3

2

. 4

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

...........................

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

..........................

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 7

, 8 8 7

3 4

, 9 9 9

7

, 4 0 3 4 4

. 1

6 8

. 3

6 0

. 2 1 1

. 0

2 1

. 9

2 2

. 9 2 8

. 7

4 5

. 3

4 3

. 6 5

. 5

8

. 1

4

. 4 4

. 9

3

. 7

3

. 0

First i ntercourse in 1990–2002 only

To t a l 2

................................... 2 3

, 5 7 0 7 2

. 4 2 1

. 0 5 6

. 5 5

. 9 4

. 5

Relationship a t f irst sexual intercourse

Just met

.................................

Just friends

............................... Going out once in a w hile

...................... Going s teady

.............................. Cohabiting

................................ Engaged

.................................

M a r r i e d

.................................. O t h e r

................................... 4 6 8

1

, 8 3 7

1

, 6 0 9

1 4

, 8 8 9

5 3 9

9 0 0

2

, 6 6 3

6 3 7 5 8

. 5

7 2

. 2

6 6

. 3

7 7

. 4

5 4

. 8

6 8

. 2

6 2

. 1

4 3

. 9 1 2

. 4

1 1

. 7

1 5

. 3

1 9

. 8

2 1

. 9

2 4

. 5

4 0

. 6

8

. 4 5 4

. 6

6 0

. 7

5 7

. 1

6 6

. 2

3 5

. 3

3 9

. 6

1 6

. 1

2 9

. 1 *

6

. 6

4

. 1

6

. 5

*

1 0

. 7

1

. 9

8

. 1 *

5

. 7

2

. 5

3

. 7

6

. 5

6

. 7

8

. 2

6

. 4

Hispanic o rigin and race and parental living

arrangement at age 14 years

Hispanic o r Latina

...........................

Both biological or adoptive parents

............... O t h e r

..................................

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

..........................

Both biological or adoptive parents

.............. O t h e r

................................

Black or African American, single r ace

.............

Both biological or adoptive parents

.............. O t h e r

................................ 4

, 2 1 6

3

, 0 7 1

1

, 1 4 5

1 3

, 9 5 9

1 0

, 1 2 4

3

, 8 3 5

3

, 2 0 3

1

, 4 8 6

1

, 7 1 7 5 1

. 7

4 7

. 5

6 2

. 9

8 0

. 0

8 0

. 7

7 8

. 2

7 0

. 4

7 0

. 7

7 0

. 1 1 0

. 1

9

. 3

1 2

. 4

2 5

. 0

2 4

. 6

2 5

. 9

2 0

. 6

1 7

. 5

2 3

. 3 3 7

. 2

3 2

. 2

5 0

. 6

6 2

. 5

6 2

. 5

6 2

. 7

6 0

. 4

6 0

. 6

6 0

. 3 6

. 2

6

. 3

5

. 9

6

. 0

5

. 8

6

. 5

3

. 7

4

. 6

2

. 8 5

. 8

6

. 7

3

. 4

4

. 1

5

. 2

1

. 4

3

. 7

1

. 7

5

. 5

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Other methods include female sterilization, male sterlization, Depo-ProveraTM, N orplantTM, rhythm, natural family planning, diaphragm, f emale c o ndom, f oam, j elly or cream, suppository o r i nsert,

T odayTM s ponge, IUD, emergency c ontraception, or some other method.

2 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

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**a ble**  **55. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **had p**  **remarital sexual**  **intercourse and**  **p ercentage**  **who used**  **the s**  **pecified**

**contraceptive method**  **at first**  **intercourse, by**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Number in Used any All o ther

Characteristic thousands method Pill Condom Withdrawal methods 1

Percent

To t a l 2

................................... 4 8

, 7 1 9 6 3

. 0 1 7

. 8 4 5

. 0 7

. 7 3

. 4

Age a t f irst sexual intercourse

Under 16 years

............................. 1 4

, 7 2 2 5 4

. 8 1 2

. 4 4 0

. 8 7

. 8 2

. 6

16 years

................................. 9

, 3 4 4 6 2

. 3 1 5

. 4 4 6

. 6 9

. 0 2

. 4

17 years

................................. 8

, 0 0 6 6 5

. 6 1 9

. 7 4 7

. 5 8

. 4 1

. 9

18 years

................................. 6

, 7 0 5 6 8

. 8 2 0

. 2 4 9

. 1 5

. 7 4

. 6

19 years

................................. 3

, 5 7 7 6 9

. 7 2 6

. 1 4 7

. 8 4

. 9 5

. 0

20 years and over

........................... 6

, 3 0 9 7 0

. 1 2 4

. 7 4 3

. 6 8

. 6 6

. 2

Y

ear of first sexual intercourse

1999 and later

............................. 5

, 9 4 2 7 8

. 8 2 1

. 1 6 7

. 3 9

. 6 5

. 6

1995–98

................................. 6

, 5 4 4 7 2

. 7 1 8

. 7 6 1

. 0 6

. 0 3

. 4

1990–94

................................. 8

, 4 2 8 7 0

. 3 1 6

. 3 5 7

. 9 4

. 0 3

. 3

1980–89

................................. 1 8

, 4 1 2 6 1

. 3 1 9

. 9 3 8

. 1 8

. 3 3

. 2

Before 1980

............................... 9

, 3 3 8 4 3

. 0 1 2

. 5 2 1

. 7 9

. 9 2

. 3

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 6

, 3 7 6 4 6

. 1 9

. 5 3 3

. 1 6

. 1 4

. 4

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 1

, 9 8 1 6 7

. 5 1 8

. 6 4 8

. 1 8

. 7 3

. 1

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 7

, 2 7 0 6 0

. 1 2 2

. 4 4 3

. 8 4

. 4 2

. 9

First i ntercourse in 1996 and later

To t a l 2

................................... 1 1

, 1 1 1 7 5

. 6 1 9

. 7 6 4

. 6 7

. 8 4

. 5

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic

................................. 1

, 8 6 0 5 4

. 9 9

. 0 4 1

. 0 7

. 6 5

. 8

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 6

, 7 5 0 8 2

. 1 2 2

. 2 7 2

. 1 8

. 2 4

. 3

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 1

, 6 3 3 7 4

. 1 1 9

. 0 6 5

. 2 4

. 8 3

. 4

Age a t f irst intercourse

and Hispanic o rigin and race

Under 20 years:

Hispanic o r Latina

.......................... 1

, 3 7 3 5 5

. 1 8

. 6 4 4

. 8 6

. 6 5

. 1

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

........................ 5

, 8 5 7 8 1

. 4 2 0

. 1 7 2

. 8 7

. 4 3

. 0

Black or African American, single r ace

............ 1

, 4 5 5 7 3

. 1 1 9

. 9 6 4

. 2 5

. 2 3

. 3

20 years and over:

Hispanic o r Latina

.......................... 4 8 8 5 4

. 3 1 0

. 2 3 0

. 2 1 0

. 6 8

. 0

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

........................ 8 9 3 8 7

. 0 3 5

. 6 6 7

. 5 1 3

. 1 1 2

. 8

Black or African American, single r ace

............ 1 7 7 8 2

. 9 1 2

. 0 7 3

. 8 * *

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Other methods include female sterilization, male sterilization, Depo-ProveraTM, N orplantTM, rhythm, natural family planning, diaphragm, f emale c ondom, f oam, j elly or cream, suppository or insert,

T odayTM s ponge, IUD, emergency c ontraception, or some other method.

2 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

NOTE: C omparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 40.

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**able 56.**  **Number of**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age and**  **percent distribution**  **by current**  **contraceptive status**  **and method,**  **according to**  **age at** 

**interview: United**  **States, 2002** 

Age in years

Contraceptive status and method 15–44 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44

Number in thousands

W omen 15–44 years of age 1

................................ 6 1

, 5 6 1 9

, 8 3 4 9

, 8 4 0 9

, 2 4 9 1 0

, 2 7 3 1 0

, 8 2 3 1 1

, 5 1 2

Percent distribution

T o t a l

................................................ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Using contraception

F e m a l e s t e r i l i z a t i o n

...................................... 1 6

. 7

– 2

. 2 1 0

. 3 1 9

. 0 2 9

. 2 3 4

. 7

M a l e s t e r i l i z a t i o n

........................................ 5

. 7

– 0

. 5 2

. 8 6

. 4 1 0

. 0 1 2

. 7

P i l l

................................................. 1 9

. 0 1 6

. 7 3 1

. 8 2 5

. 6 2 1

. 8 1 3

. 2 7

. 6

Implant, LunelleTM, or contraceptive patch

........................ 0

. 8 0

. 4 0

. 9 1

. 7 0

. 9 0

. 5 0

. 2

3-month injectable (Depo-ProveraTM)

........................... 3

. 3 4

. 4 6

. 1 4

. 4 2

. 9 1

. 5 1

. 1

Intrauterine device (IUD)

................................... 1

. 3 0

. 1 1

. 1 2

. 5 2

. 2 1

. 0 0

. 8

Diaphragm

............................................ 0

. 2

– 0

. 1 0

. 3 0

. 1

– 0

. 4

Condom

............................................. 1 1

. 1 8

. 5 1 4

. 0 1 4

. 0 1 1

. 8 1 1

. 1 8

. 0

Periodic abstinence—calendar rhythm

........................... 0

. 7

– 0

. 8 0

. 3 0

. 9 1

. 1 1

. 2

Periodic abstinence—natural family planning

....................... 0

. 2

– – 0

. 4 0

. 2 0

. 3 0

. 4

W i t h d r a w a l

............................................ 2

. 5 0

. 8 3

. 1 5

. 3 2

. 6 2

. 4 1

. 0

Other methods 2

......................................... 0

. 6 0

. 6 0

. 2 0

. 4 0

. 4 0

. 5 1

. 1

Not using contraception

Surgically sterile, female (noncontraceptive)

....................... 1

. 5

– 0

. 0 0

. 4 0

. 9 2

. 1 4

. 9

Nonsurgically sterile, female or male

............................ 1

. 6 0

. 7 0

. 7 0

. 9 1

. 4 1

. 2 4

. 4

Pregnant or postpartum

.................................... 5

. 3 3

. 5 9

. 5 8

. 4 6

. 9 3

. 8 0

. 8

Seeking pregnancy

...................................... 4

. 2 1

. 2 2

. 8 5

. 5 7

. 0 5

. 1 3

. 3

Other nonuse:

..........................................

Never had intercourse

................................... 1 0

. 9 4 9

. 5 1 1

. 4 2

. 7 1

. 5 1

. 6 1

. 1

No intercourse in 3 months before interview

...................... 7

. 2 6

. 7 6

. 6 6

. 2 6

. 1 7

. 5 9

. 7

Had intercourse in 3 months before interview

..................... 7

. 4 6

. 9 8

. 4 8

. 0 7

. 0 7

. 7 6

. 7

All other nonuse

....................................... 0

. 0

– – – – 0

. 1 0

. 1

– Quantity zero.

0.0 Quantity greater than zero but less than 0.05.

1 Includes women of other or multiple race and origin groups, not shown separately

.

2 Includes T odayTM sponge, cervical cap, female condom, and other methods not shown separately

.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data for 1995 are shown in reference 16, table 41.

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**a ble**  **57. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percentage**  **who used**  **specified contraceptive**  **method in**  **month o**  **f i**  **nterview**

**, b**  **y a**  **ge at** 

**interview: United**  **States, 2002** 

Age i n years

Contraceptive m ethod 15–44 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44

Number in thousands

To t a l 1

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 9

, 8 3 4 9

, 8 4 0 9

, 2 4 9 1 0

, 2 7 2 1 0

, 8 5 3 1 1

, 5 1 2

Percent

Using contraception:

......................... 6 1

. 9 3 1

. 5 6 0

. 7 6 8

. 0 6 9

. 2 7 0

. 8 6 9

. 1

F e m a l e s t e r i l i z a t i o n

......................... 1 6

. 7

– 2

. 2 1 0

. 3 1 9

. 0 2 9

. 2 3 4

. 7

M a l e s t e r i l i z a t i o n

........................... 6

. 3

– 0

. 6 3

. 1 6

. 6 1 1

. 5 1 3

. 9

P i l l

................................... 1 9

. 2 1 6

. 9 3 1

. 9 2 5

. 7 2 2

. 3 1 3

. 6 7

. 6

Implant, LunelleTM, or contraceptive patch

........... 0

. 8 0

. 4 0

. 9 1

. 7 0

. 9 0

. 5 0

. 2

3-month i njectable ( Depo-ProveraTM)

.............. 3

. 3 4

. 4 6

. 2 4

. 5 2

. 9 1

. 5 1

. 1

Intrauterine device (IUD)

...................... 1

. 3 0

. 1 1

. 1 2

. 5 2

. 6 1

. 0 0

. 8

Diaphragm

.............................. 0

. 4

– 0

. 1 0

. 4 0

. 2 0

. 5 0

. 9

Condom

................................ 1 4

. 7 1 4

. 1 2 1

. 8 1 7

. 4 1 4

. 5 1 2

. 6 9

. 3

Periodic abstinence—calendar rhythm

............. 1

. 3 0

. 4 1

. 4 0

. 9 1

. 4 1

. 4 1

. 9

Periodic abstinence—natural family planning

......... 0

. 2

– – 0

. 4 0

. 2 0

. 4 0

. 4

W i t h d r a w a l

.............................. 5

. 4 4

. 7 7

. 2 9

. 6 5

. 3 4

. 6 2

. 1

Other methods 2

........................... 1

. 0 1

. 1 0

. 6 1

. 1 0

. 9 0

. 8 1

. 6

Not using contraception

........................ 3 8

. 1 6 8

. 5 3 9

. 3 3 2

. 0 3 0

. 8 2 9

. 2 3 0

. 9

– Q uantity zero.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups not shown s eparately

.

2 Includes T odayTM s ponge, cervical cap, female condom, and other methods not shown s eparately

.

NOTE: P ercentages may not add to the t otal who w ere u sing contraception because m ore t han one method could have been used in the m onth o f i nterview

.

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**able 58.**  **Number of**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age and**  **percent distribution**  **by current**  **contraceptive status**  **and method,**  **according to**  **marital**

**status and**  **Hispanic origin**  **and race:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Marital or cohabitation status Hispanic origin and race

Not Hispanic or Latina

Black or

White, African

Currently Currently Never Formerly Hispanic single American,

Contraceptive status and method married cohabiting married married or Latina race single race

Number in thousands

W omen 15–44 years of age 1

.................... 2 8

, 3 2 7 5

, 5 7 0 2 1

, 5 6 8 6

, 0 9 6 9

, 1 0 7 3 9

, 4 9 8 8

, 2 5 0

Percent distribution

T o t a l

.................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Using contraception

F e m a l e s t e r i l i z a t i o n

.......................... 2 1

. 7 1 8

. 4 4

. 4 3 5

. 3 1 9

. 9 1 5

. 4 2 2

. 6

M a l e s t e r i l i z a t i o n

............................ 1 1

. 2 2

. 2 0

. 4 2

. 2 2

. 6 7

. 6 1

. 3

P i l l

..................................... 1 7

. 2 2 4

. 1 2 1

. 8 1 2

. 3 1 3

. 0 2 2

. 2 1 3

. 1

Implant, LunelleTM, or contraceptive patch

............ 1

. 0 1

. 1 0

. 4 0

. 5 1

. 8 0

. 5 0

. 6

3-month injectable (Depo-ProveraTM)

............... 2

. 2 6

. 8 4

. 2 1

. 7 4

. 3 2

. 7 5

. 4

Intrauterine device (IUD)

....................... 1

. 9 1

. 3 0

. 2 1

. 9 3

. 2 1

. 0 0

. 8

Diaphragm

................................ 0

. 2 0

. 0 0

. 2

– – 0

. 2 0

. 1

Condom

................................. 1 2

. 0 1 3

. 1 1 0

. 3 8

. 0 1 0

. 9 1 0

. 7 1 1

. 4

Periodic abstinence—calendar rhythm

............... 1

. 3 0

. 7 0

. 2 0

. 3 0

. 6 0

. 8 0

. 3

Periodic abstinence—natural family planning

........... 0

. 4 0

. 0 0

. 0

– 0

. 3 0

. 3 0

. 1

W i t h d r a w a l

................................ 3

. 0 4

. 1 1

. 6 1

. 3 2

. 2 2

. 6 1

. 5

Other methods 2

............................. 0

. 7 0

. 8 0

. 2 0

. 9 0

. 3 0

. 7 0

. 5

Not using contraception

Surgically sterile, female (noncontraceptive)

........... 2

. 1 1

. 3 0

. 4 3

. 0 0

. 9 1

. 6 1

. 6

Nonsurgically sterile, female or male

................ 2

. 0 1

. 4 1

. 0 2

. 5 1

. 7 1

. 7 1

. 4

Pregnant or postpartum

........................ 7

. 5 8

. 7 2

. 3 2

. 2 6

. 9 4

. 7 5

. 7

Seeking pregnancy

.......................... 6

. 9 5

. 3 0

. 8 2

. 0 5

. 2 4

. 0 4

. 3

Other nonuse:

Never had intercourse

....................... . . . . . . 3 0

. 9

. . . 1 3

. 0 1 0

. 0 9

. 8

No intercourse in 3 months before interview

.......... 2

. 3 2

. 2 1 2

. 0 1 7

. 6 5

. 7 7

. 0 9

. 2

Had intercourse in 3 months before interview

......... 6

. 3 8

. 3 8

. 5 8

. 2 7

. 7 6

. 5 1 0

. 4

All other nonuse

........................... – – – – – 0

. 1 0

. 1

0.0 Quantity greater than zero but less than 0.05.

– Quantity zero.

...C a t egory not applicable.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

1 Includes women of other or multiple race and origin groups, not shown separately

.

2 Includes T odayTM sponge, cervical cap, female condom, and other methods not shown separately

.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data for 1995 are shown in reference 16, table 42.

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**a ble**  **59. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percentage**  **who used**  **the s**  **pecified contraceptive**  **method in**  **the month**  **o f**  **i nterview** 

**, b**  **y**

**marital status**  **a nd**  **Hispanic origin**  **and race:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Marital o r cohabitation status Hispanic o rigin and race

Not H ispanic o r Latina

Black or

White, African

Currently Currently Never Formerly Hispanic single American,

Contraceptive s tatus and method married cohabiting married married or Latina race single r ace

Number in thousands

To t a l 1

................................... 2 8

, 3 2 7 5

, 5 7 0 2 1

, 5 6 8 6

, 0 9 6 9

, 1 0 7 3 9

, 4 9 8 8

, 2 5 0

Percent

Using contraception:

.......................... 7 2

. 9 7 2

. 5 4 4

. 0 6 4

. 4 5 9

. 0 6 4

. 6 5 7

. 6

F e m a l e s t e r i l i z a t i o n

......................... 2 1

. 7 1 8

. 4 4

. 4 3 5

. 3 1 9

. 9 1 5

. 4 2 2

. 6

M a l e s t e r i l i z a t i o n

........................... 1 2

. 0 3

. 1 0

. 4 3

. 3 2

. 8 8

. 3 1

. 5

P i l l

................................... 1 7

. 5 2 4

. 3 2 1

. 9 1 2

. 7 1 3

. 0 2 2

. 5 1 3

. 3

Implant, LunelleTM, or contraceptive patch

........... 1

. 0 1

. 1 0

. 4 0

. 5 1

. 8 0

. 5 0

. 6

3-month i njectable ( Depo-ProveraTM)

.............. 2

. 2 6

. 8 4

. 3 1

. 7 4

. 3 2

. 7 5

. 4

Intrauterine device (IUD)

...................... 1

. 9 1

. 3 0

. 2 2

. 6 3

. 2 1

. 1 0

. 8

Diaphragm

.............................. 0

. 6 0

. 2 0

. 2 0

. 1

– 0

. 6 0

. 1

Condom

................................ 1 3

. 3 1 8

. 2 1 6

. 9 1 0

. 4 1 4

. 2 1 4

. 0 1 7

. 0

Periodic abstinence—calendar rhythm

............. 2

. 0 0

. 7 0

. 6 0

. 6 0

. 8 1

. 5 0

. 3

Periodic abstinence—natural family planning

......... 0

. 5 0

. 0 0

. 0

– 0

. 3 0

. 3 0

. 1

W i t h d r a w a l

.............................. 5

. 9 7

. 7 5

. 2 2

. 3 3

. 7 6

. 2 2

. 8

Other methods 2

........................... 1

. 3 1

. 2 0

. 7 1

. 2 0

. 7 1

. 1 1

. 1

Not using contraception

........................ 2 7

. 1 2 7

. 5 5 6

. 0 3 5

. 6 4 1

. 0 3 5

. 4 4 2

. 4

– Q uantity zero.

0.0 Q uantity greater than zero but less than 0.05.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 Includes T odayTM s ponge, cervical cap, female condom, and other methods, not shown s eparately

.

NOTES: Percentages using s pecific methods may not add to the t otal who w ere u sing contraception because m ore t han one method could have been used in the month o f i nterview

. U p t o f our

methods were coded in recodes CONST A T1–4.

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**a ble**  **60. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **are currently**  **using a**  **m ethod**  **of contraception**  **a nd**  **percent d**  **istribution b**  **y method,** 

**according t**  **o selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Sterilization

3-month

injectable

Number in Using any Depo- Other

Characteristic thousands method Female M ale P ill Condom ProveraTM) methods 1

Percent distribution

To t a l 2

................................... 3 8

, 1 0 9 100.0 27.0 9 .2 30.6 18.0 5 .3 9.9

Age

15–19 years

............................... 3

, 0 9 6 100.0 0 .0 0.0 52.8 27.0 13.9 6 .3

20–24 years

............................... 5

, 9 7 5 100.0 3 .6 0.8 52.3 23.1 10.1 10.1

25–29 years

............................... 6

, 2 9 1 100.0 15.1 4 .2 37.6 20.5 6 .5 16.1

30–34 years

............................... 7

, 1 0 5 100.0 27.5 9 .2 31.5 17.0 4 .2 10.7

35–39 years

............................... 7

, 6 8 8 100.0 41.2 14.2 18.6 15.7 2 .0 8.2

40–44 years

............................... 7

, 9 5 5 100.0 50.3 18.4 10.9 1 1.5 1 .6 7.3

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 0

, 6 5 5 100.0 29.8 15.4 23.6 16.4 3 .1 1 1 .7

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 4

, 0 3 9 100.0 25.4 3 .1 33.2 18.1 9 .3 1 1 .0

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 9

, 4 9 1 100.0 10.0 0 .9 49.4 23.4 9 .6 6.7

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 3

, 9 2 4 100.0 54.9 3 .3 19.1 12.5 2 .7 7.4

Parity

0 b i r t h s

.................................. 1 1

, 7 8 6 100.0 2 .0 3.1 56.8 24.4 5 .7 7.9

1 b i r t h

................................... 6

, 7 0 2 100.0 13.0 4 .7 32.9 22.4 9 .9 17.0

2 b i r t h s

.................................. 1 0

, 4 1 5 100.0 38.2 15.5 17.9 14.3 3 .8 10.4

3 o r m o r e b i r t h s

............................ 9

, 2 0 5 100.0 56.4 13.2 9 .8 10.5 3 .2 6.9

Current religion

N o n e

................................... 5

, 5 3 9 100.0 22.6 7 .2 31.3 21.9 7 .8 9.1

Fundamentalist P rotestant

...................... 2

, 1 8 8 100.0 41.2 6 .3 20.0 15.8 6 .5 10.1

O t h e r P r o t e s t a n t

............................ 1 7

, 8 3 7 100.0 29.6 10.3 30.6 15.7 4 .9 8.9

C a t h o l i c

................................. 1 0

, 6 1 6 100.0 24.5 8 .8 31.7 18.0 4 .7 12.3

O t h e r r e l i g i o n

.............................. 1

, 8 3 2 100.0 10.9 10.9 36.2 29.3 3 .5 9.3

Education 3

No high school diploma o r GED 4

.................. 3

, 8 8 7 100.0 55.2 2 .8 10.6 13.2 7 .4 10.7

High school diploma o r GED 4

.................... 9

, 9 9 6 100.0 41.5 10.7 19.0 13.1 4 .9 10.8

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 9

, 9 5 4 100.0 28.7 12.1 27.6 17.9 3 .2 10.4

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 8

, 7 4 1 100.0 12.8 12.8 41.8 20.8 1 .9 10.0

Percent of poverty level 5

0–149 percent

............................. 9

, 5 2 5 100.0 40.5 4 .7 20.7 15.0 6 .9 12.1

0–99 percent

............................. 6

, 0 8 8 100.0 42.1 4 .9 20.4 13.7 7 .1 1 1 .8

150–299 percent

............................ 9

, 9 9 8 100.0 33.4 9 .4 25.3 16.1 5 .0 10.8

300 percent or more

.......................... 1 5

, 4 9 0 100.0 19.9 13.7 35.6 19.1 2 .8 8.8

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 5

, 3 7 0 100.0 33.8 4 .4 22.0 18.5 7 .3 14.1

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 2 5

, 5 1 3 100.0 23.9 1 1.7 34.4 16.6 4 .2 9.3

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 4

, 7 5 4 100.0 39.2 2 .3 22.7 19.8 9 .4 6.6

0.0 Q uantity more than zero but less than 0.05.

1 Other methods include NorplantTM, LunelleTM, contraceptive patch, e mergency c ontraception, IUD, diaphragm, f emale c ondom, f oam, c ervical c ap, T o d ayTM sponge, suppository

, j elly or cream, r hythm,

natural family planning, withdrawal, o r s ome o ther method.

2 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

3 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

4 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

5 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 44.

### Table 61. Number of currently contracepting women 15–44 years of age who have ever had sexual intercourse and percentage using

**specified contraceptive methods by method combinations in the month of interview, according to selected characteristics: United States,**

**2002**

Characteristic Number in

thousands Total Condom

only Condom

and pill Condom and

withdrawal Condom and

other methods All other

users Percent

using

condom

at all

Percent distribution

Total 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,472 100.0 14.5 4.2 2.7 2.7 75.9 24.2

Marital or cohabiting status

Currently married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,655 100.0 12.7 1.3 2.6 1.7 81.7 18.3

First marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,920 100.0 14.2 1.4 2.9 1.7 79.8 20.3

Second or later marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,735 100.0 6.3 0.8 1.0 1.3 90.7 9.3

Currently cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,039 100.0 13.9 3.7 3.4 4.1 74.9 25.1

Never married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,854 100.0 20.5 12.3 3.7 4.5 59.1 41.0

Formerly married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,924 100.0 11.2 1.3 0.8 2.8 83.8 16.2

Age at first sexual intercourse

Under 15 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,495 100.0 11.6 2.3 2.6 3.1 80.3 19.6

15–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,902 100.0 13.9 4.9 2.7 3.1 75.4 24.6

18–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,565 100.0 14.4 4.8 2.5 2.3 76.0 24.0

20 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,511 100.0 18.9 3.1 3.0 1.8 73.2 26.8

Number of male partners in last 12 months 2

Had, intercourse but not in last year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,907 100.0 6.3 1.4 * * 89.8 10.2

1 partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,862 100.0 13.8 3.5 2.9 2.4 77.4 22.7

2 partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,874 100.0 16.6 10.5 1.2 5.3 66.4 33.6

3 or more partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,828 100.0 31.7 8.1 4.5 4.9 50.8 49.2

Ever treated for STI or PID 3

Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,374 100.0 13.1 4.1 2.1 2.7 77.9 22.1

No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,099 100.0 14.8 4.2 2.8 2.7 75.4 24.6

Metropolitan residence

Metropolitan, suburban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,181 100.0 14.9 3.5 2.3 2.3 77.0 23.0

Metropolitan, central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,301 100.0 17.3 4.8 3.7 4.0 70.2 29.8

Nonmetropolitan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,990 100.0 8.8 4.9 2.0 1.5 82.8 17.2

Religion raised

None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,895 100.0 16.2 4.4 3.8 1.8 73.8 26.2

Fundamentalist Protestant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,128 100.0 12.6 2.4 4.5 1.6 79.0 21.0

Other Protestant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,640 100.0 13.5 4.7 2.8 3.0 76.0 24.0

Catholic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,126 100.0 14.6 3.8 2.0 2.9 76.7 23.3

Other religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,603 100.0 26.1 3.8 * * 65.7 34.3

Hispanic origin and race

Hispanic or Latina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,350 100.0 15.6 2.4 2.0 4.3 75.8 24.2

Not Hispanic or Latina:

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,974 100.0 13.0 4.4 3.0 1.7 77.9 22.1

Black or African-American, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,726 100.0 17.9 4.6 1.1 6.2 70.3 29.7

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

1 Includes women of other or multiple race and origin groups and women with missing information on religion raised, not shown separately.

2 Based on interviewer-administered items.

3 STI is sexually transmitted infection and PID is pelvic inflammatory disease.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Related data for 2002 are shown in reference 10, table 14. 

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**a ble**  **62. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd number**  **o f**  **unmarried women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **who had**  **sexual intercourse**  **in the**  **3**

**months prior**  **t o**  **t he**  **interview and**  **p ercentage**  **u sing**  **s pecified**  **contraceptive method**  **or method**  **combinations at**  **last sexual**  **intercourse, by** 

**selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Used Used condom and.

. .

Number in Any No Condom Condom Pill Other Any o ther

Characteristic thousands method method at all only only P ill hormonal 1 method 2

Percent

To t a l 3

................................... 4 4

, 4 5 0 7 6

. 0 2 4

. 0 2 2

. 1 1 5

. 2 1 7

. 4 3

. 9 0

. 7 2

. 6

Age

15–19 years

............................... 3

, 5 1 2 8 2

. 9 1 7

. 1 5 2

. 5 2 9

. 1 1 6

. 2 1 5

. 6 3

. 4 6

. 4

20–24 years

............................... 7

, 2 1 1 7 8

. 2 2 1

. 8 3 3

. 5 2 1

. 6 2 5

. 0 8

. 9 1

. 6 2

. 5

25–29 years

............................... 7

, 6 1 2 7 4

. 6 2 5

. 4 2 1

. 2 1 5

. 0 2 2

. 9 3

. 0 0

. 6 2

. 5

30–44 years

............................... 2 6

, 1 1 5 7 4

. 9 2 5

. 1 1 5

. 1 1 1

. 5 1 3

. 8 1

. 3 * 2

. 2

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 6

, 2 3 1 7 2

. 3 2 7

. 7 1 3

. 8 1 1

. 3 1 6

. 2 1

. 1 * 1

. 5

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 1 7 7 7 5

. 5 2 4

. 6 1 9

. 7 1 2

. 6 2 1

. 3 3

. 6 1

. 0 2

. 5

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 9

, 4 2 1 8 6

. 3 1 3

. 7 4 6

. 2 2 7

. 8 2 0

. 4 1 2

. 1 2

. 1 5

. 3

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 3

, 6 2 0 7 7

. 2 2 2

. 8 2 2

. 1 1 4

. 1 1 2

. 6 3

. 4 1

. 0 4

. 0

Unmarried women 3

T o t a l

.................................... 1 8

, 2 1 8 8 1

. 4 1 8

. 6 3 3

. 9 2 0

. 8 1 9

. 1 8

. 0 1

. 6 4

. 3

Age

15–19 years

............................... 3

, 3 2 8 8 3

. 3 1 6

. 7 5 4

. 7 3 0

. 0 1 4

. 9 1 6

. 5 3

. 5 6

. 7

20–24 years

............................... 5

, 0 4 2 8 6

. 4 1 3

. 6 3 9

. 6 2 5

. 5 2 7

. 2 1 0

. 8 1

. 6 2

. 8

25–29 years

............................... 3

, 0 2 6 8 2

. 4 1 7

. 6 3 0

. 4 1 9

. 8 2 4

. 7 5

. 5 1

. 5 3

. 6

30–44 years

............................... 6

, 8 2 2 7 6

. 4 2 3

. 6 2 1

. 1 1 3

. 2 1 2

. 7 2

. 8 * 4

. 4

Parity

0 b i r t h s

.................................. 9

, 3 4 1 8 7

. 4 1 2

. 6 4 4

. 0 2 5

. 7 2 7

. 0 1 3

. 6 1

. 5 4

. 3

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

............................. 8

, 8 7 8 7 5

. 1 2 4

. 9 2 3

. 3 1 5

. 6 1 0

. 8 2

. 0 1

. 7 4

. 2

Education 4

No high school diploma o r GED 5

.................. 1

, 9 5 5 6 4

. 8 3 5

. 2 1 9

. 2 1 5

. 3 5

. 8 1

. 1 0

. 0 2

. 9

High school diploma o r GED 5

.................... 4

, 3 0 5 7 4

. 9 2 5

. 1 2 2

. 4 1 5

. 2 1 3

. 4 2

. 0 1

. 3 4

. 0

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 3

, 7 4 7 8 4

. 6 1 5

. 4 2 9

. 1 1 7

. 4 2 0

. 7 7

. 5 1

. 4 3

. 0

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 2

, 7 1 7 9 1

. 7 8

. 3 3 6

. 9 2 2

. 3 3 3

. 0 9

. 5 0

. 5 4

. 8

Percent of poverty level 6

0–149 percent

............................. 5

, 8 0 3 7 6

. 0 2 4

. 0 2 5

. 3 1 6

. 2 1 3

. 4 4

. 2 1

. 4 3

. 7

0–99 percent

............................. 3

, 8 2 0 7 4

. 9 2 5

. 1 2 5

. 5 1 5

. 9 1 2

. 7 4

. 9 1

. 7 3

. 2

150–299 percent

............................ 3

, 9 6 0 8 0

. 1 1 9

. 9 2 7

. 9 1 7

. 9 1 9

. 6 4

. 3 1

. 0 4

. 6

300 percent or more

.......................... 5

, 1 2 8 8 7

. 3 1 2

. 7 3 4

. 8 2 2

. 2 2 8

. 0 9

. 5 0

. 9 3

. 1

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 2

, 6 2 9 7 0

. 1 2 9

. 9 2 6

. 4 1 9

. 0 1 6

. 6 3

. 7 0

. 9 3

. 1

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3

, 6 4 9 8 7

. 1 1 2

. 9 3 4

. 9 2 0

. 2 2 3

. 6 1 0

. 0 1

. 7 4

. 2

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 1

, 3 1 5 7 3

. 4 2 6

. 6 3 5

. 6 2 2

. 6 1 1

. 2 5

. 7 2

. 3 5

. 0

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

0.0 Q uantity more than zero but less than 0.05.

1 Other hormonal includes injectable c ontraception, NorplantTM i mplants, emergency c ontraceptive p ills, and contraceptive patch.

2 Any o ther method includes partner’s vasectomy

, female sterilization, withdrawal, periodic abstinence, diaphragm, f emale c ondom, s permicidal fo am, j elly

, c ream, o r s uppository

, cervical cap, T odayTM

sponge, IUD, and other method.

3 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

4 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

5 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

6 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

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**a ble**  **63. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd number**  **o f**  **unmarried women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **who had**  **sexual intercourse**  **in the**  **1 2** 

**months prior**  **t o**  **t he**  **interview and**  **p ercentage**  **who used**  **the s**  **pecified contraceptive**  **method at**  **last intercourse**  **in past**  **12 months,**  **b y** 

**selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Used

Characteristic Number in

thousands Any

method No

method Pill Condom All o ther

methods 1

Percent

To t a l 2

................................... 4 8

, 7 7 7 7 5

. 2 2 4

. 8 2 2

. 4 2 3

. 4 3 3

. 5

Age

15–19 years

...............................

20–24 years

...............................

25–29 years

...............................

30–44 years

............................... 4

, 1 8 2

7

, 9 6 4

8

, 2 4 9

2 8

, 3 8 1 8 2

. 5

7 7

. 6

7 4

. 5

7 3

. 7 1 7

. 5

2 2

. 4

2 5

. 6

2 6

. 3 3 1

. 5

3 6

. 2

2 7

. 6

1 5

. 7 5 3

. 8

3 5

. 2

2 2

. 5

1 5

. 9 1 1

. 7

1 5

. 7

2 7

. 5

4 3

. 5

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ Currently cohabiting

..........................

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 2 7

, 4 0 6

5

, 3 2 8

1 1

, 6 2 2

4

, 4 2 0 7 0

. 9

7 5

. 4

8 4

. 8

7 6

. 8 2 9

. 1

2 4

. 6

1 5

. 2

2 3

. 2 1 7

. 7

2 5

. 8

3 3

. 5

1 8

. 0 1 3

. 8

2 0

. 2

4 7

. 7

2 3

. 4 4 0

. 5

3 2

. 9

1 5

. 3

3 8

. 8

Unmarried women 2

T o t a l

.................................... 2 1

, 3 7 0 8 0

. 8 1 9

. 2 2 8

. 4 3 5

. 8 2 4

. 6

Age

15–19 years

...............................

20–24 years

...............................

25–29 years

...............................

30–44 years

............................... 3

, 9 9 8

5

, 7 1 9

3

, 5 6 4

8

, 0 8 9 8 2

. 9

8 5

. 1

8 1

. 9

7 6

. 3 1 7

. 1

1 4

. 9

1 8

. 2

2 3

. 7 3 1

. 1

4 0

. 8

3 1

. 6

1 6

. 9 5 5

. 7

4 1

. 5

3 2

. 8

2 3

. 3 1 1

. 3

1 4

. 4

2 3

. 2

3 8

. 9

Parity

0 b i r t h s

..................................

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

............................ 1 0

, 9 5 7

1 0

, 4 1 3 8 7

. 0

7 4

. 2 1 3

. 0

2 5

. 8 4 2

. 2

1 3

. 9 4 6

. 3

2 4

. 8 1 2

. 2

3 7

. 6

Education 3

No high school diploma o r GED 4

.................. High school diploma o r GED 4

.................... Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 2

, 2 6 0

4

, 9 7 9

4

, 4 0 2

3

, 2 7 5 6 3

. 8

7 4

. 3

8 3

. 7

9 0

. 9 3 6

. 2

2 5

. 7

1 6

. 3

9

. 1 7

. 5

1 6

. 1

2 8

. 8

4 7

. 4 2 1

. 3

2 4

. 4

3 1

. 1

3 8

. 0 3 5

. 9

3 6

. 0

3 1

. 5

1 5

. 3

Percent of poverty level 5

0–149 percent

.............................

0–99 percent

.............................

150–299 percent

............................

300 percent or more

.......................... 6

, 8 4 0

4

, 4 5 7

4

, 5 8 1

5

, 9 5 1 7 4

. 8

7 3

. 1

7 9

. 7

8 7

. 1 2 5

. 2

2 6

. 9

2 0

. 3

1 2

. 9 1 7

. 3

1 7

. 3

2 8

. 5

3 9

. 2 2 7

. 9

2 6

. 9

2 9

. 6

3 6

. 4 3 3

. 8

3 3

. 7

2 6

. 2

2 1

. 6

Number of partners i n t he past 12 months 6

1 p a r t n e r

.................................

2 o r m o r e p a r t n e r s

........................... 1 5

, 5 7 6

5

, 7 9 5 7 9

. 4

8 4

. 6 2 0

. 7

1 5

. 4 2 8

. 3

2 8

. 6 3 1

. 5

4 7

. 5 2 6

. 6

1 9

. 1

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

...........................

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

..........................

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 3

, 1 7 3

1 2

, 3 1 9

4

, 2 9 8 6 9

. 8

8 6

. 3

7 3

. 6 3 0

. 2

1 3

. 7

2 6

. 4 1 9

. 4

3 6

. 4

1 6

. 3 2 8

. 9

3 6

. 8

3 7

. 6 2 5

. 1

2 3

. 4

2 5

. 2

1 All o ther methods include sterilization, IUD, female condom, e mergency c ontraception, diaphragm, c ervical c ap, spermicidal foam, j elly or cream, suppository o r i nsert, T odayTM sponge, periodic

abstinence, withdrawal, c ontraceptive patch, N orplant implants, injectables, and other methods.

2 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

3 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

4 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

5 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

6 Based o n number of male partners w ith whom she had vaginal intercourse, a s r eported t o t he interviewer

.

NOTE: P ercentages using p ill, condom, and other methods do not add to the t otal percentage using ‘ ‘Any method’ ’ because m ore t han one method could have been used at last intercourse.

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**a ble**  **64. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd number**  **o f**  **unmarried women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **who ever**  **used a**  **c ondom**  **and who** 

**had sexual**  **intercourse in**  **the 4**  **w eeks**  **prior t**  **o t**  **he interview**  **and percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **c onsistency**  **of condom**  **use i**  **n t**  **hose 4**  **w eeks,** 

**according t**  **o selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

How m any times a condom was used

Number in None of Some of Every

Characteristic thousands T o tal the t ime the t ime time

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 4 1

, 8 2 9 100.0 72.8 7 .4 19.8

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 5

, 3 5 0 100.0 81.0 5 .4 13.6

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 0 6 3 100.0 75.4 8 .5 16.1

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 8

, 3 2 4 100.0 48.7 13.0 38.3

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 3

, 0 9 2 100.0 72.3 5 .3 22.3

Unmarried women 1

T o t a l

.................................... 1 6

, 4 7 9 100.0 61.1 10.2 28.7

Age

15–19 years

............................... 2

, 7 2 5 100.0 42.5 15.7 41.8

20–24 years

............................... 4

, 6 2 3 100.0 56.3 12.3 31.4

25–29 years

............................... 2

, 9 7 2 100.0 64.9 7 .9 27.1

30–44 years

............................... 6

, 1 5 8 100.0 71.7 7 .1 21.2

Currently cohabiting

Y

e s

.................................... 5

, 0 6 3 100.0 75.4 8 .5 16.1

N o

..................................... 1 1

, 4 1 6 100.0 55.0 10.9 34.0

Parity

0 b i r t h s

.................................. 8

, 2 9 9 100.0 52.3 13.1 34.6

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

............................ 8

, 1 7 9 100.0 70.4 7 .2 22.5

Education 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 1

, 9 3 4 100.0 69.9 2 .8 27.3

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 3

, 9 4 4 100.0 73.2 7 .5 19.4

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 3

, 4 0 2 100.0 65.2 8 .0 26.9

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 2

, 4 8 0 100.0 56.8 14.4 28.8

Percent of poverty level 4

0–149 percent

............................. 5

, 4 7 0 100.0 67.4 8 .1 24.5

0–99 percent

............................. 3

, 5 7 8 100.0 67.0 8 .1 24.9

150–299 percent

............................ 3

, 5 6 6 100.0 65.2 10.8 24.0

300 percent or more

.......................... 4

, 7 1 7 100.0 61.8 9 .0 29.2

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 2

, 4 5 9 100.0 61.3 9 .5 29.2

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 9

, 5 7 1 100.0 62.5 10.3 27.2

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 3

, 2 5 1 100.0 58.0 9 .4 32.7

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

4 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTE: P ercentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

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**a ble**  **65. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd number**  **o f**  **unmarried women**  **15–44 years**  **of age,**  **who ever**  **used the**  **c ondom**  **and who** 

**had sexual**  **intercourse in**  **the 1**  **2 months**  **prior t**  **o t**  **he interview** 

**, a**  **nd percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **c onsistency**  **of condom**  **use, according**  **t o** 

**selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

How o ften a condom was used

Number in None of Some of Every

Characteristic thousands T o tal the t ime the t ime time

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 5 0

, 2 4 7 100.0 61.6 25.5 12.9

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 7

, 9 6 3 100.0 75.5 16.3 8 .3

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 4 3 3 100.0 62.2 29.8 8 .1

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 1 2

, 1 5 2 100.0 29.4 44.2 26.4

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 4

, 7 0 0 100.0 61.9 26.5 1 1.4

Unmarried women 1

T o t a l

.................................... 2 2

, 2 8 4 100.0 44.3 36.9 18.7

Age

15–19 years

............................... 4

, 0 6 1 100.0 17.6 54.8 27.5

20–24 years

............................... 5

, 8 9 1 100.0 32.3 45.2 22.5

25–29 years

............................... 3

, 7 2 4 100.0 49.7 35.6 14.6

30–44 years

............................... 8

, 6 0 9 100.0 62.7 23.4 13.8

Currently cohabiting

Y

e s

.................................... 5

, 4 3 3 100.0 62.2 29.8 8 .1

N o

..................................... 1 6

, 8 5 2 100.0 38.5 39.3 22.2

Parity

0 b i r t h s

.................................. 1 1

, 3 5 4 100.0 31.0 44.7 24.3

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

............................ 1 0

, 9 3 0 100.0 58.0 28.9 13.0

Education 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 2

, 4 9 3 100.0 65.3 19.7 15.0

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 5

, 1 9 1 100.0 57.8 31.4 10.6

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 4

, 5 9 4 100.0 51.7 33.5 14.8

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 3

, 4 6 1 100.0 41.4 37.6 21.0

Percent of poverty level 4

0–149 percent

............................. 7

, 2 0 1 100.0 53.5 31.6 14.9

0–99 percent

............................. 4

, 7 4 4 100.0 54.9 30.8 14.3

150–299 percent

............................ 4

, 7 6 1 100.0 50.3 34.3 15.5

300 percent or more

.......................... 6

, 2 6 2 100.0 46.4 33.6 20.0

Number of partners i n t he past 12 months 5

1 p a r t n e r

................................. 1 5

, 5 1 6 100.0 50.3 31.0 18.7

2 o r m o r e p a r t n e r s

........................... 5

, 7 6 5 100.0 23.6 56.4 19.8

Any self-report o f S TI or PID 6

Y

e s

.................................... 4

, 0 6 2 100.0 45.4 40.8 13.7

N o

..................................... 1 8

, 2 2 3 100.0 44.1 36.1 19.9

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 3

, 3 7 4 100.0 49.3 35.9 14.8

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 1 2

, 6 5 7 100.0 45.0 35.8 19.2

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 4

, 5 8 9 100.0 39.5 37.9 22.6

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

4 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

5 Based o n number of male partners w ith whom she had vaginal intercourse, a s r eported t o t he interviewer

.

6 STI i s s exually transmitted i nfection and PID i s pelvic i nflammatory disease.

NOTE: P ercentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

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**a ble**  **66. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **ever used**  **a selected**  **method of**  **contraception, percentage**  **who discontinued**  **a ny** 

**method due**  **to dissatisfaction**  **a nd**  **the reasons**  **for d**  **iscontinuation, and**  **u se**  **and d**  **iscontinuation o**  **f t**  **he pill**  **and c**  **ondom by**  **Hispanic origin** 

**and race:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Hispanic o r Latina N ot Hispanic o r Latina

Black or African

Method White, single r ace American, single r ace

DepoReason Pill Condom ProveraTM NorplantTM P ill Condom Pill Condom Pill Condom

Number in thousands

T o tal w ho ever used the m ethod

............... 4 5

, 6 1 6 4 8

, 6 4 2 9

, 2 2 6 1

, 1 5 0 5

, 4 9 5 6

, 1 6 2 3 1

, 2 8 2 3 2

, 3 1 9 5

, 9 4 1 6

, 7 9 8

Percent

T o tal w ho used and discontinued the m ethod

........ 2 9

. 2 1 1

. 9 4 2

. 3 4 1

. 6 2 9

. 9 1 0

. 9 2 8

. 2 1 3

. 7 3 3

. 3 5

. 1

Reason for d iscontinuation

T o o expensive

........................... 3

. 2 2

. 2 2

. 1 * 3

. 0 * 3

. 4 1

. 9 1

. 4 *

T o o d i f f i c u l t t o u s e

......................... 5

. 2 8

. 6 0

. 7 * 4

. 2 3

. 8 4

. 6 9

. 8 6

. 1 *

T o o m essy

............................. 1

. 2 9

. 5 *

– * 6

. 2 0

. 9 1 0

. 6 * 8

. 2

Y

o u r p a r t n e r d i d n o t l i k e i t

.................... 2

. 8 3 8

. 6 2

. 6 * 4

. 8 3 1

. 0 2

. 6 4 0

. 1 1

. 7 2 8

. 6

Y

o u h a d s i d e e f f e c t s

....................... 6 4

. 6 1 7

. 9 7 2

. 3 7 0

. 6 6 2

. 6 2 6

. 2 6 6

. 1 1 6

. 4 6 2

. 8 2 1

. 1

Y

o u w ere w orried you might have side ef fects

....... 1 3

. 1 2

. 0 4

. 2 * 1 1

. 8 6

. 9 1 4

. 6 1

. 0 8

. 1 *

Y

o u w o r r i e d t h e m e t h o d w o u l d n o t w o r k

........... 3

. 0 1 3

. 2 2

. 2

– 5

. 6 8

. 3 3

. 1 1 4

. 6 * 9

. 2

The method failed, you became p regnant

.......... 1 0

. 4 7

. 5 5

. 7 8

. 3 1 1

. 5 9

. 8 8

. 9 6

. 9 1 2

. 9 *

The method did not protect against disease

......... 2

. 1 1

. 1 1

. 3

– 2

. 2 * 2

. 0 1

. 2 3

. 1 *

Doctor told you not to use the m ethod again

........ 8

. 5 2

. 5 5

. 7 9

. 2 7

. 2 5

. 0 8

. 3 2

. 0 1 1

. 9 *

Decreased your sexual pleasure

................ 4

. 1 3 7

. 9 8

. 2 * 2

. 2 2 4

. 4 5

. 0 4 0

. 3 2

. 2 2 9

. 2

T o o d i f f i c u l t t o o b t a i n

....................... 1

. 8 1

. 5 2

. 0

– 1

. 1 * 1

. 2 * 3

. 9 *

Did not like changes to menstrual cycle

........... 1 2

. 7 1

. 5 3 3

. 7 1 9

. 3 1 2

. 7 * 1 2

. 7 1

. 0 1 3

. 3 *

O t h e r

................................. 1 0

. 6 1 5

. 4 8

. 1 1 0

. 2 1 2

. 1 1 7

. 6 1 0

. 2 1 4

. 2 1 1

. 7 2 8

. 7

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

– Q uantity zero.

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**a ble**  **67. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **fecundity status,**  **according t**  **o selected**  **characteristics:**

**United States,**  **2002**

Surgically sterile

Number in Noncontra- Impaired

Characteristic thousands T o tal Contraceptive ceptive fecundity Fecund

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 100.0 22.0 1 .5 1 1 .8 64.8

Age

15–29 years

............................... 2 8

, 9 2 3 100.0 5 .0 0.1 8 .4 86.4

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 100.0 24.2 0 .9 14.1 60.8

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 100.0 38.7 2 .1 12.1 47.1

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 100.0 46.8 4 .9 17.9 30.4

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 8

, 2 3 7 100.0 32.7 2 .1 15.1 50.1

F i r s t m a r r i a g e

............................ 2 3

, 0 8 2 100.0 28.9 1 .7 14.7 54.6

Second or later m arriage

..................... 5

, 2 4 5 100.0 49.4 3 .7 16.7 30.1

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 5 7 0 100.0 20.8 1 .3 12.6 65.3

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 2 1

, 5 6 8 100.0 4 .4 0.4 7 .1 88.2

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 6

, 0 9 6 100.0 35.2 3 .0 12.3 49.4

Parity and age

0 b i r t h s

.................................. 2 5

, 6 2 2 100.0 2 .1 0.9 1 1.7 85.4

15–29 years

............................. 1 9

, 3 1 3 100.0 0 .3 0.0 7 .4 92.3

30–34 years

............................. 2

, 7 5 2 100.0 1 .8 1.0 19.0 78.2

35–39 years

............................. 1

, 8 3 7 100.0 13.2 3 .7 22.3 60.8

40–44 years

............................. 1

, 7 2 1 100.0 10.3 7 .6 36.8 45.3

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

............................ 3 5

, 9 3 8 100.0 36.2 1 .9 1 1 .9 50.1

15–29 years

............................. 9

, 6 1 1 100.0 14.4 0 .3 10.6 74.7

30–34 years

............................. 7

, 5 2 1 100.0 32.4 0 .9 12.3 54.5

35–39 years

............................. 9

, 0 1 6 100.0 43.9 1 .8 10.4 44.3

40–44 years

............................. 9

, 7 9 1 100.0 53.3 4 .4 14.6 27.8

Medical help t o become p regnant

Y

es, at least once in last year

.................... 1

, 4 0 1 100.0 15.7 0 .7 50.6 33.0

Y

es, but not within last year

..................... 5

, 9 2 7 100.0 25.9 5 .1 34.2 34.8

N o

..................................... 5 4

, 2 3 3 100.0 21.7 1 .1 8.4 68.8

Education 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 5

, 6 2 7 100.0 39.9 2 .7 13.8 43.6

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 1 4

, 2 6 4 100.0 35.7 1 .8 14.2 48.3

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 4

, 2 7 9 100.0 28.1 2 .4 13.7 55.9

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 3

, 5 5 1 100.0 15.8 1 .3 12.6 70.4

Percent of poverty level 4

0–149 percent

............................. 1 4

, 5 8 2 100.0 29.3 1 .6 13.1 56.0

150–299 percent

............................ 1 4

, 5 0 2 100.0 28.8 1 .8 1 1 .7 57.7

300 percent or more

.......................... 2 2

, 6 4 3 100.0 22.4 1 .8 13.7 62.0

Hispanic o rigin and race and parity

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 100.0 22.4 0 .9 10.7 65.9

0 b i r t h s

................................ 2

, 9 4 8 100.0 1 .6 * 9 .5 88.8

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

........................... 6

, 1 5 9 100.0 32.4 1 .2 1 1 .5 54.9

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 100.0 22.4 1 .6 12.4 63.6

0 b i r t h s

............................... 1 7

, 4 5 1 100.0 2 .4 1.1 12.2 84.3

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

.......................... 2 2

, 0 4 7 100.0 38.3 2 .0 12.5 47.3

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 100.0 23.7 1 .6 10.5 64.3

0 b i r t h s

............................... 3

, 0 3 2 100.0 1 .3 1.0 12.3 85.4

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

.......................... 5

, 2 1 8 100.0 36.7 1 .9 9.4 52.1

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

4 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Roughly c omparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 49.

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**a ble**  **68. Number**  **o f**  **m arried**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **fecundity status,**  **according t**  **o selected**  **characteristics:**

**United States,**  **2002**

Surgically sterile

Number in Noncontra- Impaired

Characterisitc thousands T o tal Contraceptive ceptive fecundity Fecund

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 2 8

, 3 2 7 100.0 32.7 2 .1 15.1 50.1

Age

15–29 years

............................... 7

, 2 4 6 100.0 1 1.8 0 .4 12.8 75.0

30–34 years

............................... 6

, 3 5 1 100.0 25.2 0 .8 16.0 58.0

35–39 years

............................... 6

, 9 8 9 100.0 43.5 2 .1 12.9 41.6

40–44 years

............................... 7

, 7 4 0 100.0 48.8 4 .6 18.6 28.1

Parity and age

0 b i r t h s

.................................. 5

, 1 4 2 100.0 6 .8 2.3 25.3 65.6

15–29 years

............................. 2

, 3 6 4 100.0 1 .2 0.4 17.3 81.2

30–34 years

............................. 1

, 2 7 9 100.0 1 .4 1.0 24.5 73.1

35–39 years

............................. 6 8 4 100.0 26.4 6 .7 33.9 33.0

40–44 years

............................. 8 1 5 100.0 14.8 6 .2 42.8 36.1

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

............................ 2 3

, 1 8 5 100.0 38.5 2 .0 12.8 46.7

15–29 years

............................. 4

, 8 8 2 100.0 16.9 0 .4 10.6 72.0

30–34 years

............................. 5

, 0 7 2 100.0 31.2 0 .8 13.9 54.2

35–39 years

............................. 6

, 3 0 5 100.0 45.4 1 .6 10.6 42.5

40–44 years

............................. 6

, 9 2 5 100.0 52.8 4 .4 15.7 27.1

Medical help t o become p regnant

Y

es, at least once in last year

.................... 1

, 1 8 0 100.0 13.4 0 .9 52.1 33.7

Y

es, but not within last year

..................... 4

, 3 1 1 100.0 28.4 5 .0 33.6 33.0

N o

..................................... 2 2

, 8 3 6 100.0 34.6 1 .6 9.7 54.2

Education 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 2

, 7 6 4 100.0 41.7 2 .4 15.6 40.4

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 8

, 0 9 2 100.0 41.8 2 .2 16.3 39.8

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 8

, 1 9 8 100.0 35.0 2 .9 15.5 46.6

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 8

, 5 2 1 100.0 21.8 1 .2 14.2 62.8

Percent of poverty level 4

0–149 percent

............................. 5

, 5 9 0 100.0 35.4 2 .1 15.9 46.6

150–299 percent

............................ 8

, 3 0 6 100.0 36.9 1 .8 12.1 49.2

300 percent or more

.......................... 1 4

, 2 3 3 100.0 29.7 2 .2 16.7 51.4

Hispanic o rigin and race and parity

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 4

, 1 3 8 100.0 33.3 1 .2 14.2 51.3

0 b i r t h s

................................ 4 7 0 100.0 * * 30.8 66.0

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

........................... 3

, 6 6 8 100.0 37.2 1 .3 12.1 49.4

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 2 0

, 0 6 1 100.0 33.1 2 .0 15.8 49.1

0 b i r t h s

............................... 4

, 0 6 8 100.0 7 .3 2.6 25.1 65.0

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

.......................... 1 5

, 9 9 2 100.0 39.6 1 .9 13.4 45.1

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 2

, 1 3 3 100.0 42.1 2 .1 12.6 43.3

0 b i r t h s

............................... 2 4 8 100.0 * * 32.4 56.9

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

.......................... 1

, 8 8 5 100.0 46.7 1 .9 10.0 41.5

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

4 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Roughly c omparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 50.

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**a ble**  **69. Number**  **o f**  **m arried**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **i nfertility**  **status, according**  **t o**  **selected characteristics:** 

**United States,**  **2002**

Number in Surgically

Characteristic thousands T o tal sterile Infertile Fecund

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 2 8

, 3 2 7 100.0 34.8 7 .4 57.8

Age

15–29 years

............................... 7

, 2 4 6 100.0 12.2 6 .3 81.5

30–34 years

............................... 6

, 3 5 1 100.0 26.0 8 .1 65.9

35–39 years

............................... 6

, 9 8 9 100.0 45.6 5 .7 48.7

40–44 years

............................... 7

, 7 4 0 100.0 53.4 9 .4 37.3

Parity and age

0 b i r t h s

.................................. 5

, 1 4 2 100.0 9 .1 16.6 74.3

15–29 years

............................. 2

, 3 6 4 100.0 1 .6 1 1 .0 87.4

30–34 years

............................. 1

, 2 7 9 100.0 2 .4 16.9 80.7

35–39 years

............................. 6 8 4 100.0 33.1 22.6 44.3

40–44 years

............................. 8 1 5 100.0 21.0 27.4 51.6

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

............................ 2 3

, 1 8 5 100.0 40.5 5 .4 54.2

15–29 years

............................. 4

, 8 8 2 100.0 17.4 4 .0 78.6

30–34 years

............................. 5

, 0 7 2 100.0 32.0 5 .9 62.1

35–39 years

............................. 6

, 3 0 5 100.0 46.9 3 .9 49.2

40–44 years

............................. 6

, 9 2 5 100.0 57.2 7 .2 35.6

Medical help t o become p regnant

Y

es, at least once in last year

.................... 1

, 1 8 0 100.0 14.2 30.5 55.3

Y

es, but not within last year

..................... 4

, 3 1 1 100.0 33.4 14.0 52.6

N o

..................................... 2 2

, 8 3 6 100.0 36.1 4 .9 58.9

Education 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 2

, 7 6 4 100.0 44.1 10.4 45.5

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 8

, 0 9 2 100.0 44.0 6 .5 49.5

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 8

, 1 9 8 100.0 37.9 6 .6 55.5

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 8

, 5 2 1 100.0 23.0 8 .4 68.6

Percent of poverty level 4

0–149 percent

............................. 5

, 5 9 0 100.0 37.5 7 .4 55.1

150–299 percent

............................ 8

, 3 0 6 100.0 38.7 5 .7 55.7

300 percent or more

.......................... 1 4

, 2 3 3 100.0 31.9 8 .4 59.7

Hispanic o rigin and race and parity

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 4

, 1 3 8 100.0 34.5 7 .7 57.8

0 b i r t h s

................................ 4 7 0 100.0 * 24.3 72.5

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

........................... 3

, 6 6 8 100.0 38.5 5 .6 55.9

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 2 0

, 0 6 1 100.0 35.1 7 .0 57.9

0 b i r t h s

............................... 4

, 0 6 8 100.0 9 .9 15.9 74.2

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

.......................... 1 5

, 9 9 2 100.0 41.5 4 .7 53.8

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 2

, 1 3 3 100.0 44.2 1 1.5 44.3

0 b i r t h s

............................... 2 4 8 100.0 * 27.7 61.6

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

.......................... 1

, 8 8 5 100.0 48.6 9 .4 42.1

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

4 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Roughly c omparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 51.

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**a ble**  **70. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percentage**  **who have**  **had a**  **sterilizing operation**  **b y**  **type o**  **f operation**  **a nd**  **percentage**

**whose c**  **urrent husband**  **or cohabiting**  **p artner**  **has h**  **ad a**  **vasectomy**

**, b**  **y selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Any

Number in sterilizing T ubal Other

Characteristic thousands operation sterilization V asectomy H ysterectomy operations

Percent

To t a l 1

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 2 3

. 6 1 6

. 2 6

. 2 4

. 1 2

. 5

Age

15–24 years

............................... 1 9

, 6 7 4 1

. 3 1

. 1 0

. 3

– 0

. 1

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 1 3

. 3 1 0

. 2 2

. 9 0

. 5 1

. 0

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 2 5

. 2 1 8

. 8 5

. 4 3

. 1 1

. 6

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 4 1

. 2 2 8

. 1 1 1

. 6 7

. 0 3

. 7

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 5 2

. 0 3 3

. 6 1 4

. 5 1 2

. 3 7

. 4

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 8

, 3 2 7 3 5

. 1 2 1

. 3 1 2

. 8 5

. 3 3

. 1

F i r s t m a r r i a g e

............................ 2 3

, 0 8 2 3 0

. 9 1 7

. 9 1 2

. 0 4

. 0 2

. 1

Second or later m arriage

..................... 5

, 2 4 5 5 3

. 6 3 6

. 2 1 6

. 6 1 1

. 3 7

. 7

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 5 7 0 2 2

. 1 1 8

. 4 3

. 0 4

. 2 2

. 7

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 2 1

, 5 6 8 4

. 8 4

. 0

. . . 0

. 9 0

. 6

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 6

, 0 9 6 3 8

. 5 3 4

. 2

. . . 9

. 9 0

. 6

Parity

0 b i r t h s

.................................. 2 5

, 6 2 2 3

. 0 1

. 0 1

. 3 1

. 0 0

. 9

1 b i r t h

................................... 1 1

, 1 9 3 1 2

. 1 7

. 2 3

. 1 3

. 3 2

. 1

2 b i r t h s

.................................. 1 3

, 4 0 2 4 3

. 5 2 8

. 7 1 3

. 2 8

. 2 4

. 3

3 o r m o r e b i r t h s

............................ 1 1

, 3 4 3 5 8

. 1 4 5

. 0 1 1

. 9 7

. 2 4

. 0

Religion r aised

N o n e

................................... 4

, 7 7 3 1 8

. 0 1 1

. 5 7

. 0 2

. 6 2

. 2

Fundamentalist P rotestant

...................... 3

, 6 2 0 3 0

. 0 2 4

. 6 3

. 8 7

. 1 3

. 8

O t h e r P r o t e s t a n t

............................ 2 8

, 1 2 0 2 6

. 1 1 7

. 8 6

. 8 5

. 3 2

. 9

C a t h o l i c

................................. 2 1

, 5 1 7 2 2

. 1 1 4

. 8 6

. 2 2

. 7 1

. 9

O t h e r r e l i g i o n

.............................. 3

, 3 2 4 1 3

. 3 1 0

. 0 2

. 9 2

. 0 0

. 9

Region of residence

Northeast

................................ 9

, 7 0 4 1 9

. 7 1 3

. 8 5

. 1 2

. 3 1

. 2

M i d w e s t

................................. 1 4

, 1 0 0 2 5

. 1 1 6

. 3 7

. 9 4

. 2 2

. 5

S o u t h

................................... 2 2

, 9 3 9 2 6

. 5 1 9

. 4 5

. 2 5

. 6 3

. 2

W e s t

................................... 1 4

, 8 1 8 2 0

. 4 1 3

. 0 6

. 6 3

. 1 2

. 0

Education 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 5

, 6 2 7 4 2

. 8 3 7

. 8 2

. 1 6

. 0 4

. 4

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 1 4

, 2 6 4 3 7

. 8 2 7

. 8 8

. 2 7

. 3 4

. 0

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 4

, 2 7 9 3 0

. 5 1 9

. 8 9

. 2 5

. 8 3

. 4

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 3

, 5 5 1 1 7

. 4 7

. 9 8

. 7 2

. 5 1

. 5

Percent of poverty level 4

0–149 percent

............................. 1 4

, 5 8 2 3 1

. 1 2 6

. 2 3

. 1 5

. 1 3

. 1

0–99 percent

............................. 9

, 2 6 2 3 2

. 6 2 7

. 7 3

. 3 4

. 9 3

. 7

150–299 percent

............................ 1 4

, 5 0 2 3 0

. 7 2 2

. 0 7

. 1 5

. 8 3

. 3

300 percent or more

.......................... 2 2

, 6 4 3 2 4

. 5 1 3

. 2 1 0

. 3 4

. 3 2

. 6

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 2 3

. 4 1 9

. 8 2

. 8 2

. 1 2

. 3

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 2 4

. 2 1 4

. 9 8

. 2 4

. 6 2

. 5

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 2 5

. 3 2 1

. 6 1

. 3 4

. 8 2

. 7

– Q uantity zero.

...C a t egory not applicable.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

4 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: Percentages do not add to total w ho reported ‘ ‘any sterilizing operation’ ’ because s ome w omen reported m ore t han one sterilizing operation. C omparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference

16, table 52.

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**a ble**  **71. Number**  **o f**  **m arried**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percentage**  **who have**  **had a**  **sterilizing operation**  **b y**  **type o**  **f operation**  **a nd** 

**percentage whose**  **husband has**  **h ad**  **a vasectomy** 

**, b**  **y selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Any

Number in sterilizing T ubal Other

Characteristic thousands operation sterilization V asectomy H ysterectomy operations

Percent

To t a l 1

................................... 2 8

, 3 2 7 3 5

. 1 2 1

. 3 1 2

. 8 5

. 3 3

. 1

Age

15–24 years

............................... 2

, 4 7 1 5

. 1 3

. 9 1

. 4

– 0

. 2

25–29 years

............................... 4

, 7 7 5 1 6

. 1 1 0

. 8 5

. 2 0

. 5 1

. 5

30–34 years

............................... 6

, 3 5 1 2 6

. 2 1 7

. 5 8

. 2 3

. 2 1

. 3

35–39 years

............................... 6

, 9 8 9 4 6

. 1 2 8

. 2 1 7

. 3 6

. 6 3

. 7

40–44 years

............................... 7

, 7 4 0 5 3

. 8 3 0

. 2 2 1

. 0 1 0

. 7 6

. 1

Parity

0 b i r t h s

.................................. 5

, 1 4 2 9

. 3 2

. 9 5

. 1 2

. 8 2

. 3

1 b i r t h

................................... 6

, 3 6 0 1 4

. 0 7

. 7 5

. 4 2

. 8 2

. 0

2 b i r t h s

.................................. 9

, 4 0 6 4 6

. 0 2 6

. 7 1 8

. 4 7

. 6 4

. 3

3 o r m o r e b i r t h s

............................ 7

, 4 1 8 5 7

. 3 3 8

. 8 1 7

. 6 6

. 4 3

. 2

Religion r aised

N o n e

................................... 1

, 7 2 8 3 3

. 6 1 8

. 1 1 8

. 4 4

. 1 5

. 1

Fundamentalist P rotestant

...................... 1

, 6 4 7 4 5

. 9 3 5

. 2 8

. 3 1 1

. 6 7

. 5

O t h e r P r o t e s t a n t

............................ 1 2

, 8 3 7 3 8

. 5 2 2

. 9 1 4

. 3 6

. 7 3

. 6

C a t h o l i c

................................. 1 0

, 3 5 4 3 1

. 9 1 8

. 8 1 2

. 1 3

. 0 1

. 7

O t h e r r e l i g i o n

.............................. 1

, 6 3 2 1 9

. 5 1 3

. 4 5

. 3 4

. 0 1

. 9

Region of residence

Northeast

................................ 4

, 1 6 6 3 1

. 9 1 9

. 6 1 1

. 8 3

. 0 0

. 9

M i d w e s t

................................. 6

, 6 9 7 3 4

. 0 1 7

. 7 1 5

. 7 4

. 5 3

. 0

S o u t h

................................... 1 0

, 4 9 0 3 9

. 4 2 6

. 6 1 1

. 2 7

. 1 4

. 2

W e s t

................................... 6

, 9 7 3 3 1

. 6 1 7

. 8 1 3

. 1 4

. 9 2

. 9

Education 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 2

, 7 6 4 4 4

. 1 3 7

. 7 3

. 6 5

. 5 3

. 8

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 8

, 0 9 2 4 4

. 4 2 9

. 4 1 3

. 7 7

. 5 4

. 2

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 8

, 1 9 8 3 8

. 0 2 1

. 8 1 5

. 5 6

. 4 4

. 0

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 8

, 5 2 1 2 3

. 5 9

. 7 1 3

. 5 2

. 7 1

. 4

Percent of poverty level 4

0–149 percent

............................. 5

, 5 9 0 3 7

. 7 2 8

. 7 7

. 9 5

. 0 3

. 0

0–99 percent

............................. 3

, 3 1 4 4 0

. 5 3 0

. 9 9

. 1 4

. 8 3

. 1

150–299 percent

............................ 8

, 3 0 6 3 8

. 9 2 6

. 0 1 1

. 5 6

. 3 3

. 6

300 percent or more

.......................... 1 4

, 2 3 3 3 2

. 3 1 5

. 9 1 5

. 7 5

. 0 3

. 0

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 4

, 1 3 8 3 4

. 6 2 7

. 9 5

. 7 2

. 7 3

. 5

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 2 0

, 0 6 1 3 5

. 5 1 9

. 3 1 5

. 4 5

. 6 2

. 9

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 2

, 1 3 3 4 4

. 3 3 6

. 4 4

. 5 7

. 2 3

. 9

– Q uantity zero.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

4 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: Percentages do not add to total w ho reported ‘ ‘any sterilizing operation’ ’ because s ome w omen reported m ore t han one sterilizing operation. C omparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference

16, table 5 3

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**a ble**  **72. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percentage**  **who have**  **had a**  **sterilizing operation**  **b y**  **type o**  **f operation**  **a nd**  **percentage**

**whose husband**  **or cohabiting**  **p artner**  **has h**  **ad a**  **vasectomy**

**, b**  **y selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Characteristic Number in

thousands Any

sterilizing

operation T ubal

sterilization V asectomy H ysterectomy

Percent

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 2 3

. 7 1 9

. 8 2

. 8 2

. 1

Religion r aised

N o n e

...................................

Fundamentalist P rotestant

...................... O t h e r P r o t e s t a n t

............................ C a t h o l i c

................................. O t h e r r e l i g i o n

.............................. *

5 5 8

7 3 6

7

, 1 8 4

* *

2 0

. 2

2 5

. 3

2 3

. 5

* *

1 8

. 0

2 4

. 5

1 9

. 5

* *

*

*

3

. 0

* *

–

*

2

. 0

*

Region of residence

Northeast

................................

M i d w e s t

................................. S o u t h

...................................

W e s t

................................... 1

, 0 6 8

7 5 4

3

, 1 1 4

4

, 1 7 2 2 4

. 1

2 2

. 6

2 4

. 9

2 2

. 3 2 1

. 8

2 0

. 4

2 1

. 7

1 7

. 8 *

*

2

. 0

4

. 2 *

*

3

. 0

1

. 8

White, single r ace, not Hispanic o r Latina

............. 3 9

, 4 9 8 2 4

. 2 1 4

. 9 8

. 2 4

. 6

Religion r aised

N o n e

...................................

Fundamentalist P rotestant

...................... O t h e r P r o t e s t a n t

............................ C a t h o l i c

................................. O t h e r r e l i g i o n

.............................. 3

, 3 8 0

1

, 7 7 7

2 0

, 2 2 7

1 2

, 1 9 1

1

, 8 5 5 1 9

. 2

3 5

. 7

2 6

. 2

2 2

. 1

1 5

. 2 1 1

. 7

2 8

. 2

1 6

. 4

1 2

. 2

1 0

. 5 8

. 2

6

. 7

8

. 4

8

. 6

4

. 4 2

. 6

9

. 9

5

. 4

3

. 3

3

. 0

Region of residence

Northeast

................................

M i d w e s t

................................. S o u t h

...................................

W e s t

................................... 6

, 2 5 7

1 1

, 0 5 2

1 3

, 8 7 4

8

, 3 1 5 2 1

. 0

2 5

. 9

2 6

. 2

2 1

. 2 1 3

. 7

1 5

. 6

1 7

. 3

1 1

. 1 7

. 1

9

. 5

7

. 0

9

. 2 2

. 7

4

. 3

5

. 9

4

. 2

Black or African American, single r ace, not Hispanic

o r L a t i n a

................................ 8

, 2 5 0 2 5

. 3 2 1

. 6 1

. 3 4

. 8

Religion r aised

N o n e

...................................

Fundamentalist P rotestant

...................... O t h e r P r o t e s t a n t

............................ C a t h o l i c

................................. O t h e r r e l i g i o n

.............................. 4 1 7

1

, 0 0 7

5

, 6 1 8

7 7 3

* 1 7

. 4

2 4

. 9

2 7

. 2

1 9

. 7

* 1 3

. 8

2 0

. 1

2 3

. 1

1 7

. 5

* *

*

1

. 6

*

* *

6

. 5

4

. 9

3

. 5

*

Region of residence

Northeast

................................

M i d w e s t

................................. S o u t h

...................................

W e s t

................................... 1

, 6 4 6

1

, 6 2 0

4

, 4 0 5

5 7 9 1 5

. 0

2 4

. 5

2 9

. 4

2 5

. 3 1 2

. 3

2 1

. 4

2 5

. 6

1 7

. 5 *

*

1

. 2

* 1

. 9

4

. 1

5

. 8

6

. 8

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

– Q uantity zero.

NOTES: Percentages do not add to total w ho reported ‘ ‘any sterilizing operation’ ’ because s ome w omen reported m ore t han one sterilizing operation. A lso, total i ncludes other sterilizing operations, not

shown s eparately

.

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**a ble**  **73. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **have had**  **( or**  **whose husbands**  **or cohabiting**  **p artners**  **have had)**  **sterilizing operations** 

**in January**  **1997 or**  **later**

**, p**  **ercentage who**  **cited the**  **s pecified**  **reasons for**  **their operations,**  **a nd**  **percent d**  **istribution b**  **y m**  **ain reason,** 

**according t**  **o selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

T ubal

Reason sterilization H ysterectomy V asectomy

Number in thousands

................................ 3

, 7 6 8 1

, 4 4 5 2

, 0 7 3

Percent

W o m a n h a d a l l t h e c h i l d r e n s h e w a n t e d

..................... 9 0

. 6 7 5

. 3 8 9

. 7

Husband or cohabiting partner had all t he children h e w anted

....... 7 7

. 7 6 4

. 5 9 3

. 6

Any m edical reasons

................................. 2 8

. 0 9 9

. 1 1 3

. 0

Medical problems w ith f emale o rgans

..................... 1 1

. 3 8 6

. 3

. . . Pregnancy would b e dangerous to woman’s health

............. 1 3

. 1 1 2

. 0 8

. 2

W ould p robably l ose a p regnancy

....................... 4

. 9 7

. 4 2

. 4

W ould p robably have an unhealthy child

................... 1

. 8 3

. 8 0

. 5

Husband or cohabiting partner had health problem

............. . . . . . . –

Other medical reason

............................... 6

. 0 1 5

. 0 3

. 4

Any p roblems w ith b irth control m ethods

.................... 1 5

. 1 1

. 2 1 6

. 2

Any health-related p roblems w ith b irth control m ethods

.......... 7

. 4 1

. 1 5

. 2

Main reason cited P ercent distribution

T o t a l

........................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0

W o m a n h a d a l l t h e c h i l d r e n s h e w a n t e d

..................... 6 5

. 2 9

. 2 4 7

. 0

Husband or cohabiting partner had all t he children h e w anted

....... 7

. 2

– 3 6

. 4

Medical reasons

................................... 1 8

. 3 8 9

. 5 5

. 0

Problems w ith o ther methods of birth control

.................. 2

. 4

– 0

. 5

Other reason

..................................... 6

. 9 1

. 3 1 1

. 1

...C a t egory not applicable.

– Q uantity zero.

NOTES: Percentages reporting s pecific medical r easons may not add to percent reporting ‘ ‘any medical r easons’ ’ because w omen could r eport m ore t han one medical reason for t he operation.

Percentages in lower panel may not add to 100 due to rounding.

### Table 74. Number of pregnancies ending in live birth in January 1997 or later to women 15–44 years of age at interview and percent

**distribution by months pregnant when prenatal care began, according to selected characteristics: United States, 2002**

Characteristic Number in

thousands Total Months pregnant when prenatal care began

Less than

3 months 3–4

months 5 months

or more or no

prenatal care

Percent distribution

Total 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,992 100.0 90.7 6.3 3.0

Age at time of birth

Under 20 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,509 100.0 81.7 12.1 6.2

Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,034 100.0 78.8 13.5 7.8

18–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,475 100.0 83.8 11.2 5.0

20–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,216 100.0 84.3 10.1 5.6

25–29 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,491 100.0 94.7 4.1 1.3

30–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,775 100.0 94.9 3.4 1.6

Marital or cohabiting status at time of birth

Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,636 100.0 94.6 3.8 1.6

Cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,320 100.0 82.0 11.8 6.2

Never married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,972 100.0 82.2 11.9 5.9

Formerly married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,064 100.0 91.9 4.5 3.5

Birth order

First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,658 100.0 91.6 5.9 2.5

Second . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,985 100.0 90.5 6.4 3.1

Third or higher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,349 100.0 89.6 6.6 3.8

Wantedness status at conception

Intended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,761 100.0 93.4 4.5 2.1

Mistimed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,883 100.0 85.5 10.3 4.2

Less than 2 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,849 100.0 90.3 6.9 2.8

2 or more years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,867 100.0 82.5 12.5 5.1

Unwanted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,348 100.0 85.5 8.6 5.9

Metropolitan residence at interview

Metropolitan, suburban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,569 100.0 93.2 5.0 1.8

Metropolitan, central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,687 100.0 86.4 8.5 5.2

Nonmetropolitan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,736 100.0 91.2 5.9 3.0

Education at interview 2

No high school diploma or GED 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,421 100.0 79.8 11.9 8.3

High school diploma or GED 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,959 100.0 92.2 5.7 2.1

Some college, no bachelor’s degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,940 100.0 92.5 5.3 2.2

Bachelor’s degree or higher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,613 100.0 97.1 2.3 0.6

Hispanic origin and race

Hispanic or Latina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,823 100.0 86.3 6.8 6.9

Not Hispanic or Latina:

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,143 100.0 94.1 4.9 1.0

Black or African American, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,184 100.0 84.6 11.1 4.3

1 Includes pregnancies to women of other or multiple race and origin groups and pregnancies with missing information on extent of pregnancy mistimedne ss, not shown separately.

2 Limited to women 22–44 years of age at time of interview.

3 GED Is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data for 1995 are shown in reference 16, table 83. 

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**a ble**  **75. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age whose**  **most recent**  **p regnancy**  **e nded**  **i n**  **live birth**  **or spontaneous**  **loss in**  **January 1997**  **or**

**later and**  **p ercent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **average number**  **o f**  **cigarettes smoked**  **per d**  **ay during**  **t he**  **pregnancy**

**, according**  **t o**  **selected characteristics:** 

**United States,**  **2002**

Smoked during p regnancy

Only smoked

Number in Never prior t o t his Fewer t han 15 or

Characteristic thousands T o tal smoked pregnancy Subtotal 15 per day more a day

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

.............................. 1 8

, 2 5 6 100.0 75.2 1 1.4 13.4 10.5 2 .9

Age a t outcome

Under 20 years

........................ 1

, 4 9 8 100.0 66.5 14.2 19.3 17.1 2 .2

Under 18 years

....................... 6 8 6 100.0 68.8 13.8 16.5 14.7 *

18–19 years

......................... 8 1 2 100.0 64.5 14.6 21.0 19.2 *

20–24 years

.......................... 3

, 9 6 9 100.0 65.5 18.8 15.7 13.1 2 .6

25–29 years

.......................... 4

, 7 1 2 100.0 74.9 9 .6 15.5 1 1.8 3 .7

30–44 years

.......................... 8

, 0 7 7 100.0 81.7 8 .4 9.9 7 .3 2.6

Pregnancy outcome

L i v e b i r t h

............................ 1 5

, 5 9 0 100.0 76.4 1 1.4 12.2 9 .5 2.7

Spontaneous loss

....................... 2

, 6 6 6 100.0 67.7 1 1.7 20.6 16.6 4 .0

Marital o r cohabiting status at outcome

M a r r i e d

............................. 1 1

, 7 8 6 100.0 82.0 9 .1 8.9 6 .8 2.1

Cohabiting

........................... 2

, 3 7 0 100.0 56.7 18.3 25.0 20.1 4 .9

Never married, not cohabiting

............... 3

, 0 0 2 100.0 69.1 15.0 15.9 13.5 2 .4

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

............. 1

, 0 9 7 100.0 58.2 12.3 29.5 22.0 7 .5

W antedness status at conception

Intended

............................ 1 1

, 8 2 6 100.0 77.3 10.7 12.0 9 .9 2.1

M i s t i m e d

............................ 3

, 5 8 0 100.0 74.6 12.4 13.1 10.2 2 .9

Less than 2 years t oo soon

............... 1

, 3 3 2 100.0 85.6 7 .5 7.0 6 .2 *

2 o r m ore years t oo soon

................ 2

, 0 5 3 100.0 68.9 14.4 16.7 12.1 4 .6

U n w a n t e d

........................... 2

, 8 5 0 100.0 66.8 13.3 19.9 13.7 6 .2

T i ming of first p renatal visit

W i t h i n f i r s t t r i m e s t e r

..................... 1 6

, 0 4 2 100.0 76.0 1 1.3 12.6 9 .9 2.7

After f irst trimester or never

................ 2

, 2 0 8 100.0 68.8 12.4 18.9 15.1 3 .8

Education a t i nterview 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

............. 2

, 3 3 8 100.0 67.3 1 1.4 21.4 15.1 6 .3

High school diploma o r GED 3

............... 5

, 2 3 9 100.0 66.9 15.2 17.9 13.6 4 .3

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

........... 4

, 8 0 1 100.0 76.9 12.0 1 1.2 9 .2 2.0

Bachelor’s degree or higher

................ 4

, 1 6 1 100.0 90.4 6 .2 3.4 3 .2 0.2

Receipt of public assistance in last 12 months

Y

e s

............................... 7

, 3 4 4 100.0 67.4 14.1 18.5 15.4 3 .1

N o

................................ 1 0

, 9 1 2 100.0 80.5 9 .6 10.0 7 .3 2.7

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

...................... 3

, 5 6 6 100.0 88.0 7 .0 5.1 4 .5 0.6

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

..................... 1 0

, 9 7 8 100.0 70.0 13.0 17.1 13.9 3 .2

Black or African American, single r ace

........ 2

, 3 9 1 100.0 79.5 12.3 8 .2 6.1 2 .1

* F igure does not meet standards of reliability or precision.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups and women w ith missing information o n s moking during t heir m ost r ecent pregnancy

, not shown separately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

NOTE: P ercentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

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**a ble**  **76. Number**  **o f**  **single live**  **births ever**  **born t**  **o women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **a nd**  **percentage t**  **hat w**  **ere low**  **b irthweight,**  **b y**  **H ispanic**  **origin**

**and race**  **and selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Number in thousands Percent of low b irthweight

Not H ispanic o r Latina Not H ispanic o r Latina

Black or Black or

White, African White, African

Hispanic single American, Hispanic single American,

Characteristic To t a l 1 or Latina race single r ace To t a l 1 or Latina race single r ace

To t a l 1

................................... 7 5

, 7 1 6 1 3

, 9 3 9 4 5

, 0 8 1 1 1

, 7 0 8 6

. 7 7

. 3 5

. 1 1 2

. 1

A g e a t t i m e o f b i r t h

Under 20 years

............................. 1 4

, 0 6 6 3

, 4 9 5 6

, 0 3 9 3

, 6 2 0 1 0

. 1 6

. 8 9

. 3 1 4

. 5

Under 18 years

........................... 5

, 8 0 7 * * 1

, 6 0 6 9

. 5 * * 1 3

. 0

18–19 years

............................. 8

, 2 5 9 1

, 8 1 8 3

, 9 1 2 2

, 0 1 4 1 0

. 5 7

. 4 9

. 5 1 5

. 6

20–24 years

............................... 2 4

, 7 4 7 4

, 9 1 2 1 3

, 6 3 4 4

, 3 0 8 6

. 8 6

. 8 5

. 7 1 0

. 1

25–29 years

............................... 2 0

, 6 6 0 3

, 6 2 6 1 3

, 4 6 7 2

, 3 9 2 4

. 9 7

. 0 3

. 6 9

. 1

30–44 years

............................... 1 6

, 2 4 2 1

, 9 0 6 1 1

, 9 4 2 1

, 3 8 7 5

. 8 9

. 6 4

. 1 1 7

. 1

Y

ear of birth

1997 or later

............................... 2 3

, 5 6 3 4

, 7 4 5 1 3

, 8 6 0 3

, 1 3 5 6

. 5 8

. 3 4

. 9 1 2

. 1

1990–96

................................. 2 6

, 3 0 5 4

, 8 7 2 1 5

, 9 0 7 3

, 7 7 0 6

. 3 6

. 4 4

. 5 1 2

. 2

1985–89

................................. 1 3

, 6 1 5 2

, 3 0 9 8

, 3 5 6 2

, 2 6 4 6

. 0 7

. 7 4

. 6 9

. 0

Before 1985

............................... 1 2

, 2 3 4 2

, 0 1 3 6

, 9 5 8 2

, 5 3 9 8

. 7 6

. 5 7

. 6 1 4

. 5

W antedness status at conception

Intended

................................. 4 7

, 0 7 8 8

, 3 2 5 3 0

, 5 8 8 5

, 2 8 0 5

. 7 7

. 0 3

. 9 1 3

. 3

M i s t i m e d

................................ 1 7

, 7 7 8 3

, 2 4 3 9

, 8 9 2 3

, 1 7 6 8

. 6 7

. 7 8

. 8 1 0

. 1

Less than 2 years t oo soon

.................... 5

, 9 0 4 1

, 2 0 0 3

, 7 1 8 6 3 5 8

. 6 1 0

. 7 7

. 9 1 2

. 2

2 o r m ore years t oo soon

..................... 1 1

, 2 7 1 1

, 9 1 6 5

, 9 2 5 2

, 4 2 0 8

. 8 5

. 8 9

. 5 9

. 4

U n w a n t e d

................................ 1 0

, 8 6 0 2

, 3 7 0 4

, 6 0 1 3

, 2 5 1 8

. 0 7

. 6 5

. 2 1 2

. 0

T i ming of first p renatal visit

W i t h i n f i r s t t r i m e s t e r

.......................... 2 1

, 3 5 9 4

, 0 9 7 1 3

, 0 2 3 2

, 6 6 0 6

. 2 7

. 8 5

. 0 1 1

. 7

After f irst trimester or never

..................... 2

, 1 9 2 6 4 3 8 3 1 4 7 5 9

. 1 1 1

. 1 * 1 4

. 9

Any c igarette smoking during p regnancy

Y

e s

.................................... 2

, 9 8 0 * 2

, 2 6 7 * 8

. 8 * 8

. 9 *

N o

..................................... 2 0

, 5 4 1 4

, 5 2 0 1 1

, 5 8 7 2

, 8 2 3 6

. 1 7

. 9 4

. 2 1 2

. 3

Education a t i nterview 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 1 3

, 5 6 8 6

, 2 3 8 4

, 2 1 2 2

, 6 2 7 9

. 3 7

. 0 1 2

. 0 1 0

. 7

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 2 5

, 7 0 6 3

, 8 0 9 1 5

, 7 7 4 4

, 3 4 9 6

. 3 7

. 5 4

. 1 1 4

. 2

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 2 0

, 7 3 6 2

, 4 5 2 1 3

, 9 2 4 3

, 1 6 4 6

. 2 4

. 9 5

. 2 9

. 3

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 3

, 6 0 4 8 0 3 1 0

, 3 7 1 1

, 1 2 2 4

. 9 1 0

. 9 3

. 6 1 2

. 8

Method of payment for delivery

Medicaid o r government assistance at all

............. 8

, 2 8 0 2

, 7 2 1 3

, 1 6 2 1

, 8 1 5 9

. 7 8

. 6 8

. 4 1 4

. 9

All o ther forms o f payment

...................... 1 5

, 3 4 1 2

, 0 2 6 1 0

, 7 4 0 1

, 3 3 2 4

. 9 7

. 8 4

. 1 8

. 5

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Includes births to women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

. Also includes births for w hich questions on prenatal care t iming, smoking during p regnancy

, and payment

for delivery w ere i napplicable o r m issing.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

NOTE: Low birthweight is defined as less than 51⁄2 pounds or less than 2,500 grams.

### Table 77. Number of women 15–44 years of age who had a live birth in January 1997 or later and percent distribution by method of payment

**for the most recent delivery, according to selected characteristics: United States, 2002**

Characteristic Number in

thousands Total Private

insurance only Own income

and private

insurance only Medicaid or

government

assistance All other

methods of

payment 1

Percent distribution

Total 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,167 100.0 36.0 25.6 33.4 5.1

Age at time of birth

Under 20 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,586 100.0 20.1 4.4 65.7 9.8

Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696 100.0 21.1 * 65.3 11.7

18–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 891 100.0 19.3 6.4 66.1 8.2

20–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,322 100.0 23.1 16.2 53.7 7.0

25–29 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,847 100.0 36.9 24.7 34.8 3.6

30–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,411 100.0 46.2 36.1 13.8 3.9

Marital or cohabiting status at time of birth

Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,027 100.0 42.7 34.6 18.2 4.6

Cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,412 100.0 20.2 8.9 66.3 4.5

Never married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,871 100.0 20.5 5.7 65.7 8.1

Formerly married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858 100.0 37.4 12.7 46.7 3.1

Birth order

First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,519 100.0 34.1 25.2 34.2 6.5

Second . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,286 100.0 35.0 30.8 29.7 4.5

Third or higher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,362 100.0 39.3 19.9 36.8 4.0

Wantedness status at conception

Intended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,034 100.0 39.8 29.5 26.0 4.7

Mistimed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,487 100.0 23.6 19.0 50.3 7.2

Less than 2 years too soon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,354 100.0 27.1 29.3 33.9 9.7

2 or more years too soon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,992 100.0 21.2 12.9 60.4 5.5

Unwanted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,646 100.0 34.7 16.4 44.9 3.9

Metropolitan residence at interview

Metropolitan, suburban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,704 100.0 40.8 29.6 25.6 4.0

Metropolitan, central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,695 100.0 34.5 16.8 43.6 5.0

Nonmetropolitan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,769 100.0 21.8 29.5 39.9 8.9

Education at interview 3

No high school diploma or GED 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,298 100.0 22.2 3.2 67.1 7.5

High school diploma or GED 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,238 100.0 35.6 21.5 39.4 3.5

Some college, no bachelor’s degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,626 100.0 38.4 32.6 24.6 4.3

Bachelor’s degree or higher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,299 100.0 47.5 43.1 5.0 4.4

Hispanic origin and race

Hispanic or Latina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,656 100.0 28.8 9.5 54.1 7.6

Not Hispanic or Latina:

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,748 100.0 38.8 35.1 21.9 4.3

Black or African American, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,352 100.0 31.5 10.3 54.8 3.5

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

1 Includes those who paid with ‘‘own income only.’’

2 Includes women of other or multiple race and origin groups, not shown separately.

3 Limited to women 22–44 years of age at time of interview.

4 GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data for 1995 are shown in reference 16, table 69. 

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**a ble**  **78. Number**  **o f**  **singleton b**  **abies born**  **i n**  **1997–2000 and**  **p ercent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **duration o**  **f b**  **reastfeeding, according**  **t o**  **selected**

**characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Duration of breastfeeding

Not

Number in breastfed 2 m onths 3 t o 5 6–1 1 12 months

Characteristic thousands T o tal at all S ubtotal or less months months or more

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 1 6

, 4 7 5 100.0 33.3 66.8 18.7 13.1 17.6 17.3

A g e a t t i m e o f b i r t h

Under 20 years

............................. 1

, 8 5 1 100.0 46.3 53.7 21.5 1 1.8 9 .3 1 1 .1

Under 18 years

........................... 7 4 3 100.0 46.1 54.0 23.0 9 .0 10.5 1 1.5

18–19 years

............................. 1

, 1 0 8 100.0 46.5 53.5 20.6 13.6 8 .6 10.8

20–24 years

............................... 4

, 2 9 7 100.0 43.5 56.5 17.2 12.6 15.9 10.9

25–29 years

............................... 4

, 5 0 1 100.0 32.2 67.8 22.5 13.4 18.2 13.7

30–44 years

............................... 5

, 8 2 6 100.0 22.5 77.5 16.0 13.8 21.1 26.8

Marital o r cohabiting status at time of birth

M a r r i e d

.................................. 1 0

, 5 6 0 100.0 26.0 74.0 18.7 14.2 19.8 21.3

Cohabiting

................................ 3

, 6 8 3 100.0 42.8 57.3 21.5 13.8 12.6 9 .4

N e i t h e r

.................................. 2

, 2 3 2 100.0 48.5 51.5 17.0 9 .8 14.5 10.3

W antedness status at conception

Intended

................................. 1 0

, 8 1 2 100.0 30.1 69.9 18.5 13.8 18.7 18.8

M i s t i m e d

................................ 3

, 3 2 8 100.0 36.1 63.9 20.3 14.4 15.1 14.1

Less than 2 years t oo soon

.................... 1

, 2 9 1 100.0 25.6 74.4 22.3 14.2 20.0 17.9

2 o r m ore years t oo soon

..................... 1

, 9 3 6 100.0 43.0 57.0 19.9 14.8 1 1.5 10.8

U n w a n t e d

................................ 2

, 3 3 5 100.0 43.9 56.2 17.2 8 .1 16.1 14.8

Maternity l eave for t his b irth

Not e mployed during t he pregnancy

................ 6

, 9 2 5 100.0 32.9 67.1 15.8 1 1.5 16.1 23.7

Employed during t he pregnancy

................... 9

, 5 2 7 100.0 33.5 66.5 20.8 14.3 18.8 12.7

T ook 6 w eeks leave or less

.................... 2

, 5 3 6 100.0 42.3 57.7 26.2 8 .7 14.0 8 .8

T ook longer than 6 w eeks leave

................. 4

, 1 1 6 100.0 29.6 70.4 19.6 17.9 21.0 1 1.9

No leave taken 2

........................... 2

, 8 4 9 100.0 31.0 69.0 17.9 14.1 19.8 17.2

Region of residence at interview

Northeast

................................ 2

, 0 6 0 100.0 33.2 66.8 13.8 1 1.1 22.8 19.1

M i d w e s t

................................. 3

, 9 2 1 100.0 33.7 66.3 19.8 12.4 15.9 18.3

S o u t h

................................... 6

, 4 5 5 100.0 40.3 59.7 18.7 13.2 14.5 13.2

W e s t

................................... 4

, 0 3 9 100.0 21.5 78.5 20.1 14.8 21.7 21.9

Education a t i nterview 3

No high school diploma o r GED 4

.................. 2

, 4 1 6 100.0 50.5 49.5 15.3 8 .5 15.1 10.7

High school diploma o r GED 4

.................... 5

, 1 4 8 100.0 39.1 60.9 17.0 13.0 13.6 17.4

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 4

, 2 3 5 100.0 27.1 72.9 22.1 12.5 19.4 18.9

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 3

, 6 6 0 100.0 16.5 83.5 19.7 16.9 25.0 21.9

Percent of poverty level 5

0–149 percent

............................. 6

, 1 0 6 100.0 42.1 57.9 16.5 12.3 15.6 13.6

0–99 percent

............................. 4

, 1 0 8 100.0 44.5 55.5 16.9 1 1.8 16.1 10.7

150–299 percent

............................ 4

, 5 6 8 100.0 31.9 68.2 18.4 1 1.2 15.7 22.9

300 percent or higher

......................... 5

, 4 6 0 100.0 23.1 76.9 21.4 16.1 22.2 17.2

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 3

, 2 8 3 100.0 25.3 74.7 23.5 13.3 20.0 17.9

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 9

, 7 3 5 100.0 31.3 68.7 18.6 13.1 18.0 19.0

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 2

, 3 2 2 100.0 53.4 46.7 15.3 1 1.3 13.5 6 .5

1 Includes babies born t o w omen of other or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 See t able 7 9 and ‘ ‘ Appendix II’ ’ f or further information o n t he group who d id not take maternity leave.

3 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

4 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

5 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Roughly c omparable i nformation f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 57.

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**a ble**  **79. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **had a**  **live birth**  **in January**  **1997 or**  **later and**  **p ercent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **u se**  **of maternity** 

**leave for**  **t he**  **most recent**  **b irth,**  **according t**  **o selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Did not take leave

T ook

Number in Not maternity Not Not Other

Characteristic thousands T o tal employed leave needed of fered reasons

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 1 8

, 1 6 7 100.0 40.3 41.8 4 .8 2.6 10.4

A g e a t t i m e o f b i r t h

Under 20 years

............................. 1

, 5 8 6 100.0 60.4 20.3 5 .0 5.5 8 .8

Under 18 years

........................... 6 9 6 100.0 70.6 16.2 *

– 8 .5

18–19 years

............................. 8 9 1 100.0 52.4 23.6 5 .1 9.8 9 .1

20–24 years

............................... 4

, 3 2 2 100.0 44.0 34.0 4 .5 3.7 13.7

25–29 years

............................... 4

, 8 4 7 100.0 37.3 46.9 3 .3 1.9 10.6

30–44 years

............................... 7

, 4 1 1 100.0 35.9 47.7 6 .0 1.7 8 .7

Marital o r cohabiting status at time of birth

M a r r i e d

.................................. 1 2

, 0 2 7 100.0 38.5 44.5 5 .4 1.7 9 .9

Cohabiting

................................ 2

, 4 1 2 100.0 44.8 34.3 4 .5 4.4 12.0

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 2

, 8 7 1 100.0 46.7 33.5 3 .1 4.3 12.4

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 8 5 8 100.0 31.9 53.3 4 .0 3.6 7 .3

Birth order

F i r s t

.................................... 6

, 5 1 9 100.0 31.1 46.6 5 .5 2.0 14.9

Second

.................................. 6

, 2 8 6 100.0 37.5 46.0 4 .5 3.6 8 .4

Third or higher

............................. 5

, 3 6 2 100.0 54.9 31.3 4 .4 2.1 7 .3

Education a t i nterview 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 2

, 2 9 8 100.0 64.6 17.3 2 .7 4.6 10.9

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 5

, 2 3 8 100.0 46.7 38.5 4 .1 2.1 8 .6

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 4

, 6 2 6 100.0 30.6 49.8 3 .9 3.0 12.8

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 4

, 2 9 9 100.0 23.9 57.7 8 .1 0.8 9 .5

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 3

, 6 5 6 100.0 57.7 25.4 4 .2 3.7 8 .9

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 1 0

, 7 4 8 100.0 34.2 46.6 5 .3 2.0 1 1.8

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 2

, 3 5 2 100.0 41.2 44.9 2 .7 3.6 7 .7

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

– Q uantity zero.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 57.**Table 80. Number of women 15–44 years of age who were working during the week prior to the interview and have at least 1 child under 13 years of age in the hou sehold and** **percentage using the specified childcare arrangement in the 4 weeks prior to the interview, by selected characteristics: United States, 2002**CharacteristicNumber inthousandsOtherparent orstepparentGrandparentor otherrelative NonrelativeDay carecenter orpreschoolChild’sbrother orsisterFamilyday careKindergartenor schoolBefore orafter-schoolcareOtherarrangement1PercentTotal2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,253 7.3 35.1 16.7 22.6 5.6 3.8 6.9 10.0 4.0Marital statusCurrently married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,144 4.8 31.5 15.4 22.7 3.7 3.3 6.7 8.2 3.5Currently cohabiting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,371 13.7 38.3 19.2 17.2 2.9 5.3 9.1 11.6 1.9Never married, not cohabiting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,270 6.3 46.4 21.3 25.3 5.0 6.7 5.0 11.1 4.8Formerly married, not cohabiting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,468 15.9 39.4 17.0 22.9 15.8 2.4 8.2 15.9 6.5Work statusFull time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,470 7.5 36.4 16.3 24.0 6.3 4.2 6.8 11.8 4.8Part time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,782 7.0 31.8 17.7 19.0 3.6 2.7 7.3 5.2 1.8Age of youngest (or only) child under13 years of age in the householdUnder 1 year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500 4.6 37.2 22.0 20.4 0.7 5.0 3.4 3.2 2.11–5 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,621 8.8 43.8 21.2 36.4 4.3 5.5 10.1 8.6 3.76–12 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,132 6.2 24.3 10.2 6.5 8.1 1.4 3.8 13.0 4.7Metropolitan residenceMetropolitan, suburban . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,287 7.3 35.8 16.6 23.0 5.8 3.6 7.6 10.6 4.2Metropolitan, central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,088 8.1 33.2 18.6 25.3 4.0 3.4 6.1 10.9 4.0Nonmetropolitan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,878 5.9 36.4 13.6 16.9 7.7 4.9 6.2 6.3 3.1Education3No high school diploma or GED4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,621 2.8 33.5 17.3 9.7 4.7 3.8 1.4 4.6 3.1High school diploma or GED4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,808 6.2 35.9 16.5 18.8 5.3 2.6 5.7 8.7 3.6Some college, no bachelor’s degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,105 9.6 33.8 14.7 23.4 6.5 4.2 6.8 10.8 4.3Bachelor’s degree or higher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,103 7.2 34.1 20.1 30.8 5.0 4.3 11.6 14.3 4.7Percent of poverty level50–149 percent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,495 8.2 37.5 16.9 16.4 7.6 4.0 6.1 9.5 3.40–99 percent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,781 6.6 37.1 15.6 14.5 6.7 4.9 4.9 7.0 2.3150–299 percent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,402 6.5 34.5 14.7 17.3 5.5 3.2 5.5 9.7 3.8300 percent or higher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,109 7.3 33.3 18.6 30.1 4.1 3.8 8.7 10.8 4.5Hispanic origin and raceHispanic or Latina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,579 5.5 34.8 16.5 15.3 4.6 2.8 4.4 6.9 2.5Not Hispanic or Latina:White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,137 7.3 35.7 17.9 24.1 6.2 3.6 7.4 9.2 3.8Black or African American, single race . . . . .. . . . . . . . 2,405 8.4 33.4 9.6 27.1 4.5 4.8 6.4 15.3 6.21Includes federally funded Head Start program, child cares for self, and ‘‘other’’ arrangement.2Includes women of other or multiple race and origin groups, not shown separately.3Limited to women 22–44 years of age at time of interview.4GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma.5Limited to women 20–44 years of age at time of interview.NOTE: More than one child care arrangement could have been used in the 4 weeks prior to the interview.

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**a ble**  **81. Number**  **o f**  **women 18–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percentage**  **who have**  **ever lived**  **with and**  **cared for**  **a c**  **hild to**  **whom they**  **did not**  **give**

**birth, b**  **y t**  **he child’s**  **relationship t**  **o t**  **he woman**  **when t**  **he child**  **first began**  **living t**  **here and**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Child of Related i n Unrelated

Number in Any relative some o ther in any

Characteristic thousands child 1 Stepchild by blood way 2 way

Percent

To t a l 3

................................... 5 5

, 7 4 2 1 2

. 6 2

. 8 4

. 5 4

. 7 1

. 6

Age

18–19 years

............................... 4

, 0 1 5 3

. 9

– 2

. 1 1

. 8 *

20–24 years

............................... 9

, 8 4 0 5

. 8 0

. 5 2

. 3 2

. 6 0

. 6

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 9

. 1 1

. 8 4

. 1 2

. 8 0

. 7

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 1 4

. 1 4

. 1 4

. 5 5

. 6 1

. 2

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 1 7

. 4 4

. 0 5

. 5 6

. 9 2

. 1

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 1 8

. 6 4

. 1 6

. 7 6

. 2 3

. 8

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 8

, 3 2 3 1 4

. 3 4

. 4 4

. 5 4

. 7 1

. 9

F i r s t m a r r i a g e

............................ 2 3

, 0 7 8 1 1

. 0 3

. 1 4

. 0 3

. 3 1

. 6

Second or later m arriage

..................... 5

, 2 4 5 2 8

. 6 1 0

. 2 6

. 6 1 1

. 2 3

. 1

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 4 5 2 1 5

. 2 * 4

. 8 9

. 5 1

. 1

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 1 5

, 8 7 1 7

. 6 * 3

. 9 2

. 8 1

. 3

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 6

, 0 9 6 1 5

. 8 4

. 3 6

. 3 5

. 4 1

. 9

Parity

0 b i r t h s

.................................. 1 9

, 9 9 3 8

. 3 0

. 9 2

. 4 3

. 3 2

. 1

1 b i r t h

................................... 1 1

, 0 1 5 1 4

. 3 4

. 6 4

. 3 4

. 8 1

. 3

2 b i r t h s

.................................. 1 3

, 3 9 0 1 4

. 7 4

. 5 5

. 9 5

. 1 1

. 3

3 o r m o r e b i r t h s

............................ 1 1

, 3 4 3 1 6

. 2 2

. 2 6

. 9 6

. 6 1

. 7

Education 4

No high school diploma o r GED 5

.................. 5

, 6 2 7 2 1

. 1 2

. 2 1 0

. 0 8

. 5 1

. 8

High school diploma o r GED 5

.................... 1 4

, 2 6 4 1 6

. 8 3

. 7 5

. 8 6

. 4 2

. 2

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 4

, 2 7 9 1 3

. 8 3

. 7 5

. 2 5

. 1 1

. 5

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 3

, 5 5 1 8

. 4 2

. 6 2

. 1 2

. 2 2

. 0

Percent of poverty level 6

0–149 percent

............................. 1 4

, 5 8 2 1 6

. 7 2

. 0 7

. 8 6

. 6 1

. 3

0–99 percent

............................. 9

, 2 6 2 1 6

. 0 2

. 1 8

. 6 5

. 3 1

. 2

150–299 percent

............................ 1 4

, 5 0 2 1 3

. 0 3

. 1 4

. 1 4

. 7 2

. 5

300 percent or higher

......................... 2 2

, 6 4 3 1 1

. 3 3

. 6 3

. 2 4

. 0 1

. 6

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 8

, 1 9 4 1 1

. 9 2

. 2 5

. 8 3

. 4 1

. 2

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 5

, 9 3 6 1 1

. 5 3

. 0 3

. 0 4

. 6 1

. 8

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 7

, 3 9 9 1 8

. 9 3

. 0 9

. 7 6

. 2 1

. 5

– Q uantity zero.

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Includes children w ith missing information o n t he relationship t o t he woman, not shown s eparately

.

2 Includes children r elated by marriage, children o f f riends, c hildren o f boyfriends or partners, or children r elated in some other way

.

3 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

4 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

5 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

6 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: Percentages by relationship m ay not add to ‘ ‘ any child’ ’ percentage because s ome w omen lived with and cared f or more than one child not born t o t h em, not necessarily with the s ame

relationship. Comparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 65.

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**a ble**  **82. Number**  **o f**  **women 18–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percentage**  **o f**  **women who**  **have ever**  **adopted a**  **c hild,**  **who have**  **ever considered** 

**adopting a**  **c hild,**  **who are**  **currently seeking**  **t o**  **a dopt**  **a c**  **hild, o**  **r who**  **have taken**  **or are**  **taking steps**  **t o**  **a dopt,**  **b y**  **selected characteristics:** 

**United States,**  **2002**

Ever Currently

T aking

Number in Considered T ook steps Seeking steps

Characteristic thousands Adopted adoption 1 to adopt to adopt to adopt

Percent

To t a l 2

................................... 5 5

, 7 4 2 1

. 1 3 3

. 1 3

. 4 1

. 6 0

. 6

Age

18–24 years

............................... 1 3

, 8 5 5 * 2 7

. 3 0

. 9 1

. 0 *

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 * 3 2

. 6 1

. 7 1

. 3 *

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 0

. 7 3 4

. 1 4

. 6 1

. 8 0

. 7

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 1

. 6 3 8

. 5 5

. 3 2

. 7 1

. 3

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 2

. 9 3 4

. 6 4

. 9 1

. 6 0

. 6

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 8

, 3 2 3 1

. 6 3 5

. 2 4

. 4 2

. 0 0

. 9

F i r s t m a r r i a g e

............................ 2 3

, 0 7 8 1

. 3 3 4

. 3 3

. 9 1

. 6 0

. 7

Second or later m arriage

..................... 5

, 2 4 5 3

. 2 3 9

. 0 6

. 8 3

. 5 1

. 9

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 4 5 2 * 3 2

. 1 2

. 4 2

. 1 *

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 1 5

, 8 7 1 0

. 7 2 7

. 6 1

. 8 0

. 6 0

. 1

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 6

, 0 9 6 0

. 8 3 8

. 8 3

. 6 2

. 3 0

. 5

Parity

0 b i r t h s

.................................. 1 9

, 9 9 3 1

. 4 3 5

. 4 2

. 6 1

. 8 0

. 6

1 b i r t h

................................... 1 1

, 0 1 5 0

. 6 3 2

. 3 4

. 3 1

. 7 0

. 5

2 b i r t h s

.................................. 1 3

, 3 9 0 1

. 2 3 1

. 2 3

. 1 1

. 4 0

. 7

3 o r m o r e b i r t h s

............................ 1 1

, 3 4 3 1

. 0 3 2

. 3 4

. 4 1

. 6 0

. 3

Ever used infertility services

Y

e s

.................................... 7

, 3 0 6 5

. 1 5 7

. 1 1 1

. 5 4

. 5 2

. 0

N o

..................................... 4 8

, 4 3 6 0

. 5 2 9

. 5 2

. 2 1

. 2 0

. 4

Fecundity status

S u r g i c a l l y s t e r i l e

............................ 1 4

, 4 3 9 1

. 7 3 2

. 7 5

. 3 2

. 1 1

. 2

Impaired f ecundity

........................... 7

, 0 6 3 3

. 5 5 1

. 8 9

. 1 5

. 1 1

. 6

Fecund

.................................. 3 4

, 2 4 0 0

. 4 2 9

. 5 1

. 4 0

. 7 0

. 1

Education 3

No high school diploma o r GED 4

.................. 5

, 6 2 7 0

. 7 2 3

. 8 2

. 3 1

. 6 *

High school diploma o r GED 4

.................... 1 4

, 2 6 4 1

. 8 3 2

. 6 4

. 1 1

. 9 0

. 9

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 4

, 2 7 9 0

. 9 3 6

. 8 3

. 8 1

. 9 0

. 7

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 3

, 5 5 1 1

. 5 3 7

. 1 4

. 2 1

. 2 0

. 5

Percent of poverty level 5

0–149 percent

............................. 1 4

, 5 8 2 0

. 4 2 9

. 0 3

. 2 1

. 8 0

. 4

0–99 percent

............................. 9

, 2 6 2 0

. 3 2 6

. 8 2

. 7 1

. 8 0

. 5

150–299 percent

............................ 1 4

, 5 0 2 1

. 7 3 3

. 4 2

. 5 1

. 4 0

. 4

300 percent or higher

......................... 2 2

, 6 4 3 1

. 3 3 6

. 6 4

. 5 1

. 7 0

. 8

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 8

, 1 9 4 0

. 3 3 0

. 8 3

. 0 2

. 4 0

. 6

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 5

, 9 3 6 1

. 3 3 3

. 6 3

. 3 1

. 1 0

. 5

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 7

, 3 9 9 1

. 4 3 5

. 2 4

. 5 3

. 1 1

. 2

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Includes women w ho have adopted children i n t he past, women w ho have e ver c onsidered adoption, and women w ho are c urrently seeking t o adopt.

2 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

3 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

4 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school diploma.

5 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTE: C omparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 6 6 and reference 58, tables 1 and 3.

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**T**

**a ble**  **83. Number**  **o f**  **women 18–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percentage**  **o f**  **women who**  **have ever**  **adopted a**  **c hild,**  **who have**  **ever considered** 

**adopting a**  **c hild,**  **who are**  **currently seeking**  **t o**  **a dopt**  **a c**  **hild, o**  **r who**  **have taken**  **or are**  **taking steps**  **t o**  **a dopt,**  **b y**  **m arital**  **status, parity** 

**, a**  **nd**

**age: United**  **States, 2002** 

Ever Currently

Marital s tatus, parity

, and age Number in

thousands Adopted Considered

adoption 1 T ook steps

to adopt Seeking

to adopt T aking steps

to adopt

Percent

T o t a l

.................................... 5 5

, 7 4 2 1

. 1 3 3

. 1 3

. 4 1

. 6 0

. 6

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................

0 b i r t h s

................................

18–29 years

............................

30–44 years

............................

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

...........................

18–29 years

............................

30–44 years

............................ 2 8

, 3 2 3

5

, 1 4 2

2

, 3 6 4

2

, 7 7 8

2 3

, 1 8 1

4

, 8 7 8

1 8

, 3 0 2 1

. 6

3

. 2

*

5

. 4

1

. 3

–

1

. 6 3 5

. 2

4 7

. 5

4 3

. 7

5 0

. 7

3 2

. 4

2 7

. 9

3 3

. 7 4

. 4

5

. 3

*

8

. 5

4

. 2

1

. 9

4

. 8 2

. 0

4

. 1

2

. 0

5

. 9

1

. 5

1

. 4

1

. 5 0

. 9

2

. 3

*

3

. 8

0

. 6

*

0

. 6

U n m a r r i e d

................................

0 b i r t h s

................................

18–29 years

............................

30–44 years

............................

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

...........................

18–29 years

............................

30–44 years

............................ 2 7

, 4 1 9

1 4

, 8 5 1

1 1

, 3 2 0

3

, 5 3 1

1 2

, 5 6 8

4

, 5 4 3

8

, 0 2 6 0

. 6

0

. 8

*

3

. 0

0

. 3

*

* 3 1

. 0

3 1

. 2

2 8

. 0

4 1

. 5

3 0

. 9

2 7

. 4

3 2

. 8 2

. 3

1

. 6

0

. 7

4

. 6

3

. 2

1

. 6

4

. 0 1

. 3

1

. 0

0

. 8

1

. 7

1

. 6

1

. 1

1

. 8 0

. 2

0

. 1

*

*

0

. 4

*

0

. 6

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

– Q uantity zero.

1 Includes women w ho have adopted children i n t he past, women w ho have e ver c onsidered adoption, and women w ho are c urrently seeking t o adopt.

### Series 23, No. 2 5 [ Page 123

**T**

**a ble**  **84. Number**  **o f**  **women 18–44**  **years of**  **age c**  **urrently seeking**  **t o**  **a dopt**  **a c**  **hild not**  **already k**  **nown to**  **them, p**  **ercentage who**  **prefer**

**, a**  **nd**

**percentage who**  **prefer or**  **would accept**  **a child**  **with the**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Characteristics Currently seeking to adopt

Number in thousands

To t a l 1

................................................. 6 0 0 6 0 0

Percent who.

. .

Prefer Prefer or would accept 2

Sex o f child

B o y

.................................................. 2 8

. 9 9 5

. 0

G i r l

................................................... 3 4

. 6 9 7

. 2

I n d i f f e r e n t

............................................... 3 6

. 5

. . .

Race of child

B l a c k

................................................. 1 0

. 0 8 6

. 9

W h i t e

................................................. 2 0

. 1 9 1

. 4

O t h e r r a c e

.............................................. 1 6

. 9 9 4

. 9

I n d i f f e r e n t

............................................... 5 2

. 2

. . .

Race of woman and child

Not H ispanic o r Latina w omen:

White, single r ace:

B l a c k c h i l d

........................................... – 8 3

. 6

W h i t e c h i l d

........................................... 3 5

. 2 100.0

Child of another race

..................................... 1 7

. 5 9 4

. 6

I n d i f f e r e n t

............................................ 4 5

. 5

. . .

Black or African American, single r ace:

B l a c k c h i l d

........................................... 3 2

. 9 8 7

. 5

W h i t e c h i l d

........................................... – 7 5

. 0

Child of another race

..................................... * 9 2

. 7

I n d i f f e r e n t

............................................ 5 0

. 5

. . .

Age o f child

Y

ounger than 2 years

....................................... 4 9

. 2 9 4

. 1

2–5 years o ld

............................................ 2 2

. 3 7 8

. 7

6–12 years o ld

............................................ 1 6

. 1 5 8

. 6

13 years o ld and over

....................................... * 3 0

. 9

I n d i f f e r e n t

............................................... 7

. 6

. . .

Disability s tatus

No disability

............................................. 5 5

. 1 100.0

With a m ild disability

........................................ 2 1

. 6 8 9

. 0

With a severe d isability

...................................... * 3 0

. 3

I n d i f f e r e n t

............................................... 2 2

. 8

. . .

Number of children

S i n g l e c h i l d

.............................................. 5 6

. 3 100.0

2 o r m ore s iblings at once

..................................... 2 7

. 3 7 4

. 6

I n d i f f e r e n t

............................................... 1 6

. 5

. . .

...C a t egory not applicable.

– Q uantity zero.

* F igure does not met s tandard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Current adoption s eekers w ere a sked about preferences if they were not seeking t o adopt a c hild they already knew

.

2 Only women w ho did not indicate a s pecific attribute w ere a sked i f t hey would a ccept a c hild of a d if ferent attribute. For example, only w omen who i ndica ted t hey wanted a boy were asked i f t hey

would a ccept a g irl.

NOTE: C omparable data a re shown i n r eference 58, table 4

.

### Table 85. Number of women 15–24 years of age and percent distribution, by type of provider for first family planning visit, according to

**selected characteristics: United States, 2002**

Characteristic Number in

thousands Total Provider for first family planning visit

Clinic Private

doctor or

HMO 1 Other

Percent distribution

Total 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,674 100.0 43.0 55.3 1.8

Ever had sexual intercourse

No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,546 100.0 36.2 60.7 3.0

Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,128 100.0 43.9 54.5 1.6

Age at first visit

Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,897 100.0 43.2 55.8 1.0

18–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,511 100.0 41.1 57.9 1.1

20–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,655 100.0 40.3 57.5 2.2

Timing of first visit

Before first intercourse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,559 100.0 38.3 60.2 1.5

After first intercourse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,497 100.0 48.5 49.9 1.6

Metropolitan residence

Metropolitan, suburban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,813 100.0 36.5 61.7 1.8

Metropolitan, central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,880 100.0 43.3 54.4 2.3

Nonmetropolitan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,981 100.0 55.4 43.8 *

Percent of poverty level 3

0–149 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,822 100.0 45.9 52.1 2.1

0–99 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,602 100.0 47.1 50.1 2.9

150–299 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,778 100.0 39.4 59.4 1.2

300 percent or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,239 100.0 33.0 66.6 *

Hispanic origin and race

Hispanic or Latina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,153 100.0 56.2 38.5 5.3

Not Hispanic or Latina:

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,007 100.0 35.8 63.4 0.8

Black or African American, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,805 100.0 53.2 44.7 2.1

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

1 HMO is health maintenance organization.

2 Includes women of other or multiple race and origin groups, not shown separately.

3 Limited to women 20–24 years of age at time of interview.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data for 1995 are shown in reference 16, table 71. 

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### Table 86. Number of women 15–24 years of age who used the specified provider for first family planning visit and percent distribution, by

**selected characteristics: United States, 2002**

Characteristic Total Provider for first family planning visit

Clinic Private

doctor

or HMO 1 Other

Number in thousands

Total 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,674 5,538 7,130 226

Percent distribution

Age at first visit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.5 63.9 61.7 51.7

18–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.0 22.3 23.5 21.2

20–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.5 13.9 14.8 *

Timing of first visit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Before first intercourse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.2 38.4 48.9 42.6

After first intercourse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.9 61.6 51.2 57.4

Metropolitan residence

...................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Metropolitan, suburban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.8 35.6 46.7 41.7

Metropolitan, central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.9 38.2 37.2 49.3

Nonmetropolitan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.3 26.2 16.1 *

Percent of poverty level 3

..................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0–149 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.6 43.4 33.1 61.6

0–99 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.5 30.3 21.6 58.2

150–299 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.1 28.9 29.3 26.8

300 percent or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.3 27.7 37.6 *

Hispanic origin and race

...................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Hispanic or Latina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.8 19.4 10.3 44.3

Not Hispanic or Latina:

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.6 51.4 70.7 26.3

Black or African American, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.8 18.3 11.9 17.6

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

1 HMO is health maintenance organization.

2 Includes women of other or multiple race and origin groups, not shown separately.

3 Limited to women 20–24 years of age at time of interview.

NOTE: Comparable data for 1995 are shown in reference 16, table 72. 

### Series 23, No. 25 [ Page 125

### Table 87. Number of women 15–44 years of age, percentage who received at least 1 family planning service from a medical care provider in

**the 12 months prior to interview, and percentage who received specified services, by selected characteristics: United States, 2002**

Characteristic Number in

thousands At least

1 family

planning

service 1 Birth

control

method Birth

control

counseling Birth

control

checkup

or test Sterilization

counseling Sterilization

operation

Percent

Total 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,561 41.7 33.9 18.6 23.6 4.4 1.9

Age

15–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,834 39.9 31.1 22.1 22.0 1.1 –

15–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,819 31.8 22.2 19.0 15.8 0.9 –

18–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,015 51.6 43.9 26.5 31.0 1.5 –

20–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,840 63.3 54.0 30.6 35.7 3.6 1.2

25–29 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,249 55.4 46.3 23.8 30.2 7.1 2.2

30–34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,272 47.0 39.1 18.3 27.2 6.6 2.6

35–39 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,853 30.5 23.9 12.7 18.6 5.2 3.0

40–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,512 19.5 14.0 7.0 10.8 3.0 2.0

Marital or cohabiting status

Currently married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,327 39.5 31.5 16.0 21.3 5.8 2.5

Currently cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,570 50.4 43.2 21.5 30.2 4.6 1.8

Never married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,568 44.4 36.4 22.5 25.4 2.4 0.7

Formerly married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,096 34.5 28.0 14.3 22.0 4.7 3.1

Parity

0 births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,622 45.3 38.8 20.8 27.1 1.3 0.3

1 birth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,193 51.0 43.0 22.9 27.6 4.5 1.4

2 births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,402 38.1 29.3 16.5 21.4 6.3 3.7

3 or more births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,343 28.6 19.5 11.8 14.5 9.2 3.8

Metropolitan residence

Metropolitan, suburban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,172 40.4 33.4 16.8 22.4 4.0 1.7

Metropolitan, central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,508 44.5 35.2 21.4 24.2 4.3 1.8

Nonmetropolitan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,880 39.9 33.2 18.4 25.9 5.8 2.3

Percent of poverty level 3

0–149 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,582 39.3 29.7 20.1 21.4 7.3 2.8

0–99 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,262 40.4 29.9 20.6 21.5 7.8 3.0

150–299 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,502 39.3 31.9 16.5 22.2 5.3 2.3

300 percent or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,643 45.5 39.3 17.4 26.6 3.4 1.8

Hispanic origin and race

Hispanic or Latina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,107 39.7 28.9 22.6 20.6 7.1 2.3

Not Hispanic or Latina:

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,420 43.2 36.4 17.4 25.4 3.7 1.7

Black or African American, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,587 39.6 30.6 20.7 21.5 5.0 2.2

– Quantity zero.

1 Family planning services include sterilizing operation, birth control method, checkup or medical test related to birth control, counseling about b irth control, counseling about getting sterilized,

emergency contraception, or counseling about emergency contraception.

2 Includes women of other or multiple race and origin groups, not shown separately.

3 Limited to women 20–44 years of age at time of interview.

NOTE: Percentages may not add to total who received ‘‘at least one family planning service’’ because women may have received more than one service. Com parable data for 1995 are shown in

reference 16, table 73. 

### Page 126 [ Series 23, No. 25

### Table 88. Number of women 15–44 years of age and percentage who received the specified medical services from a medical care provider

**in the 12 months prior to interview, by selected characteristics: United States, 2002**

Characteristic Number in

thousands At least

1 medical

service 1 Pregnancy

test Pap

smear Pelvic

exam Counseling or

test or

treatment

for STI 2

Percent

Total 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,561 69.1 19.7 64.4 59.7 12.6

Age

15–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,834 40.6 18.3 34.6 27.0 15.2

15–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,819 28.0 11.4 23.2 17.9 11.1

18–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,016 58.9 28.2 51.2 40.2 21.1

20–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,840 75.7 31.5 69.7 60.6 22.3

25–29 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,249 75.9 30.2 70.7 66.0 16.6

30–34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,272 78.1 22.2 72.7 69.7 12.2

35–39 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,853 71.5 13.6 68.3 65.9 6.9

40–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,512 71.8 5.9 69.4 67.0 4.4

Marital or cohabiting status

Currently married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,327 77.2 21.1 73.1 69.8 8.1

Currently cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,570 77.2 31.0 72.2 64.7 20.3

Never married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,568 55.8 16.5 50.7 43.9 15.9

Formerly married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,096 71.0 14.1 66.0 64.0 14.4

Parity

0 births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,622 59.6 17.4 54.7 49.3 14.4

1 birth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,193 81.4 32.1 76.3 70.2 14.6

2 births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,402 75.8 18.8 72.6 68.9 10.2

3 or more births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,343 70.3 13.7 65.1 61.9 9.3

Metropolitan residence

Metropolitan, suburban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,172 68.9 81.6 64.5 60.0 11.4

Metropolitan, central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,508 70.5 77.3 65.4 60.7 15.3

Nonmetropolitan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,880 66.7 82.3 62.3 57.0 10.6

Percent of poverty level 4

0–149 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,582 69.2 23.2 63.0 57.0 14.8

0–99 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,262 68.7 23.3 61.8 55.9 15.5

150–299 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,502 71.3 19.7 67.3 63.0 11.6

300 percent or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,643 79.9 18.1 76.4 73.4 10.6

Hispanic origin and race

Hispanic or Latina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,107 63.4 24.3 57.1 48.5 12.5

Not Hispanic or Latina:

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,420 70.0 17.5 65.9 63.1 12.0

Black or African American, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,587 74.5 23.7 69.2 58.9 16.1

1 Medical services include Pap smear; pelvic exam; prenatal care; postpartum care; counseling, testing, or treatment for sexually transmitted infec tions; abortion; or pregnancy test.

2 STI is sexually transmitted infection.

3 Includes women of other or multiple race and origin groups, not shown separately.

4 Limited to women 20–44 years of age at time of interview.

NOTE: Percentages do not add to total who received ‘‘at least one medical service’’ because women may have received more than one service. Comparable d ata for 1995 are shown in reference 16,

table 74. 

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### Table 89. Number of women 15–44 years of age, percentage who received at least 1 family planning service in the 12 months prior to

**interview, and percentage who used the specified type of provider, by selected characteristics: United States, 2002**

Characteristic Number in

thousands At least

1 family

planning

service 1 Type of provider

Clinic

Any

clinic Title X

clinic Private

doctor

or HMO 2 Other 3

Percent

Total 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,561 41.7 13.7 6.0 29.7 0.7

Age

15–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,834 39.9 20.1 9.9 20.9 0.8

15–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,819 31.8 17.7 8.7 14.8 0.7

18–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,015 51.6 23.4 11.6 29.8 1.1

20–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,840 63.3 23.6 10.2 42.2 1.3

25–29 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,249 55.4 17.0 7.4 40.2 0.7

30–34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,272 47.0 11.5 4.3 37.5 0.3

35–39 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,853 30.5 8.0 3.7 23.9 0.8

40–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,512 19.5 4.5 1.4 16.5 0.3

Marital or cohabiting status

Currently married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,327 39.5 9.3 3.6 31.7 0.7

Currently cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,570 50.4 23.0 10.4 30.8 0.6

Never married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,568 44.4 17.6 8.1 28.2 0.9

Formerly married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,096 34.5 12.0 5.0 24.8 0.7

Parity

0 births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,622 45.3 15.2 6.8 31.1 0.8

1 birth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,193 51.0 14.6 5.9 38.1 0.8

2 births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,402 38.1 11.6 4.8 29.4 0.7

3 or more births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,343 28.6 12.0 5.4 18.6 0.4

Metropolitan residence

Metropolitan, suburban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,172 40.4 10.5 4.3 31.2 0.6

Metropolitan, central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,508 44.5 15.7 6.4 30.6 0.9

Nonmetropolitan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,880 39.9 18.7 9.7 23.7 0.6

Percent of poverty level 5

0–149 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,582 39.3 20.9 9.5 21.0 0.9

0–99 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,262 40.4 23.6 11.2 19.5 1.0

150–299 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,502 39.3 12.2 5.5 29.1 0.7

300 percent or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,643 45.5 7.3 2.3 39.5 0.6

Hispanic origin and race

Hispanic or Latina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,107 39.7 21.5 9.1 19.4 0.9

Not Hispanic or Latina:

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,498 43.1 10.8 4.4 34.0 0.6

Black or African American, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,250 39.4 17.6 9.4 24.7 0.6

1 Family planning services include sterilizing operation, birth control method, checkup or medical test related to birth control, counseling about b irth control, counseling about getting sterilized,

emergency contraception, or counseling about emergency contraception.

2 HMO is health maintenance organization.

3 Other is any other place not listed.

4 Includes women of other or multiple race and origin groups, not shown separately.

5 Limited to women 20–44 years of age at time of interview.

NOTES: Percentages do not add to total who received ‘‘at least 1 family planning service’’ because women may have received more than one service and rep orted more than one provider.

Comparable data for 1995 are shown in reference 16, table 75. 

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### Table 90. Number of women 15–44 years of age who received at least 1 family planning service in the 12 months prior to interview from the

**specified type of provider and percent distribution, by selected characteristics: United States, 2002**

Characteristic At least

1 family

planning

service 1 Type of provider

Clinic

Any

clinic Title X

clinic Private

doctor

or HMO 2 Other 3

Number in thousands

Total 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,659 8,298 3,660 18,264 438

Percent distribution

Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

15–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.3 23.6 26.5 11.3 19.0

15–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 12.3 13.8 4.7 8.8

18–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 11.3 12.7 6.6 10.2

20–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.3 27.5 27.5 22.7 30.1

25–29 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.0 18.7 18.6 20.3 14.3

30–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.5 30.3 27.4 45.7 36.6

30–34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.8 13.7 12.1 21.1 7.8

35–39 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.9 10.5 11.0 14.2 20.5

40–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.8 6.2 4.3 10.4 8.2

Marital or cohabiting status

...................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Currently married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.6 31.1 28.1 49.1 42.1

Currently cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 14.7 15.8 9.4 7.1

Never married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.3 45.4 47.8 33.3 41.9

Formerly married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2 8.8 8.4 8.3 9.0

Parity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0 births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.2 46.2 47.8 43.6 47.4

1 birth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.2 19.1 18.0 23.3 20.3

2 births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.9 18.5 17.6 21.6 22.1

3 or more births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.6 16.3 16.6 11.6 10.2

Metropolitan residence

........................ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Metropolitan, suburban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.5 37.4 35.1 51.5 43.6

Metropolitan, central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.6 38.2 36.0 34.4 42.3

Nonmetropolitan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.9 24.4 28.9 14.1 14.1

Percent of poverty level 5

....................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0–149 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.4 47.6 51.2 18.9 35.7

0–99 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.2 34.0 38.5 11.1 25.0

150–299 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.3 27.4 29.6 26.0 24.5

300 percent or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.4 25.0 19.2 55.1 39.8

Hispanic origin and race

....................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Hispanic or Latina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.1 23.1 22.6 9.7 19.3

Not Hispanic or Latina:

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.4 50.6 47.1 73.4 56.7

Black or African American, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.7 17.2 21.2 11.2 12.0

1 Family planning services include sterilizing operation, birth control method, checkup or medical test related to birth control, counseling about b irth control, counseling about getting sterilized,

emergency contraception, or counseling about emergency contraception.

2 HMO is health maintenance organization.

3 Other is any other place not listed.

4 Includes women of other or multiple race and origin groups, not shown separately.

5 Limited to women 20–44 years of age at time of interview.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100.0 due to rounding. Comparable data for 1995 are shown in reference 16, table 76. 

### Series 23, No. 25 [ Page 129

### Table 91. Number of women 15–44 years of age, percentage who received at least 1 medical service in the 12 months prior to interview, and

**percentage who used the specified type of provider, by selected characteristics: United States, 2002**

Characteristic Number in

thousands At least

1 medical

service 1 Type of provider

Clinic

Any

clinic Title X

clinic Private

doctor or

HMO 2 Other 3

Percent

Total 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,561 69.1 17.7 7.1 53.8 1.4

Age

15–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,834 40.6 20.9 10.4 22.6 1.4

15–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,819 28.0 16.5 9.0 13.0 1.6

18–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,015 58.9 27.2 12.5 36.5 1.0

20–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,840 75.7 27.6 11.6 52.5 2.0

25–29 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,249 75.9 22.2 8.8 57.7 1.6

30–34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,272 78.1 14.5 5.2 64.7 1.4

35–39 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,853 71.5 12.7 4.5 60.1 1.7

40–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,512 71.8 10.5 3.5 62.8 0.6

Marital or cohabiting status

Currently married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,327 77.2 12.8 4.2 66.7 1.3

Currently cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,570 77.2 32.2 14.6 50.0 1.4

Never married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,568 55.8 19.9 9.3 38.0 1.4

Formerly married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,096 71.0 19.9 6.6 53.3 2.0

Parity

0 births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,622 59.6 17.4 7.6 44.3 1.4

1 birth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,193 81.4 21.1 7.5 64.2 2.2

2 births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,402 75.8 15.8 6.2 62.2 0.9

3 or more births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,343 70.3 17.4 7.0 55.3 1.3

Metropolitan residence

Metropolitan, suburban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,172 68.9 13.2 4.8 57.8 1.4

Metropolitan, central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,508 70.5 21.8 8.2 51.4 1.3

Nonmetropolitan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,880 66.7 22.5 11.7 47.3 1.8

Percent of poverty level 5

0–149 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,582 69.2 30.1 12.4 41.8 1.6

0–99 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,262 68.7 33.5 14.2 37.6 1.6

150–299 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,502 71.3 16.2 6.4 57.5 1.5

300 percent or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,643 79.9 9.4 2.8 72.7 1.3

Hispanic origin and race

Hispanic or Latina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,107 63.4 28.4 10.6 35.6 1.4

Not Hispanic or Latina:

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,498 70.1 13.3 5.4 59.6 1.3

Black or African American, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,250 74.4 26.1 12.6 51.3 1.4

1 Medical services include Pap smear; pelvic exam; prenatal care; postpartum care; counseling, testing or treatment for sexually transmitted infect ions; abortion; or pregnancy test.

2 HMO is health maintenance organization.

3 Other is any other place not listed.

4 Includes women of other or multiple race and origin groups, not shown separately.

5 Limited to women 20–44 years of age at time of interview.

NOTES: Percentages do not add to total who received ‘‘at least 1 medical service’’ because women may have received more than one service and reported mo re than one provider. Comparable data

for 1995 are shown in reference 16, table 77. 

### Page 130 [ Series 23, No. 25

### Table 92. Number of women 15–44 years of age who received at least 1 medical service in the 12 months prior to interview from the

**specified type of provider and percent distribution by selected characteristics: United States, 2002**

Characteristic At least

1 medical

service 1 Type of provider

Clinic

Any

clinic Title X

clinic Private

doctor or

HMO 2 Other 3

Number in thousands

Total 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,513 10,901 4,398 33,120 877

Percent distribution

Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

15–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4 18.8 23.3 6.7 15.5

15–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8 8.8 11.9 2.3 10.7

18–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6 10.0 11.4 4.4 4.7

20–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.5 24.9 26.0 15.6 22.2

25–29 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.5 18.8 18.4 16.1 17.0

30–34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.9 13.7 12.2 20.1 16.7

35–39 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.3 12.7 11.0 19.7 20.7

40–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.5 11.1 9.1 21.8 7.9

Marital or cohabiting status

...................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Currently married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.4 33.1 27.0 57.0 42.8

Currently cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1 16.5 18.5 8.4 9.0

Never married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.3 39.3 45.4 24.7 34.4

Formerly married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2 11.1 9.1 9.8 13.9

Parity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0 births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.9 40.8 44.1 34.2 42.1

1 birth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.4 21.7 19.0 21.7 27.9

2 births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.9 19.5 18.8 25.2 13.1

3 or more births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.8 18.1 18.1 18.9 16.9

Metropolitan residence

........................ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Metropolitan, suburban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.9 36.5 32.7 52.7 46.9

Metropolitan, central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.0 41.1 38.3 31.8 30.5

Nonmetropolitan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.1 22.4 28.9 15.5 22.6

Percent of poverty level 5

....................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0–149 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.2 49.6 53.7 19.7 32.2

0–99 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.5 35.0 38.9 11.3 19.3

150–299 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.8 26.5 27.7 27.0 29.0

300 percent or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.0 23.9 18.6 53.3 38.8

Hispanic origin and race

....................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Hispanic or Latina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.6 23.7 21.9 9.8 14.7

Not Hispanic or Latina:

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.1 48.1 48.6 71.0 59.8

Black or African American, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.4 19.7 23.7 12.8 12.8

1 Medical services include Pap smear; pelvic exam; prenatal care; postpartum care; counseling, testing, or treatment for sexually transmitted infec tions; abortion; or pregnancy test.

2 HMO is health maintenance organization.

3 Other is any other place not listed.

4 Includes women of other or multiple race and origin groups, not shown separately.

5 Limited to women 20–44 years of age at time of interview.

NOTES:

Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data for 1995 are shown in reference 16, table 78. 

### Series 23, No. 25 [ Page 131

### Table 93. Number of women 15–44 years of age, percentage who received at least 1 family planning or medical service in the 12 months

**prior to interview, and percentage who used the specified type of provider, by selected characteristics: United States, 2002**

Characteristic Number in

thousands At least

1 family

planning

or medical

service 1 Type of provider

Clinic

Any

clinic Title X

clinic Private

doctor or

HMO 2 Other 3

Percent

Total 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,561 72.7 21.4 8.8 56.0 2.0

Age

15–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,834 48.9 26.1 12.4 26.9 2.1

15–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,819 37.6 22.6 10.9 17.6 2.3

18–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,015 65.1 31.3 14.6 40.4 1.9

20–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,840 80.5 32.2 14.4 55.6 3.1

25–29 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,249 79.3 26.3 10.5 59.7 2.2

30–34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,272 81.1 18.3 6.8 66.8 1.7

35–39 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,853 73.8 15.7 5.9 61.4 2.2

40–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,512 72.5 12.5 4.0 63.2 0.7

Marital or cohabiting status

Currently married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,327 79.9 15.9 5.5 68.5 1.7

Currently cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,570 79.1 35.7 16.3 50.9 2.0

Never married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,568 61.5 24.4 11.3 41.1 2.2

Formerly married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,096 73.3 23.8 8.3 55.0 2.3

Parity

0 births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,622 64.6 21.0 9.2 47.2 2.1

1 birth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,193 84.6 24.1 9.1 66.6 2.7

2 births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,402 77.3 19.5 7.6 63.1 1.4

3 or more births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,343 73.8 22.0 8.8 56.8 1.6

Metropolitan residence

Metropolitan, suburban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,172 72.5 16.7 6.3 59.9 1.9

Metropolitan, central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,508 74.8 25.6 10.1 54.3 2.0

Nonmetropolitan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,880 69.4 26.7 13.1 48.3 2.2

Percent of poverty level 5

0–149 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,094 72.8 34.8 14.9 43.4 2.4

0–99 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,751 72.5 38.6 16.9 39.1 2.5

150–299 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,779 74.1 19.7 8.0 59.6 1.8

300 percent or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,688 82.1 11.9 3.7 74.4 1.7

Hispanic origin and race

Hispanic or Latina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,107 68.6 33.7 13.5 37.7 2.0

Not Hispanic or Latina:

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,420 73.2 16.4 6.7 61.8 1.9

Black or African American, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,587 77.1 29.9 14.2 52.9 2.0

1 Family planning services include sterilizing operation, birth control method, checkup or medical test related to birth control, counseling about b irth control, counseling about getting sterilized,

emergency contraception, or counseling about emergency contraception. Medical services include Pap smear; pelvic exam; prenatal care; postpartu m care; counseling, testing or treatment for sexually

transmitted infections; abortion; or pregnancy test.

2 HMO is health maintenance organization.

3 Other is any other place not listed.

4 Includes women of other or multiple race and origin groups, not shown separately.

5 Limited to women 20–44 years of age at time of interview.

NOTES: Percentages do not add to total who received ‘‘at least 1 family planning or medical service’’ because women may have received more than one serv ice and reported more than one provider.

Comparable data for 1995 are shown in reference 16, table 79. 

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### Table 94. Number of women 15–44 years of age who received at least 1 family planning or medical service from the specified type of

**provider in the 12 months prior to interview and percent distribution by selected characteristics: United States, 2002**

Characteristic At least

1 family

planning

or medical

service 1 Type of provider

Clinic

Any

clinic Title X

clinic Private

doctor or

HMO 2 Other 3

Number in thousands

Total 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,747 13,189 5,393 34,444 1,214

Percent distribution

Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

15–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.7 19.5 22.6 7.7 17.1

15–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.9 10.0 11.7 3.0 10.8

18–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8 9.5 10.8 4.7 6.3

20–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.7 24.0 26.2 15.9 24.7

25–29 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.4 18.4 18.0 16.0 17.0

30–34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.6 14.3 13.0 19.9 14.4

35–39 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.9 12.9 11.9 19.4 19.8

40–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.6 10.9 8.4 21.1 7.0

Marital or cohabiting status

...................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Currently married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.6 34.1 28.8 56.3 40.6

Currently cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.8 15.1 16.8 8.2 9.0

Never married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.6 39.9 45.0 25.7 38.7

Formerly married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 11.0 9.4 9.7 11.6

Parity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0 births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.0 40.8 43.7 35.1 44.7

1 birth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.2 20.4 18.8 21.7 24.9

2 births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.2 19.9 18.9 24.6 15.6

3 or more births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.7 19.0 18.6 18.7 14.8

Metropolitan residence

........................ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Metropolitan, suburban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.9 38.2 35.4 52.5 46.2

Metropolitan, central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.3 39.8 38.3 32.3 34.2

Nonmetropolitan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.9 22.0 26.4 15.2 19.6

Percent of poverty level 5

....................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0–149 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.6 47.7 52.1 19.9 35.3

0–99 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.8 33.7 37.5 11.4 22.6

150–299 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.9 27.0 27.6 27.2 26.3

300 percent or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.5 25.3 20.3 52.9 38.4

Hispanic origin and race

....................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Hispanic or Latina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.0 23.2 22.7 10.0 15.0

Not Hispanic or Latina:

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.1 49.2 50.1 72.5 63.4

Black or African American, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.8 18.7 22.6 13.2 14.4

1 Family planning services include sterilizing operation, birth control method, checkup or medical test related to birth control, counseling about b irth control, counseling about getting sterilized,

emergency contraception, or counseling about emergency contraception. Medical services include Pap smear; pelvic exam; prenatal care; postpartu m care; counseling, testing, or treatment for sexually

transmitted infections; abortion; or pregnancy test.

2 HMO is health maintenance organization.

3 Other is any other place not listed.

4 Includes women of other or multiple race and origin groups, not shown separately.

5 Limited to women 20–44 years of age at time of interview.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Comparable data for 1995 are shown in reference 16, table 80. 

### Series 23, No. 25 [ Page 133

### Table 95. Number of women 15–44 years of age who received at least 1 family planning service in the 12 months prior to interview from a

**medical care provider and percent distribution by method of payment, according to selected characteristics: United States, 2002**

Characteristic Number in

thousands who

received at

least 1

family planning

service 1 Total Method of payment

Medicaid

at all Insurance

at all Own

income

alone All

other 2

Percent distribution

Total 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,659 100.0 13.2 61.3 12.7 12.9

Age

15–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,926 100.0 19.3 47.9 10.1 22.7

15–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,853 100.0 18.8 46.2 10.4 24.7

18–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,073 100.0 19.7 49.5 9.9 20.9

20–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,226 100.0 14.7 53.0 15.9 16.4

25–29 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,123 100.0 17.0 60.4 13.0 9.6

30–34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,832 100.0 9.1 72.6 11.1 7.2

35–39 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,307 100.0 7.2 69.9 12.8 10.1

40–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,245 100.0 6.9 72.8 10.9 9.4

Marital or cohabiting status

Currently married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,181 100.0 7.8 72.7 10.9 8.7

Currently cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,804 100.0 22.3 45.9 18.9 12.9

Never married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,573 100.0 15.8 53.5 12.9 17.8

Formerly married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,101 100.0 17.7 59.6 13.0 12.8

Education 4

No high school diploma or GED 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,757 100.0 37.9 27.5 9.5 25.1

High school diploma or GED 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,679 100.0 21.3 57.9 11.1 9.7

Some college, no bachelor’s degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,121 100.0 8.0 65.7 15.6 10.8

Bachelor’s degree or higher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,567 100.0 1.3 80.8 12.6 5.3

Metropolitan residence

Metropolitan, suburban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,484 100.0 10.0 67.6 11.5 10.9

Metropolitan, central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,132 100.0 17.1 56.5 12.7 13.7

Nonmetropolitan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,343 100.0 13.8 53.6 16.1 16.5

Percent of poverty level 6

0–149 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,730 100.0 32.6 35.3 12.1 20.0

0–99 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,741 100.0 34.4 32.3 11.3 22.0

150–299 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,705 100.0 10.2 63.7 14.4 11.7

300 percent or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,298 100.0 1.7 79.5 13.1 5.8

Hispanic origin and race

Hispanic or Latina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,615 100.0 23.5 39.8 11.7 25.0

Not Hispanic or Latina:

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,025 100.0 7.3 68.9 14.0 9.9

Black or African American, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,253 100.0 29.7 49.4 7.9 13.0

1 Family planning services include sterilizing operation, birth control method, checkup or medical test related to birth control, counseling about b irth control, counseling about getting sterilized,

emergency contraception, or counseling about emergency contraception.

2 Respondents spontaneously mentioned another form of payment not specified.

3 Includes women of other or multiple race and origin groups, not shown separately.

4 Limited to women 22–44 years of age at time of interview.

5 GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma.

6 Limited to women 20–44 years of age at time of interview.

NOTES: Percentages do not add to total who received ‘‘at least 1 family planning service’’ because women may have received more than one service and use d more than one payment method.

Comparable data for 1995 are shown in reference 16, table 81. 

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### Table 96. Number of women 15–44 years of age who received at least 1 medical service in the 12 months prior to interview from a medical

**care provider and percent distribution by method of payment, according to selected characteristics: United States, 2002**

Characteristic Number in

thousands who

received at

least 1 medical

service 1 Method of payment

Medicaid

at all Insurance

at all Own

income

alone Other 2

Percent distribution

Total 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,513 100.0 12.7 68.1 11.8 7.4

Age

15–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,992 100.0 23.0 49.8 11.1 16.1

15–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,628 100.0 22.5 44.7 12.9 19.9

18–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,364 100.0 23.4 53.3 9.9 13.5

20–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,452 100.0 17.0 56.3 14.4 12.3

25–29 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,018 100.0 17.0 64.9 11.8 6.3

30–34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,020 100.0 10.6 74.4 10.1 5.0

35–39 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,763 100.0 8.9 75.8 10.7 4.7

40–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,269 100.0 5.7 76.9 12.5 4.8

Marital or cohabiting status

Currently married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,861 100.0 6.8 79.1 10.0 4.2

Currently cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,299 100.0 24.5 48.3 16.6 10.7

Never married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,023 100.0 17.5 57.5 13.1 11.9

Formerly married, not cohabiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,331 100.0 17.2 61.6 12.7 8.5

Education 4

No high school diploma or GED 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,661 100.0 37.9 31.0 15.5 15.6

High school diploma or GED 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,165 100.0 15.6 67.0 11.0 6.4

Some college, no bachelor’s degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,852 100.0 7.5 74.1 13.6 4.8

Bachelor’s degree or higher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,886 100.0 1.8 86.4 9.5 2.3

Metropolitan residence

Metropolitan, suburban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,789 100.0 10.1 73.3 11.0 5.7

Metropolitan, central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,463 100.0 16.7 63.0 11.5 8.8

Nonmetropolitan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,261 100.0 12.0 63.4 14.7 9.9

Percent of poverty level 6

0–149 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,088 100.0 32.8 39.4 14.5 13.3

0–99 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,361 100.0 37.3 34.5 13.3 15.0

150–299 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,337 100.0 8.4 72.7 12.6 6.3

300 percent or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,096 100.0 1.7 85.5 10.0 2.9

Hispanic origin and race

Hispanic or Latina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,771 100.0 24.0 45.3 13.8 16.9

Not Hispanic or Latina:

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,668 100.0 7.3 75.6 12.2 4.9

Black or African American, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,141 100.0 25.2 56.2 9.3 9.4

1 Medical services include Pap smear; pelvic exam; prenatal care; postpartum care; counseling, testing, or treatment for sexually transmitted infec tions; abortion; or pregnancy test.

2 Respondents spontaneously mentioned another form of payment, not specified.

3 Includes women of other or multiple race and origin groups, not shown separately.

4 Limited to women 22–44 years of age at time of interview.

5 GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma.

6 Limited to women 20–44 years of age at time of interview.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to total who received ‘‘at least one medical service’’ because women may have received more than one service and used mor e than one payment method.

Comparable data for 1995 are shown in reference 16, table 82. 

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**T**

**a ble**  **97. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age, percentage**  **who have**  **ever received**  **any i**  **nfertility service,**  **and p**  **ercentage who**  **have ever** 

**received the**  **s pecified**  **infertility services,**  **by selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Characteristic Number in

thousands Any

infertility

service Advice T ests o n

woman

or man Ovulation

drugs Medical

help t o

prevent

miscarriage Surgery o r

treatment

of blocked

tubes Artificial

insemination Assisted

reproductive

technology

Percent

To t a l 1

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 1 1

. 9 6

. 1 4

. 8 3

. 8 5

. 5 0

. 7 1

. 1 0

. 3

Age

15–29 years

...............................

30–34 years

...............................

35–39 years

...............................

40–44 years

............................... 2 8

, 9 2 3

1 0

, 2 7 2

1 0

, 8 5 3

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. 9

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0 b i r t h s

..................................

15–29 years

.............................

30–34 years

.............................

35–39 years

.............................

40–44 years

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1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

............................

15–29 years

.............................

30–34 years

.............................

35–39 years

.............................

40–44 years

............................. 3 5

, 9 3 8

9

, 6 1 0

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..............................

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. 5

1

. 3

0

. 4 0

. 3

–

0

. 1

Education 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 5

, 6 2 7

1 4

, 2 6 4

1 4

, 2 7 9

1 3

, 5 5 1 9

. 7

1 2

. 1

1 7

. 0

1 7

. 6 3

. 0

6

. 5

8

. 6

1 0

. 4 3

. 1

4

. 9

6

. 2

8

. 4 1

. 3

3

. 4

4

. 7

7

. 8 5

. 4

5

. 4

8

. 3

6

. 8 0

. 4

0

. 6

1

. 1

1

. 2 0

. 3

1

. 1

1

. 4

2

. 4 –

0

. 1

0

. 4

0

. 6

Percent of poverty level 4

0–149 percent

.............................

150–299

.................................

300 percent or more

.......................... 1 4

, 5 8 2

1 4

, 5 0 2

2 2

, 6 4 3 9

. 2

1 2

. 8

1 7

. 6 3

. 8

6

. 4

1 0

. 0 1

. 7

5

. 1

8

. 6 1

. 2

4

. 3

6

. 6 5

. 5

5

. 8

7

. 2 0

. 2

0

. 6

1

. 4 0

. 4

0

. 8

2

. 3 –

0

. 1

0

. 6

Hispanic o rigin and race and parity

Hispanic o r Latina

...........................

0 b i r t h s

................................

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

...........................

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

..........................

0 b i r t h s

...............................

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

.......................... Black, single r ace

..........................

0 b i r t h s

...............................

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

.......................... 9

, 1 0 7

2

, 9 4 8

6

, 1 5 9

3 9

, 4 9 8

1 7

, 4 5 1

2 2

, 0 4 7

8

, 2 5 0

3

, 0 3 2

5

, 2 1 8 8

. 2

6

. 6

8

. 9

1 3

. 8

7

. 6

1 8

. 8

8

. 4

5

. 5

1 0

. 1 3

. 2

3

. 3

3

. 1

7

. 7

5

. 1

9

. 8

2

. 8

2

. 4

3

. 1 2

. 2

3

. 3

1

. 7

6

. 3

4

. 4

7

. 8

1

. 6

1

. 8

1

. 4 1

. 9

2

. 6

1

. 6

4

. 9

3

. 0

6

. 5

1

. 3

1

. 3

1

. 3 3

. 8

2

. 2

4

. 6

6

. 2

2

. 4

9

. 2

4

. 8

2

. 6

6

. 0 0

. 4

*

0

. 5

0

. 9

0

. 6

1

. 1

0

. 6

*

0

. 6 0

. 4

1

. 0

*

1

. 5

1

. 2

1

. 8

0

. 2

*

– 0

. 1

–

*

0

. 4

0

. 4

0

. 3

0

. 1

*

–

– Q uantity zero.

0.0 Q uantity more than zero but less than 0.05.

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

4 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTE: C omparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 55.

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**a ble**  **98. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **t he**  **number o**  **f visits**  **for m**  **edical help**  **to get**  **p regnant**  **(made b**  **y**

**her o**  **r h**  **er husband**  **or cohabiting**  **p artner)**  **in the**  **1 2**  **months prior**  **t o**  **i nterview** 

**, according**  **t o**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Any m edical help t o become p regnant

Only had

Never had medical help 1 o r m o r e

Number in an infertility to prevent None in visits in

Characteristic thousands T o tal visit 1 mischarriage Subtotal last year last year

Percent distribution

To t a l 2

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 100.0 88.1 3 .6 8.3 6 .4 1.9

Age

15–29 years

............................... 2 8

, 9 2 3 100.0 95.1 2 .2 2.7 1 .4 1.3

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 100.0 82.3 5 .2 12.5 8 .6 3.9

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 100.0 82.7 4 .9 12.4 10.1 2 .3

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 100.0 80.8 4 .5 14.8 13.6 1 .2

Parity

, age, and marital o r cohabiting status

0 b i r t h s

.................................. 2 5

, 6 2 2 100.0 92.9 1 .4 5.7 3 .1 2.6

15–29 years

............................. 1 9

, 3 1 3 100.0 97.1 1 .2 1.7 0 .5 1.2

30–34 years

............................. 2

, 7 5 2 100.0 82.7 1 .6 15.7 6 .7 9.0

35–39 years

............................. 1

, 8 3 7 100.0 84.8 0 .3 14.9 10.5 4 .4

40–44 years

............................. 1

, 7 2 1 100.0 70.9 4 .9 24.2 18.9 5 .3

M a r r i e d

................................ 5

, 1 4 2 100.0 76.2 1 .8 22.0 10.4 1 1.6

Cohabiting

.............................. 2

, 2 8 7 100.0 94.2 2 .1 3.7 2 .6 1.2

N e i t h e r

................................. 1 8

, 1 9 4 100.0 97.5 1 .2 1.3 1 .1 0.2

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

............................ 3 5

, 9 3 8 100.0 84.7 5 .2 10.2 8 .8 1.4

15–29 years

............................. 9

, 6 1 0 100.0 91.0 4 .3 4.7 3 .4 1.4

30–34 years

............................. 7

, 5 2 1 100.0 82.2 6 .6 1 1 .3 9.2 2 .0

35–39 years

............................. 9

, 0 1 6 100.0 82.3 5 .8 1 1 .9 10.0 1 .9

40–44 years

............................. 9

, 7 9 1 100.0 82.5 4 .4 13.1 12.7 0 .5

M a r r i e d

................................ 2 3

, 1 8 5 100.0 81.6 5 .2 13.2 1 1.5 1 .8

Cohabiting

.............................. 3

, 2 8 3 100.0 89.5 6 .0 4.5 4 .3 0.3

N e i t h e r

................................. 9

, 4 7 1 100.0 90.5 4 .8 4.7 3 .8 0.9

Education 3

No high school diploma o r GED 4

.................. 5

, 6 2 7 100.0 90.3 5 .0 4.7 3 .1 1.6

High school diploma o r GED 4

.................... 1 4

, 2 6 4 100.0 87.9 3 .9 8.3 7 .0 1.3

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 4

, 2 7 9 100.0 83.0 4 .8 12.3 9 .5 2.8

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 3

, 5 5 1 100.0 82.4 3 .9 13.7 10.4 3 .4

Percent of poverty level 5

0–149 percent

............................. 1 4

, 5 8 2 100.0 90.8 4 .3 5.0 3 .9 1.1

150–299 percent

............................ 1 4

, 5 0 2 100.0 87.2 3 .9 9.0 7 .1 1.9

300 percent or more

.......................... 2 2

, 6 4 3 100.0 82.4 4 .1 13.5 10.4 3 .1

Hispanic o rigin and race and parity

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 100.0 91.9 3 .0 5.2 3 .0 2.1

0 b i r t h s

................................ 2

, 9 4 8 100.0 93.4 1 .0 5.6 1 .6 4.0

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

........................... 6

, 1 5 9 100.0 91.1 3 .9 5.0 3 .7 1.2

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 100.0 86.2 3 .8 10.1 8 .0 2.1

0 b i r t h s

............................... 1 7

, 4 5 1 100.0 92.4 1 .4 6.1 3 .5 2.6

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

.......................... 2 2

, 0 4 7 100.0 81.2 5 .6 13.2 1 1.5 1 .7

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 100.0 91.6 4 .1 4.3 3 .4 0.9

0 b i r t h s

............................... 3

, 0 3 2 100.0 94.5 1 .9 3.6 2 .3 1.3

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

.......................... 5

, 2 1 8 100.0 89.9 5 .3 4.7 4 .0 0.8

1 Infertlity visits include medical help t o become p regnant and medical help t o p revent miscarriage.

2 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups, not shown s eparately

.

3 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

4 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

5 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Roughly c omparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 56.

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**a ble**  **99. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **cigarette smoking**  **experience in**  **the 1**  **2 months**  **prior t**  **o**

**interview**

**, according**  **t o**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Any s moking in last 12 months

Never smoked No smoking Less than About once

Number in at least 100 in last 12 once a day

Characteristic thousands T o tal cigarettes months Subtotal a day or more

Percent distribution

Total 1

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 100.0 61.8 10.1 28.1 8 .0 20.1

Age

15–17 years

............................... 5

, 8 1 9 100.0 81.6 1 .2 17.2 5 .2 12.0

18–19 years

............................... 4

, 0 1 5 100.0 68.1 1 .8 30.2 8 .6 21.6

20–24 years

............................... 9

, 8 4 0 100.0 64.4 4 .3 31.3 1 1.8 19.5

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 100.0 60.2 8 .9 30.9 9 .7 21.2

30–44 years

............................... 3 2

, 6 3 8 100.0 57.2 14.9 27.9 6 .7 21.2

Parity

0 b i r t h s

.................................. 2 5

, 6 2 2 100.0 67.8 5 .8 26.4 10.1 16.3

1 b i r t h

................................... 1 1

, 1 9 3 100.0 57.7 1 1.9 30.4 7 .2 23.2

2 b i r t h s

.................................. 1 3

, 4 0 2 100.0 58.1 12.7 29.2 7 .0 22.2

3 o r m o r e b i r t h s

............................ 1 1

, 3 4 3 100.0 56.8 15.0 28.2 5 .1 23.1

Region of residence

Northeast

................................ 9

, 7 0 4 100.0 57.7 12.2 30.1 8 .8 21.3

M i d w e s t

................................. 1 4

, 1 0 0 100.0 56.9 1 1.8 31.3 7 .6 23.7

S o u t h

................................... 2 2

, 9 3 9 100.0 63.0 8 .3 28.7 8 .3 20.4

W e s t

................................... 1 4

, 8 1 8 100.0 67.4 10.0 22.6 7 .2 15.4

Current contraceptive s tatus

Pregnant or postpartum

........................ 3

, 2 5 5 100.0 67.7 12.6 19.6 5 .8 13.8

Using hormonal contraception

.................... 1 4

, 1 5 8 100.0 64.2 7 .8 27.9 10.6 17.4

O t h e r

................................... 4 4

, 1 4 8 100.0 60.6 10.7 28.7 7 .3 21.4

Education 2

No high school diploma o r GED 3

.................. 5

, 6 2 7 100.0 55.1 5 .4 39.5 8 .2 31.3

High school diploma o r GED 3

.................... 1 4

, 2 6 4 100.0 48.9 13.8 37.3 8 .1 29.3

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 4

, 2 7 9 100.0 55.3 14.8 30.0 7 .9 22.1

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 3

, 5 5 1 100.0 73.0 12.3 14.8 7 .6 7.2

Percent of poverty level 4

0–149 percent

............................. 1 4

, 5 8 2 100.0 59.3 8 .2 32.5 7 .6 24.9

0–99 percent

............................. 9

, 2 6 2 100.0 61.8 6 .8 31.3 7 .1 24.3

150–299 percent

............................ 1 4

, 5 0 2 100.0 55.0 12.7 32.3 8 .0 24.3

300 percent or higher

......................... 2 2

, 6 4 3 100.0 61.6 13.5 24.9 8 .8 16.1

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 100.0 77.0 5 .4 17.6 8 .1 9.5

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 100.0 55.4 12.3 32.3 8 .3 24.0

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 100.0 74.2 6 .3 19.5 4 .6 14.9

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups and women w ith missing information o n s moking, not shown s eparately

.

2 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

3 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

4 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Roughly c omparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 84.

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**a ble**  **100. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **testing f**  **or Human**  **I mmunodeficiency**  **V irus**  **( HIV),**  **according t**  **o**

**selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Ever tested for H IV 1

Both in Percent

Never As part Subtotal Outside o f blood tested in

Number in tested of blood (tested outside blood donation and last 12

Characteristic thousands T o tal for H IV 1 donation blood donation) donation elsewhere months 2

Percent distribution

To t a l 3

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 100.0 31.7 13.3 54.9 38.1 16.8 16.9

Age

15–19 years

............................... 9

, 8 3 4 100.0 68.7 9 .4 22.0 18.2 3 .8 12.6

20–24 years

............................... 9

, 8 4 0 100.0 32.2 18.4 49.4 36.5 13.0 22.8

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 100.0 19.6 12.3 68.1 47.0 21.1 25.3

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 100.0 19.8 8 .0 72.2 46.0 26.3 18.7

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 100.0 21.9 12.8 65.3 43.9 21.4 14.1

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 100.0 29.4 18.5 52.1 37.1 15.0 9 .5

Number of male sexual partners i n lifetime 4

N o n e

................................... 5

, 1 3 7 100.0 82.3 1 1.4 6 .2 5.0 1 .3 1.8

1

...................................... 1 3

, 3 6 7 100.0 41.8 16.4 41.9 32.0 9 .8 14.0

2

...................................... 6

, 4 2 4 100.0 34.0 13.8 52.2 36.6 15.5 15.9

3

– 9

.................................... 2 4

, 6 4 8 100.0 21.7 13.8 64.5 44.1 20.4 19.9

1 0 o r m o r e

................................ 9

, 8 9 9 100.0 1 1.9 10.0 78.0 50.9 27.1 22.1

Did not report

.............................. 2

, 0 2 8 100.0 47.8 8 .0 44.3 31.8 12.5 14.7

Age a t f irst sexual intercourse with a m ale 5

Never had sexual intercourse

.................... 7

, 3 7 1 100.0 79.2 13.6 7 .2 6.0 1 .2 2.7

Under 15 years

............................. 8

, 0 7 4 100.0 20.4 8 .0 71.6 53.5 18.1 26.1

15–17 years

............................... 2 5

, 0 3 3 100.0 23.3 12.9 63.8 43.8 19.9 19.8

18–19 years

............................... 1 1

, 1 3 6 100.0 24.8 16.5 58.7 38.4 20.3 14.1

20 years and over

........................... 9

, 9 4 6 100.0 34.7 15.0 50.4 34.9 15.5 15.5

Any self-report o f S TI or PID 6

Y

e s

.................................... 9

, 3 9 4 100.0 14.7 10.0 75.3 50.0 25.3 24.4

N o

..................................... 5 2

, 1 6 7 100.0 34.8 13.9 51.3 36.0 15.3 15.5

Education 7

No high school diploma o r GED 8

.................. 5

, 6 2 7 100.0 30.5 4 .6 64.9 56.5 8 .4 21.8

High school diploma o r GED 8

.................... 1 4

, 2 6 4 100.0 25.5 10.7 63.9 47.0 16.9 17.5

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 4

, 2 7 9 100.0 19.0 17.1 64.0 41.6 22.3 17.7

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 3

, 5 5 1 100.0 23.4 16.7 60.0 34.5 25.5 15.1

Percent of poverty level 9

0–149 percent

............................. 1 4

, 5 8 2 100.0 25.8 10.0 64.2 49.8 14.4 22.8

0–99 percent

............................. 9

, 2 6 2 100.0 25.3 8 .2 66.4 53.5 13.0 24.1

150–299 percent

............................ 1 4

, 5 0 2 100.0 27.0 13.7 59.3 40.8 18.5 18.7

300 percent or higher

......................... 2 2

, 6 4 3 100.0 22.6 17.0 60.5 37.6 22.9 13.7

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 100.0 37.1 6 .6 56.3 44.0 12.4 22.2

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 100.0 30.3 17.1 52.6 33.9 18.8 13.2

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 100.0 28.7 5 .8 65.5 49.6 15.9 25.9

1 HIV i s human immunodeficiency v irus.

2 Only includes testing outside blood donation.

3 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups and women w ith missing information o n number of partners i n lifetime and date o f m ost r ecent t est, not shown s eparately

.

4 Based o n number of male partners w ith whom she had any sexual contact—oral or anal sex, or vaginal intercourse—as r eported i n A udio C omputer-Assisted Self-Interview

. See ‘ ‘Appendix I I’ ’ f or

further information.

5 Based o n age at first sexual intercourse as reported t o t he interviewer

.

6 STI i s s exually transmitted i nfection and PID i s pelvic i nflammatory disease.

7 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

8 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school diploma.

9 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Roughly c omparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 85.

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**a ble**  **101. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **were tested**  **for Human**  **I mmunodeficiency**  **V irus**  **( HIV)**  **outside o**  **f b**  **lood donation**  **in the** 

**12 months**  **prior t**  **o i**  **nterview and**  **p ercentage**  **who cited**  **the s**  **pecified reasons**  **for t**  **he test,**  **by selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Reason for H IV test 1

Applying

Number in Hospitalization Applying for Finding out Doctor’s for m arriage Prenatal

Characteristic thousands or surgery insurance if infected referral license care

Percent

To t a l 2

.......................................... 1 0

, 5 9 5 5

. 1 5

. 4 3 0

. 8 3

. 9 1

. 0 3 1

. 2

Age

15–29 years

...................................... 5

, 8 7 6 3

. 4 2

. 4 3 4

. 1 4

. 3 1

. 5 3 5

. 6

30–44 years

...................................... 4

, 7 1 9 7

. 3 9

. 1 2 6

. 8 3

. 3 * 2 5

. 6

Number of male sexual partners i n l ast 12 months 3

N o n e

.......................................... 9

, 3 7 6 6

. 0 5

. 1 3 3

. 2 3

. 0 * 1 3

. 8

1 p a r t n e r

........................................ 4 1

, 9 5 6 5

. 4 5

. 3 2 3

. 4 3

. 0 4

. 4 4 1

. 8

2 o r m o r e p a r t n e r s

.................................. 8

, 8 6 8 3

. 5 2

. 6 4 6

. 6 4

. 1 2

. 1 2 2

. 5

Did not report

..................................... 1

, 0 8 3 * * 2 8

. 0 * * 2 2

. 3

Age a t f irst sexual intercourse with a m ale 4

Never had sexual intercourse

........................... 2 2 5 8

. 8 6

. 4 4 5

. 7 4

. 6

– –

Under 15 years

.................................... 2

, 1 1 5 4

. 8 1

. 8 4 3

. 6 1

. 9 0

. 5 3 0

. 8

15–17 years

...................................... 5

, 0 1 4 5

. 3 5

. 6 2 8

. 7 3

. 4 1

. 1 3 1

. 9

18–19 years

...................................... 1

, 6 0 4 5

. 8 7

. 2 2 8

. 0 5

. 2 1

. 8 2 7

. 0

20 years and over

.................................. 1

, 6 3 7 4

. 1 7

. 5 2 1

. 7 6

. 5 0

. 9 3 7

. 8

Any self-report o f S TI or PID 5

Y

e s

........................................... 2

, 3 1 4 7

. 4 5

. 9 3 8

. 5 3

. 5 * 2 8

. 1

N o

............................................ 8

, 2 8 1 4

. 5 5

. 3 2 8

. 7 4

. 0 1

. 2 3 2

. 0

Education 6

No high school diploma o r GED 7

......................... 1

, 2 4 1 8

. 0 5

. 1 3 8

. 4 4

. 6 1

. 2 2 8

. 0

High school diploma o r GED 7

........................... 2

, 5 6 9 4

. 9 5

. 1 2 8

. 1 2

. 7 1

. 0 3 2

. 2

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

....................... 2

, 5 8 0 6

. 4 7

. 9 2 4

. 9 3

. 4 1

. 5 2 8

. 4

Bachelor’s degree or higher

............................ 2

, 1 1 4 5

. 5 7

. 3 2 4

. 1 1

. 5 0

. 5 3 7

. 4

Percent of poverty level 8

0–149 percent

..................................... 3

, 3 8 8 5

. 4 2

. 3 3 3

. 1 3

. 5 1

. 3 3 1

. 3

0–99 percent

.................................... 2

, 2 7 3 4

. 6 2

. 2 3 3

. 9 3

. 9 0

. 7 2 8

. 6

150–299 percent

................................... 2

, 7 3 8 5

. 3 4

. 1 2 6

. 2 2

. 9 1

. 9 3 6

. 7

300 percent or higher

................................ 3

, 2 1 8 6

. 4 1 1

. 5 2 5

. 2 3

. 1 0

. 4 3 0

. 2

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

.................................. 2

, 0 4 9 3

. 5 5

. 2 2 7

. 8 7

. 3 * 3 4

. 9

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

................................. 5

, 3 4 4 6

. 0 7

. 4 3 0

. 1 1

. 8 * 3 1

. 1

Black or African American, single r ace

.................... 2

, 1 6 9 4

. 4 2

. 8 3 8

. 0 5

. 9 * 2 2

. 4

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

– Q uantity zero.

1 HIV i s human immunodeficiency v irus.

2 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups and women w ith missing information o n r easons for t heir m ost r ecent HIV t est outside of blood donation, not shown s eparately

. (T able

refers to most recent test in last 12 months if woman had more than one.)

3 Based o n number of male partners w ith whom she had any sexual contact-oral or anal sex v aginal intercourse-as r eported i n A udio C omputer-Assisted Sel f-Interview

. See ‘ ‘Appendix I I’ ’ f or further

information.

4 Based o n age at first sexual intercourse as reported t o t he interviewer

.

5 STI i s s exually transmitted i nfection and PID i s pelvic i nflammatory disease.

6 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

7 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

8 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTE: C omparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 86.

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**a ble**  **102. Number**  **o f**  **women a**  **nd unmarried**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **have had**  **a t**  **least one**  **male sexual**  **partner in**  **the last**  **12**

**months and**  **p ercentage**  **reporting t**  **he specified**  **Human I**  **mmunodeficiency V**  **irus (**  **HIV) risk**  **behaviors for**  **t hemselves**  **or their**  **partners in**  **the**

**12 months**  **prior t**  **o i**  **nterview**

**, b**  **y selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Male partner’s HIV r isk behavior in last 12 months

Had sex with other

W o man r eported Injected drugs people a round same

Number in an HIV without Had sex time as with

Characteristic thousands risk behavior 1 prescription w i t ham a l e respondent

Percent

To t a l 2

................................... 5 0

, 8 2 3 2

. 8 3

. 6 2

. 8 1 0

. 4

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 7

, 4 8 0 1

. 9 2

. 3 1

. 6 2

. 4

F i r s t m a r r i a g e

............................ 2 2

, 3 3 4 1

. 6 2

. 0 1

. 6 2

. 5

Second or later m arriage

..................... 5

, 1 4 7 3

. 3 3

. 5 1

. 7 2

. 2

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 3 0 8 3

. 5 5

. 2 2

. 2 8

. 6

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 1 3

, 3 5 6 3

. 4 4

. 5 5

. 1 2 3

. 1

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 4

, 6 7 9 5

. 9 6

. 6 3

. 9 2 4

. 5

Unmarried women 2

.......................... 2 3

, 3 4 3 3

. 9 5

. 1 4

. 2 2 0

. 0

Age

15–19 years

............................... 5

, 0 3 0 4

. 0 5

. 7 5

. 1 2 0

. 4

20–24 years

............................... 6

, 1 4 0 3

. 2 3

. 3 4

. 6 2 0

. 6

25–29 years

............................... 3

, 7 2 3 3

. 1 4

. 4 3

. 1 2 2

. 9

30–44 years

............................... 8

, 4 5 0 4

. 8 6

. 2 3

. 9 1 8

. 1

Number of male sexual partners i n l ast 12 months 3

1 m a n

................................... 1 5

, 5 3 4 2

. 4 3

. 9 3

. 2 8

. 4

2 m e n

................................... 4

, 1 8 6 5

. 4 4

. 9 6

. 5 3 6

. 5

3 o r m o r e m e n

............................. 3

, 6 2 4 8

. 9 1 0

. 1 5

. 6 5 1

. 6

Age a t f irst sexual intercourse with a m ale 4

Never had sexual intercourse

.................... 1

, 2 1 3 2

. 6 4

. 7 6

. 3 6

. 8

Under 15 years

............................. 4

, 5 9 7 6

. 9 7

. 8 5

. 3 2 6

. 7

15–17 years

............................... 1 1

, 3 8 9 2

. 9 3

. 9 3

. 2 2 0

. 3

18–19 years

............................... 4

, 0 1 9 4

. 3 5

. 7 5

. 4 1 8

. 9

20 years and over

........................... 2

, 1 2 5 3

. 0 4

. 6 3

. 9 1 3

. 9

Education 5

No high school diploma o r GED 6

.................. 2

, 2 9 7 4

. 8 7

. 9 4

. 2 1 4

. 0

High school diploma o r GED 6

.................... 5

, 0 9 6 4

. 3 4

. 7 4

. 0 1 9

. 8

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 4

, 6 1 3 5

. 1 6

. 8 4

. 6 2 4

. 0

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 3

, 6 1 5 1

. 8 1

. 7 3

. 1 1 9

. 2

Percent of poverty level 7

0–199 percent

............................. 8

, 9 6 5 4

. 5 5

. 9 4

. 7 1 9

. 1

200 percent or more

.......................... 9

, 3 4 8 3

. 4 4

. 0 3

. 3 2 0

. 7

Hispanic o rigin and race and poverty level 7

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 3

, 4 4 7 3

. 3 4

. 0 4

. 3 1 3

. 9

0–199 percent

............................ 1

, 9 4 7 3

. 7 4

. 3 4

. 1 1 4

. 2

200 percent or more

........................ 8 1 8 3

. 4 2

. 3 4

. 9 1 7

. 2

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 1 3

, 4 5 7 2

. 9 3

. 8 3

. 6 2 0

. 1

0–199 percent

........................... 4

, 1 0 2 2

. 9 4

. 4 3

. 5 1 8

. 8

200 percent or more

....................... 6

, 2 0 0 2

. 8 3

. 6 3

. 1 2 0

. 6

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 4

, 6 9 1 7

. 4 8

. 7 4

. 9 2 4

. 6

0–199 percent

........................... 2

, 3 0 8 7

. 7 9

. 3 6

. 8 2 4

. 1

200 percent or more

....................... 1

, 6 1 8 6

. 1 6

. 0 3

. 0 2 4

. 1

1 HIV r isk behaviors that women c ould r eport f or themselves include injecting d rugs without a p rescription, giving or receiving d rugs or money in excha nge for s ex, or having s ex with a m ale partner

who w as infected with HIV

. HIV i s human immunodeficiency v irus.

2 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups and women w ith missing information o n 1 o r m ore o f t hese H IV risk behaviors and number of male s exual partners i n t he last 12 months,

not shown s eparately

.

3 Based o n number of male partners w ith whom she had any sexual contact—oral or anal sex o r v aginal intercourse—as r eported i n A udio C omputer-Assisted S elf-Interview

. See ‘ ‘Appendix I I’ ’ f or

further information.

4 Based o n age at first sexual intercourse as reported t o t he interviewer

.

5 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

6 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

7 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

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**a ble**  **103. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **number o**  **f m**  **ale partners**  **for all**  **types of**  **sexual contact**  **i n**  **t he** 

**12 months**  **prior t**  **o i**  **nterview**

**, according**  **t o**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Number of male partners i n l ast 12 months as reported i n ACASI 1

No sexual Had sex but

Number in contact not in last 4 o r Did not

Characteristic thousands T o tal with males 12 months 1 2 3 more report

Percent distribution

To t a l 2

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 100.0 8 .4 6.9 68.2 7 .6 3.0 3 .8 2.1

Age

15–19 years

............................... 9

, 8 3 4 100.0 36.7 8 .1 32.2 9 .7 5.2 6 .1 2.1

20–24 years

............................... 9

, 8 4 0 100.0 8 .7 4.7 60.9 12.6 5 .4 6.1 1 .7

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 100.0 2 .5 4.4 75.9 9 .4 3.5 2 .3 2.0

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 100.0 1 .8 6.1 79.7 5 .6 2.1 2 .9 1.8

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 100.0 1 .0 8.2 78.3 6 .1 1.5 2 .9 2.0

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 100.0 1 .3 9.2 79.4 3 .4 1.2 2 .5 3.0

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 8

, 3 2 7 100.0

– 0.9 93.4 1 .8 0.5 1 .5 2.0

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 5 7 0 100.0

– 1.9 80.1 8 .7 2.5 4 .0 2.8

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 2 1

, 5 6 8 100.0 23.8 12.0 37.9 12.5 5 .7 5.8 2 .2

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 6

, 0 9 6 100.0

– 21.4 47.5 16.6 5 .8 7.0 1 .7

Age a t f irst sexual intercourse with a m ale 3

Never had sexual intercourse

.................... 7

, 3 7 1 100.0 68.7 1 1.5 1 1.5 3 .4 1.3 0 .3 3.3

Under 15 years

............................. 8

, 0 7 4 100.0

– 5.7 65.1 1 1.9 6 .3 8.9 1 .9

15–17 years

............................... 2 5

, 0 3 3 100.0 * 5.4 75.0 9 .3 4.0 5 .0 1.4

18–19 years

............................... 1 1

, 1 3 6 100.0 * 7.1 79.1 7 .5 1.7 2 .1 2.4

20 years o r o lder

............................ 9

, 9 4 6 100.0 * 8.0 83.7 3 .2 0.8 0 .9 2.8

Education 4

No high school diploma o r GED 5

.................. 5

, 6 2 7 100.0 1 .7 5.3 71.3 7 .6 1.9 6 .4 5.9

High school diploma o r GED 5

.................... 1 4

, 2 6 4 100.0 1 .0 5.8 77.6 7 .0 2.9 3 .0 2.8

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 4

, 2 7 9 100.0 1 .9 8.3 75.4 7 .6 2.8 2 .8 1.2

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 3

, 5 5 1 100.0 3 .5 7.2 79.3 5 .8 1.7 1 .6 1.0

Percent of poverty level 6

0–149 percent

............................. 1 4

, 5 8 2 100.0 3 .4 7.7 65.5 10.1 3 .7 5.3 4 .4

0–99 percent

............................. 9

, 2 6 2 100.0 4 .5 7.5 62.6 1 1.1 3 .3 5.8 5 .3

150–299 percent

............................ 1 4

, 5 0 2 100.0 3 .4 6.1 77.3 6 .9 1.9 2 .2 2.2

300 percent or higher

......................... 2 2

, 6 4 3 100.0 2 .4 6.3 79.8 5 .6 2.4 2 .7 0.6

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 100.0 9 .9 4.4 68.1 6 .7 2.4 3 .4 5.0

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 100.0 7 .6 7.1 70.6 7 .1 3.0 3 .3 1.2

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 100.0 7 .4 7.9 60.0 1 1.4 4 .2 6.6 2 .5

– Q uantity zero.

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

1 ACASI is Audio C omputer-Assisted Self-Interviewing.

2 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups and women w ith missing information o n number of male partners i n l ast 1 2 m onths, not shown s ep arately

.

3 Based o n age at first sexual intercourse as reported t o t he interviewer

.

4 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

5 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

6 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTE: P ercentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

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**a ble**  **104. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **number o**  **f m**  **ale partners**  **for all**  **types of**  **sexual contact**  **i n** 

**lifetime, according**  **t o**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Number of male partners i n lifetime a s r eported i n ACASI 1

Number in 10 or Did not Median

Characteristic thousands T o tal 0 1 2 3–9 more report number

Percent distribution

To t a l 2

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 100.0 8 .4 21.7 10.4 40.1 16.1 3 .3 3

Age

15–19 years

............................... 9

, 8 3 4 100.0 36.7 26.4 8 .8 22.1 3 .2 2.8 1

20–24 years

............................... 9

, 8 4 0 100.0 8 .7 24.1 12.8 39.9 12.4 2 .2 3

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 100.0 2 .5 21.9 1 1.3 40.3 21.3 2 .7 4

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 100.0 1 .8 19.8 9 .1 45.7 20.1 3 .5 4

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 100.0 1 .0 19.6 10.9 44.0 21.4 3 .1 4

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 100.0 1 .3 19.3 10.0 46.6 17.6 5 .2 4

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 8

, 3 2 7 100.0

– 29.8 1 1.8 40.9 14.3 3 .3 3

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 5 7 0 100.0 * 13.2 1 1.8 48.5 23.0 3 .4 5

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 2 1

, 5 6 8 100.0 23.8 17.8 9 .2 33.9 12.4 3 .0 2

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 6

, 0 9 6 100.0

– 6.2 7 .8 50.1 31.6 4 .4 6

Age a t f irst sexual intercourse with a m ale 3

Never had sexual intercourse

.................... 7

, 3 7 1 100.0 68.7 17.2 4 .8 4.5 * 4.5

. . .

Under 15 years

............................. 8

, 0 7 4 100.0

– 5.7 4 .4 48.7 37.1 4 .1 7

15–17 years

............................... 2 5

, 0 3 3 100.0 * 13.3 1 1.4 51.5 21.2 2 .6 5

18–19 years

............................... 1 1

, 1 3 6 100.0 * 25.1 13.1 46.9 1 1.5 3 .3 3

20 years and over

........................... 9

, 9 4 6 100.0 * 55.5 14.2 23.1 3 .2 3.5 1

Education 4

No high school diploma o r GED 5

.................. 5

, 6 2 7 100.0 1 .7 25.0 10.9 40.1 15.5 6 .9 3

High school diploma o r GED 5

.................... 1 4

, 2 6 4 100.0 1 .0 16.7 9 .2 46.1 23.0 4 .1 5

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 4

, 2 7 9 100.0 1 .9 18.9 10.5 45.7 20.2 2 .8 4

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 3

, 5 5 1 100.0 3 .5 24.6 1 1.0 42.1 16.6 2 .1 4

Percent of poverty level 6

0–149 percent

............................. 1 4

, 5 8 2 100.0 3 .4 20.8 9 .8 42.5 18.5 5 .1 4

0–99 percent

............................. 9

, 2 6 2 100.0 4 .5 21.8 8 .7 41.8 17.2 6 .0 3

150–299 percent

............................ 1 4

, 5 0 2 100.0 3 .4 21.5 12.0 40.7 18.6 3 .9 4

300 percent or higher

......................... 2 2

, 6 4 3 100.0 2 .4 20.5 10.6 45.9 18.6 2 .0 4

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 9

, 1 0 7 100.0 9 .9 32.7 14.1 29.7 8 .1 5.5 2

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 9

, 4 9 8 100.0 7 .6 20.5 10.3 40.8 18.3 2 .5 4

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 8

, 2 5 0 100.0 7 .4 1 1 .9 8.1 52.8 16.0 4 .0 4

– Q uantity zero.

* F igure does not meet standard o f r eliability or precision.

...C a t egory not applicable.

1 ACASI is Audio C omputer-Assisted Self-Interviewing.

2 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups and women w ith missing information o n number of male partners i n lifetime, not shown s eparat ely

.

3 Based o n age at first sexual intercourse as reported t o t he interviewer

.

4 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

5 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

6 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. See ‘ ‘Appendix II’ ’ f or further information o n how ‘ ‘ numbers o f partners i n lifetime’ ’ w as defin ed.

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**a ble**  **105. Number**  **o f**  **unmarried women**  **15–44 years**  **of age**  **who reported**  **using c**  **ondoms at**  **their last**  **vaginal intercourse**  **with a**  **m ale** 

**partner and**  **p ercent**  **d istribution**  **b y**  **reasons reported**  **for t**  **his condom**  **use, according**  **t o**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Reason for condom use at last intercourse

Both pregnancy

Number in Prevent Prevent and disease

Characteristic thousands T o tal pregnancy disease prevention

Percent distribution

To t a l 1

................................... 9

, 8 5 1 100.0 28.1 9 .0 60.8

Cohabiting status

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 1

, 2 1 3 100.0 44.1 6 .9 42.8

Not cohabiting

............................. 8

, 6 3 8 100.0 25.9 9 .4 63.4

Age a t i nterview and number of male sexual

partners i n t he 12 months prior t o i nterview 2

15–29 years

............................... 6

, 5 9 5 100.0 30.0 4 .6 63.6

30–44 years

............................... 3

, 2 5 6 100.0 24.3 18.1 55.1

0 p a r t n e r s i n l a s t 1 2 m o n t h s

..................... 1

, 4 9 2 100.0 19.9 1 1.4 66.9

1 p a r t n e r

................................. 5

, 2 1 9 100.0 36.7 6 .7 55.0

2 o r m o r e p a r t n e r s

........................... 3

, 0 6 0 100.0 17.9 1 1.9 68.6

15–29 years:

1 p a r t n e r

............................... 3

, 7 7 4 100.0 38.6 3 .8 56.0

2 o r m o r e p a r t n e r s

......................... 2

, 2 5 3 100.0 18.4 5 .8 73.7

30–44 years:

..............................

1 p a r t n e r

............................... 1

, 4 4 5 100.0 32.0 14.3 52.3

2 o r m o r e p a r t n e r s

......................... 8 0 7 100.0 16.6 28.7 54.4

Education 3

No high school diploma o r GED 4

.................. 6 8 3 100.0 28.9 26.4 42.6

High school diploma o r GED 4

.................... 1

, 7 9 0 100.0 26.7 13.7 55.4

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1

, 8 8 9 100.0 23.7 1 1.4 62.7

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1

, 6 9 1 100.0 30.4 7 .2 61.9

Hispanic o rigin and race and number of male sexual

partners i n t he 12 months prior t o i nterview 2

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 1

, 3 2 5 100.0 31.1 13.5 53.8

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 5

, 4 6 4 100.0 29.9 6 .3 61.7

1 p a r t n e r

.............................. 2

, 8 4 0 100.0 40.0 3 .5 54.9

2 o r m o r e p a r t n e r s

........................ 1

, 6 3 3 100.0 16.9 1 1.7 69.3

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 2

, 2 9 3 100.0 19.2 13.8 65.3

1 p a r t n e r

.............................. 1

, 1 5 7 100.0 25.7 12.3 60.6

2 o r m o r e p a r t n e r s

........................ 8 1 5 100.0 13.3 1 1.6 73.9

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups and women w ith other reasons for c ondom use o r m issing information o n r easons for c ondom use, not shown separately

.

2 Based o n number of male partners w ith whom she had any sexual contact—oral or anal sex o r v aginal intercourse—as r eported i n A udio C omputer-Assisted S elf-Interview

. See ‘ ‘Appendix I I’ ’ f or

further information.

3 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

4 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

NOTE: P ercentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

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**a ble**  **106. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percentage**  **who douched**  **a t**  **all in**  **the 1**  **2 months**  **prior t**  **o t**  **he interview** 

**, b**  **y H**  **ispanic**

**origin and**  **race and**  **selected characteristics:**  **United States,**  **2002**

Number in thousands Percent who douched at all i n l ast 12 months

Not H ispanic o r Latina: Not H ispanic o r Latina:

Black or Black or

African African

Hispanic White, American, Hispanic White, American,

Characteristic To t a l 1 or Latina single r ace single r ace To t a l 1 or Latina single r ace single r ace

To t a l 1

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 9

, 1 0 7 3 9

, 4 9 8 8

, 2 5 0 3 2

. 2 3 5

. 6 2 6

. 6 5 8

. 5

Age

15–19 years

............................... 9

, 8 3 4 1

, 5 2 1 6

, 0 6 9 1

, 4 0 9 1 5

. 7 1 1

. 2 1 3

. 3 3 2

. 8

20–24 years

............................... 9

, 8 4 0 1

, 6 3 2 5

, 9 3 8 1

, 3 9 6 2 5

. 7 3 2

. 2 1 7

. 6 5 3

. 8

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 1

, 6 5 4 5

, 6 1 3 1

, 2 5 6 3 4

. 1 3 4

. 7 2 5

. 5 7 1

. 8

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 1

, 5 9 5 6

, 4 6 1 1

, 3 3 1 3 5

. 2 4 9

. 0 2 7

. 0 6 4

. 5

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 1

, 4 4 8 7

, 2 4 9 1

, 4 3 4 3 5

. 7 3 9

. 8 3 0

. 6 6 5

. 2

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 1

, 2 5 7 8

, 1 6 9 1

, 4 2 3 4 4

. 1 4 8

. 0 4 0

. 1 6 4

. 4

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 8

, 3 2 7 4

, 1 3 8 2 0

, 0 6 1 2

, 1 3 3 3 2

. 2 3 6

. 8 2 8

. 8 6 0

. 4

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 5 7 0 1

, 2 2 1 3

, 1 0 6 7 8 9 4 4

. 5 5 0

. 4 3 9

. 1 6 6

. 8

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 2 1

, 5 6 8 2

, 8 4 6 3

, 7 8 8 9 7 4 2 3

. 6 2 0

. 4 4 5

. 1 5 4

. 4

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 6

, 0 9 6 9 0 2 1 2

, 5 4 4 4

, 3 5 4 5 1

. 3 5 7

. 3 1 4

. 5 6 5

. 8

Ever had pelvic i nflammatory disease

Y

e s

.................................... 3

, 1 0 6 5 1 7 1

, 8 1 3 5 5 2 4 9

. 5 5 5

. 1 4 2

. 3 7 3

. 4

N o

.................................... 5 8

, 4 5 5 8

, 5 9 0 3 7

, 6 8 5 7

, 6 9 8 3 1

. 2 3 4

. 4 2 5

. 9 5 7

. 4

Age a t f irst sexual intercourse with a m ale 2

Never had sexual intercourse

.................... 7

, 3 7 1 1

, 2 2 0 4

, 4 9 9 8 4 7 4

. 5 2

. 4 2

. 9 1 7

. 2

Under 15 years

............................. 8

, 0 7 4 1

, 0 0 0 4

, 8 2 5 1

, 6 7 9 4 9

. 7 4 9

. 9 4 3

. 5 6 9

. 1

15–17 years

............................... 2 5

, 0 3 3 3

, 1 6 8 1 6

, 6 3 4 3

, 7 9 2 3 7

. 9 4 3

. 0 3 1

. 1 6 4

. 8

18–19 years

............................... 1 1

, 1 3 6 1

, 7 2 0 7

, 4 4 6 1

, 1 8 7 3 3

. 1 4 2

. 5 2 7

. 7 5 3

. 7

20 years and over

........................... 9

, 9 4 6 1

, 9 9 9 6

, 0 9 3 7 4 6 2 2

. 8 3 0

. 6 1 7

. 2 5 6

. 7

Receipt of family planning or medical services in last year

Y

e s

.................................... 4 4

, 7 4 7 6

, 2 5 1 2 8

, 9 6 2 6

, 3 6 1 3 4

. 4 4 0

. 5 2 7

. 4 6 4

. 1

N o

..................................... 1 6

, 8 1 4 2

, 8 5 6 1 0

, 5 3 6 1

, 8 8 9 2 6

. 1 2 4

. 8 2 4

. 5 3 9

. 4

Region of residence

Northeast

................................ 9

, 7 0 4 1

, 0 6 8 6

, 2 5 7 1

, 6 4 6 3 0

. 8 4 2

. 0 2 3

. 8 5 2

. 8

M i d w e s t

................................. 1 4

, 1 0 0 7 5 4 1 1

, 0 5 2 1

, 6 2 0 3 1

. 3 3 6

. 1 2 7

. 8 6 0

. 5

S o u t h

................................... 2 2

, 9 3 9 3

, 1 1 4 1 3

, 8 7 4 4

, 4 0 5 3 7

. 9 4 2

. 2 3 0

. 3 6 0

. 0

W e s t

................................... 1 4

, 8 1 8 4

, 1 7 2 8

, 3 1 5 5 7 9 2 5

. 0 2 8

. 9 2 1

. 0 5 7

. 4

Education 3

No high school diploma o r GED 4

.................. 5

, 6 2 7 2

, 5 1 9 1

, 9 6 4 9 2 6 5 6

. 2 4 4

. 0 5 8

. 3 8 0

. 7

High school diploma o r GED 4

.................... 1 4

, 2 6 4 2

, 0 3 0 9

, 0 3 1 2

, 2 5 2 5 0

. 3 4 6

. 0 4 7

. 9 6 7

. 7

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 4

, 2 7 9 1

, 5 7 1 9

, 6 7 6 2

, 0 3 0 3 2

. 9 3 7

. 5 2 6

. 7 6 2

. 0

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 3

, 5 5 2 8 1 7 1 0

, 2 2 1 1

, 0 8 9 1 7

. 1 2 9

. 8 1 2

. 3 5 1

. 6

1 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups and women w ith missing information o n douching, not shown s eparately

.

2 Based o n age at first sexual intercourse as reported t o t he interviewer

.

3 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

4 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

NOTE: C omparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 90.

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**T**

**a ble**  **107. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age a**  **nd percentage**  **ever treated**  **for p**  **elvic inflammatory**  **disease, by**  **Hispanic origin**  **and race** 

**and selected**  **characteristics: United**  **States, 2002** 

Number in thousands Percent ever treated for P ID 1

Not H ispanic o r Latina: Not H ispanic o r Latina:

Black or Black or

African African

Hispanic White, American, Hispanic White, American,

Characteristic To t a l 2 or Latina single r ace single r ace To t a l 2 or Latina single r ace single r ace

To t a l 2

................................... 6 1

, 5 6 1 9

, 1 0 7 3 9

, 4 9 8 8

, 2 5 0 5

. 1 5

. 7 4

. 6 6

. 7

Age

15–19 years

............................... 9

, 8 3 4 1

, 5 2 1 6

, 0 6 9 1

, 4 0 9 1

. 2 0

. 9 1

. 2 2

. 4

20–24 years

............................... 9

, 8 4 0 1

, 6 3 2 5

, 9 3 8 1

, 3 9 6 3

. 9 3

. 8 2

. 9 9

. 7

25–29 years

............................... 9

, 2 4 9 1

, 6 5 4 5

, 6 1 3 1

, 2 5 6 5

. 3 5

. 9 4

. 7 7

. 9

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 2 7 2 1

, 5 9 5 6

, 4 6 1 1

, 3 3 1 5

. 5 8

. 4 4

. 9 4

. 9

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 8 5 3 1

, 4 4 8 7

, 2 4 9 1

, 4 3 4 5

. 8 7

. 4 5

. 5 6

. 4

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 5 1 2 1

, 2 5 7 8

, 1 6 9 1

, 4 2 3 8

. 0 8

. 1 7

. 2 9

. 0

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 8

, 3 2 7 4

, 1 3 8 2 0

, 0 6 1 2

, 1 3 3 5

. 7 7

. 0 5

. 3 5

. 4

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 5 7 0 1

, 2 2 1 3

, 1 0 6 7 8 9 6

. 4 5

. 1 6

. 1 1 1

. 6

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 2 1

, 5 6 8 2

, 8 4 6 1 2

, 5 4 4 4

, 3 5 4 3

. 2 2

. 4 2

. 5 6

. 1

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 6

, 0 9 6 9 0 2 3

, 7 8 8 9 7 4 7

. 4 1 0

. 5 6

. 4 8

. 1

Parity and age

0 b i r t h s

.................................. 2 5

, 6 2 2 2

, 9 4 8 1 7

, 4 5 1 3

, 0 3 2 3

. 0 3

. 0 2

. 8 4

. 9

15–29 years

............................. 1 9

, 3 1 3 2

, 4 8 7 1 2

, 8 4 7 2

, 3 2 3 1

. 9 2

. 3 1

. 5 4

. 2

30–44 years

............................. 6

, 3 1 0 4 6 2 4

, 8 0 4 7 0 9 6

. 5 6

. 6 6

. 4 7

. 1

1 o r m o r e b i r t h s

............................ 3 5

, 9 3 8 6

, 1 5 9 2 2

, 0 4 7 5

, 2 1 8 6

. 5 7

. 0 6

. 0 7

. 8

15–29 years

............................. 9

, 6 1 0 2

, 3 2 0 4

, 7 7 3 1

, 7 3 8 6

. 5 5

. 0 6

. 6 9

. 8

30–44 years

............................. 2 6

, 3 2 8 3

, 8 3 8 1 7

, 2 7 4 3

, 4 8 0 6

. 5 8

. 2 5

. 8 6

. 7

Ever douched in last 12 months

Y

e s

.................................... 1 9

, 7 2 5 3

, 2 2 2 1 0

, 4 8 6 4

, 7 9 6 7

. 8 8

. 8 7

. 3 8

. 4

N o

..................................... 4 1

, 6 1 4 5

, 8 3 9 2 8

, 9 0 8 3

, 4 0 9 3

. 8 4

. 0 3

. 6 4

. 3

Number of male sexual partners i n lifetime 3

N o n e

................................... 7

, 3 7 1 1

, 2 2 0 4

, 4 9 9 8 4 7 0

. 6 1

. 0 0

. 7

–

1 m a n

................................... 1 3

, 3 7 4 3

, 1 0 7 7

, 8 7 7 9 6 1 3

. 3 5

. 6 2

. 3 1

. 4

2

– 3 m e n

................................. 1 2

, 7 9 4 2

, 3 3 8 7

, 9 4 9 1

, 7 3 9 4

. 3 4

. 5 4

. 3 4

. 6

4

– 9 m e n

................................. 1 8

, 7 7 3 1

, 8 3 2 1 2

, 3 6 4 3

, 4 5 8 5

. 8 7

. 7 4

. 7 9

. 2

1 0 o r m o r e m e n

............................ 9

, 2 4 8 6 0 9 6

, 8 0 9 1

, 2 4 5 1 0

. 7 1 4

. 0 1 0

. 0 1 1

. 3

Age a t f irst sexual intercourse with a m ale 4

Under 15 years

............................. 8

, 0 7 4 1

, 0 0 0 4

, 8 2 5 1

, 6 7 9 9

. 6 6

. 4 1 0

. 2 1 0

. 2

15–17 years

............................... 2 5

, 0 3 3 3

, 1 6 8 1 6

, 6 3 4 3

, 7 9 2 5

. 4 7

. 8 4

. 7 6

. 3

18–19 years

............................... 1 1

, 1 3 6 1

, 7 2 0 7

, 4 4 6 1

, 1 8 7 5

. 0 5

. 3 4

. 4 9

. 4

20 years and over

........................... 9

, 9 4 6 1

, 9 9 9 6

, 0 9 3 7 4 6 3

. 9 5

. 1 3

. 0 4

. 3

– Q uantity zero.

1 PID i s pelvic i nflammatory disease.

2 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups and women w ith missing information o n douching, not shown s eparately

.

3 Based o n number of male partners w ith whom she e ver had sexual intercourse as reported t o t he interviewer

.

4 Based o n age at first intercourse as reported t o t he interviewer

.

NOTE: C omparable data f or 1995 are s hown i n r eference 16, table 89.

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**T**

**a ble**  **108. Number**  **o f**  **women 15–44**  **years of**  **age who**  **have ever**  **had sexual**  **intercourse with**  **a m**  **ale as**  **reported to**  **the i**  **nterviewer and** 

**percentage who**  **reported treatment**  **f or**  **a sexually**  **transmitted infection**  **o r**  **p elvic**  **inflammatory disease,**  **by selected**  **characteristics:**

**United States,**  **2002**

T r eated for

Number in Either STI o r any STI 1 other Ever treated

Characteristic thousands PID 1 treatment than HIV 2 for P ID 1

Percent

To t a l 3

................................... 5 4

, 1 9 0 1 7

. 2 1 2

. 9 5

. 7

Age

15–19 years

............................... 4

, 5 9 8 1 3

. 3 1 2

. 1 2

. 0

20–24 years

............................... 8

, 5 3 0 1 4

. 1 1 0

. 1 4

. 5

25–29 years

............................... 8

, 9 3 9 1 6

. 6 1 2

. 5 5

. 5

30–34 years

............................... 1 0

, 0 7 7 1 8

. 5 1 4

. 7 5

. 6

35–39 years

............................... 1 0

, 6 8 6 1 6

. 7 1 2

. 8 5

. 8

40–44 years

............................... 1 1

, 3 6 0 2 1

. 0 1 4

. 4 8

. 1

Marital o r cohabiting status

C u r r e n t l y m a r r i e d

............................ 2 8

, 3 2 7 1 6

. 8 1 2

. 3 5

. 7

Currently cohabiting

.......................... 5

, 5 7 0 1 7

. 4 1 3

. 2 6

. 4

Never married, not cohabiting

.................... 1 4

, 1 9 7 1 5

. 8 1 2

. 3 4

. 6

Formerly m arried, not cohabiting

.................. 6

, 0 9 6 2 2

. 3 1 7

. 5 7

. 4

Age a t f irst sexual intercourse with a m ale 4

Under 15 years

............................. 8

, 0 7 4 2 5

. 5 1 9

. 7 9

. 6

15–17 years

............................... 2 5

, 0 3 3 1 7

. 7 1 3

. 4 5

. 4

18–19 years

............................... 1 1

, 1 3 6 1 7

. 0 1 3

. 0 5

. 0

20 years and over

........................... 9

, 9 4 6 9

. 6 6

. 3 3

. 9

Number of male sexual partners i n l ast 12 months 5

N o n e

................................... 3

, 4 6 8 1 4

. 4 1 0

. 9 4

. 4

1 p a r t n e r

................................. 4 1

, 1 1 3 1 6

. 3 1 1

. 9 5

. 5

2 o r m o r e p a r t n e r s

........................... 8

, 4 9 8 2 4

. 0 1 9

. 5 7

. 3

Education 6

No high school diploma o r GED 7

.................. 5

, 5 2 4 1 4

. 7 9

. 1 6

. 6

High school diploma o r GED 7

.................... 1 4

, 1 0 2 1 8

. 7 1 4

. 2 6

. 2

Some college, no bachelor’s degree

................ 1 3

, 8 9 9 1 9

. 4 1 3

. 9 7

. 4

Bachelor’s degree or higher

..................... 1 2

, 9 2 7 1 6

. 5 1 3

. 6 4

. 2

Percent of poverty level 8

0–149 percent

............................. 1 3

, 9 6 2 1 6

. 9 1 2

. 2 6

. 6

0–99 percent

............................. 8

, 7 6 5 1 5

. 8 1 0

. 6 7

. 1

150–299 percent

............................ 1 3

, 8 3 7 1 8

. 5 1 3

. 0 7

. 1

300 percent or higher

......................... 2 1

, 7 9 2 1 7

. 4 1 3

. 6 4

. 9

Hispanic o rigin and race

Hispanic o r Latina

........................... 7

, 8 8 7 1 3

. 4 8

. 0 6

. 4

Not H ispanic o r Latina:

W h i t e

, s i n g l e r a c e

.......................... 3 4

, 9 9 9 1 7

. 7 1 3

. 9 5

. 1

Black or African American, single r ace

............. 7

, 4 0 3 1 8

. 6 1 2

. 8 7

. 5

1 STI i s s exually transmitted i nfection and PID i s pelvic i nflammatory disease.

2 Sexually transmitted i nfections other than HIV i nclude gonorrhea or chlamydia ( treated within the l ast 1 2 m onths), or any treatment in lifetime for g enital herpes, genital w arts, o r syphilis. H IV is human

immunodeficiency v irus.

3 Includes women o f o ther or multiple race and origin groups and women w ith missing information o n S TI treatment and number of male partners i n l ast 1 2 m on ths, not shown s eparately

.

4 Based o n age at first sexual intercourse as reported t o t he interviewer

.

5 Based o n number of male partners w ith whom she had any sexual contact—vaginal intercourse or oral or anal sex—as reported i n A udio C omputer-Assisted S elf-Interview

.

6 Limited t o w omen 22–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

7 GED i s G eneral Educational Development high school equivalency d iploma.

8 Limited t o w omen 20–44 years o f age at time o f i nterview

.

NOTE: P ercentages reporting any STI o r P ID may not add to percentage reporting t reatment for ‘ ‘either STI o r P ID’ ’ because s ome w omen reported both S TI and PID.

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# Appendix I

T

echnical N otes

Sample D esign and Fieldwork

Pr ocedur es

Cycle 6 o f t he National Survey of

Family Growth, or NSFG, was based on

12,571 interviews with persons 15–44

years o f age (4,928 men and 7,643

women) in the household population o f

the United S tates. Over 200 female

interviewers were h ired and trained by

the survey contractor

, t he University of

Michigan’ s I nstitute for Social Research,

under the supervision of NCHS.

Interviewing occurred from March 2002

until the end of February 2003. The

interviews were administered in person

in the selected persons’ homes. The

Cycle 6 sample i s a nationally

representative multistage area

probability sample d rawn from 120

areas across the country

. The sample i s

designed to produce national, not State,

estimates.

Persons were selected for t he NSFG

in five major steps:

+ Lar ge areas (counties and cities)

were chosen first.

+ W ithin each lar g e a rea, or ‘ ‘ Primary

Sampling Unit,’ ’ g roups of adjacent

blocks, called segments, were

chosen at random.

+ W ithin segments, addresses were

listed and some addresses were

selected at random.

+ The selected addresses were v isited

in person, and a short ‘ ‘screener ’ ’

interview was conducted to see i f

anyone 15–44 lived there.

+ If so, one person was chosen at

random for t he interview and was

of

fered a chance to participate.

T

o protect the r espondent’ s privacy

, only one person was interviewed in each

selected household. In the Cycle 6

survey

, t eenagers and black and

Hispanic adults were sampled at higher

rates t han others.

The NSFG questionnaires and

materials were r eviewed and approved

by CDC and the NCHS Institutional

Review Board ( now known as the Research Ethics Review Board), and by if the denominator is less than 75 cases

a s imilar board a t t he University of or the numerator is less than 5 cases.

Michigan. The female questionnaire When a percentage or other statistic is

lasted an average of about 85 minutes. not shown for t his r eason, the t able

All r espondents were g iven written and contains a symbol that indicates ‘ ‘ Figure

oral information about the s urvey and does not meet standard o f r eliability or

were i nformed that participation was precision.’ ’ For most s tatistics, the

voluntary

. Adult r espondents 18–44 numerators and denominators a re much

years o f age were asked to sign a lar ger

.

consent form, but were not required t o

do so. For minors 15–17 years o f age,

signed consent was required first from a

parent or guardian, and then signed

assent was required from t he minor

. Respondents i n t he Cycle 6 survey were

of

fered $40 as a ‘ ‘token of

appreciation’ ’ f or their participation. The

response rate for t he survey was 79

percent. For women, the r esponse rate

was 80 percent.

More detailed i nformation about the

methods and procedures of the Cycle 6

NSFG, including imputation o f r ecodes

and variance estimation, are published in

two separate r eports (14,15).



# Statistical Analysis

Statistics f or this report were

produced using SAS software, version

9.1 ( www .sas.com ). Standard e rrors

were calculated, and tests of significance

performed for s elected comparisons in

this report. The statistical package

SUDAAN ( www .rti.or g /sudaan ) was

used for t he calculation o f s tandard

errors, since it takes into account

complex sample designs such as that of

the NSFG. Significance of dif f erences

among subgroups was determined

conservatively b y examining overlap

between 95% confidence intervals f or

the estimates. N o adjustments were

made for multiple comparisons. T e rms

such as ‘ ‘ greater than’ ’ and ‘ ‘less than’ ’

indicate t hat a s tatistically significant

dif f erence was found or that the 95%

confidence intervals f or the e stimates

did not overlap. T e rms such as

‘ ‘similar ’ ’ o r ‘ ‘no d if ference’ ’ i ndicate

that the s tatistics being compared were

not significantly dif f erent. Lack of

comment regarding the d if ference

between any two s tatistics does not

mean that significance was tested and

ruled out.

As noted in the ‘ ‘Methods’ ’ section

of this report, percentages are not shown

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# Appendix II

Definitions of T erms

ACASI —Audio Computer -Assisted

Self-Interviewing is a data collection

method in which the r espondent reads

the question and response categories o n

a computer screen (or hears t hem

through headphones) then enters her

response directly into a computer

, providing greater privacy for t he

respondent.

Age —In t his r eport, ‘ ‘ age’ ’

(recode=AGER) is classified based on

the r espondent’ s age as of the date o f

the i nterview

. Sampled persons were

eligible for t he Cycle 6 NSFG if they

were 15–44 years o f age at the time o f

the household screener

, and with the

exception o f a f ew respondents who

may have turned 45 by the time o f

interview

, all were s till 15–44 at

interview

. Age at birth ( or pregnancy

outcome) —The AGEPREG recode gives

the woman’ s age with two i mplied

decimal values (for example, 2200–2299

equals age 22) at the time when each of

her pregnancies ended. The OUTCOME

recode indicates the p rimary outcome of

each pregnancy

, assigning priority in the

following order: live b irth, abortion,

stillbirth, m iscarriage, and ectopic

pregnancy

. ‘ ‘Age at time o f b irth’ ’

shown in this report’ s t ables is defined

as AGEPREG where OUTCOME equals

‘ ‘live b irth.’ ’ The categories o f

AGEPREG typically presented are: less

than 20 years, 20–24 years, 25–29 years,

and 30–44 years. The AGECON recode

‘ ‘ age at time o f conception,’ ’ is also

used in some tables concerning

contraceptive method use and

intendedness of pregnancies. For all

pregnancies, including current

pregnancies, AGECON is defined as the

age of the r espondent at the approximate

time when her pregnancy was

conceived.

Age at first birth and year of first

birth —The AGEBABY1 recode gives

the woman’ s age at her first live b irth

and is based on the AGEPREG recode

when birth order is 1. ‘ ‘ Y ear of first

birth’ ’ is based on the D A TBABY1 recode, which indicates the century

month when the woman’ s first live b irth

occurred.

Age at first marriage and year of

first marriage —The FMAR1AGE

recode gives the woman’ s age in

completed years a t first f ormal (or l egal)

marriage. Y ear of first marriage is

derived from t he MARDA T01 recode,

which gives the date i n century months

of a woman’ s first f ormal marriage.

Age at first s exual intercourse

— Age at first s exual intercourse is defined

as the woman’ s age at her first vaginal

intercourse with a male. The recode that

represents t his measure, VR Y1ST AG, is

based on the f ollowing question a sked

in the i nterviewer -administered portion

of the i nterview: ‘ ‘ Thinking about the

very first time i n your life that you had

sexual inter course with a man, how old

wer e you?’ ’

A variation o n t his measure, which

is also used in this report, is age at first

sexual intercourse after menarche. For

this measure, if the first i ntercourse, a s

defined previously

, was before first

menstrual period, the r espondent was

asked for her age at the first i ntercourse

after menarche (recode SEX1AGE).

For both t hese measures, if the

main question was answered ‘ ‘ don’ t

know’ ’ o r ‘ ‘refused,’ ’ respondents were

asked, as appropriate, t o estimate t heir

age as (a) under 18 or 18 or over

, ( b)

under 15 or 15 or over

, and (c) under 20

or 20 or over

. These questions were u sed t o a ssign

age at first i ntercourse when exact age

and date o f first intercourse were not

reported.

Age of first sexual partner —This

measure, represented by the r ecode

FSEXP AGE, is based on the question:

‘ ‘ How old was your first partner when

you had sexual inter course with him t hat

first time?’ ’

If the r espondent did not know or

refused to report t he first male sexual

partner ’ s age, she was asked to estimate

his age by choosing from among nine

categories o f age in relation t o her own

(‘ ‘1–2 years o lder/younger ’ ’ ; ‘ ‘3–5 years

older/younger ’ ’ ; ‘ ‘6–10 years

older/younger ’ ’ ; ‘ ‘more t han 10 years

older/younger ’ ’ ; ‘ ‘same age’ ’).

For respondents under the age of 18

at time o f i nterview

, t he age of her first sexual partner was collected in the

ACASI portion o f t he questionnaire. I t

is based on the question: ‘ ‘ The first time

this occurr ed, how old was he?’ ’ where

‘ ‘this’ ’ r efers t o a p revious question

asking if the r espondent had ever had

vaginal intercourse.

Age of respondent’s mother at first

birth ( recode=AGEMOMB1) —This

measure i s based on the question: How

old was (your biological mother/she)

when she had her first child who was

born a live?

Respondents who answered ‘ ‘ don’t

know’ ’ o r ‘ ‘refused’ ’ t o t his question

were g iven followup questions asking

for a r ange of possible ages.

Age of youngest child/age of

child —The ‘ ‘ age of the youngest child’ ’

is used in table 8 0 o n child care

arrangements. This was ascertained from

the household r oster

, which collected the

age, relationship t o t he respondent, and

sex o f every member of the r espondent’ s

household. ‘ ‘ Child’ ’ for t he purposes of

defining t he universe of women for t he

table, was defined as a household

member who was the woman’ s

biological child, stepchild, adopted

child, l egal ward, foster child, o r

partner ’ s child, and who was under 13

years o f age. The household r oster

variables used to define t his variable

were not included in the NSFG Cycle 6

Public-Use Files due to potential

disclosure risk for i ndividual

respondents.

Attitudes and ambivalence toward

pregnancy —There a re three a ttitudinal

scales in the Cycle 6 NSFG that gauge

the woman’ s f eelings when she found

out she was pregnant. The first, ‘ ‘ very

(happy/unhappy) to be pregnant,’ ’ was

added in Cycle 5

. The other two a re:

‘ ‘ T r ying hard (to/not to) get pregnant’ ’

and ‘ ‘ wanted (to avoid/to get) p regnant’ ’

and were added in Cycle 6

. W omen

were a sked these t hree attitudinal

questions about each of their

pregnancies that were completed since

January 1999. T ogether

, t hese assist in

interpreting t he findings of the

intended/mistimed/unwanted dimension

of pregnancies and highlight the

ambivalence many women feel when

learning they are p regnant.

‘ ‘ Happy-to-be-pr egnant’ ’

scale —Scale values ranged from 1 (very

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## unhappy to be pregnant) t hrough 10

(very happy to be pregnant).

‘ ‘ T

rying-to-get-pr egnant’ ’

scale —Scale values ranged from 0

(trying hard NOT to get pregnant)

through 10 (trying hard T O GET

pregnant).

‘ ‘ W anted-to-get-pr egnant’ ’

scale —Scale values ranged from 0

(wanted to avoid p regnancy) through 10

(wanted to get pregnant).

Birth order or pregnancy

order —Births a re classified b y b irth

order (recode=BIR THORD). Where t he

birth order is ‘ ‘first,’ ’ t he birth was the

woman’ s first b irth; where i t i s

‘ ‘ second,’ ’ the b irth was the woman’ s

second birth. S imilarly

, where t he

pregnancy order is ‘ ‘first,’ ’ i t was the

woman’ s first p regnancy; where i t i s

‘ ‘ second,’ ’ it was the woman’ s s econd

pregnancy

, and so on.

Births expected —The total number

of births expected for a woman is

defined as the sum of children a lready

born (recode=P ARITY) and additional

births she expects t o have

(recode=ADDEXP). For example, if she

has had two children and expects t o

have one more child, her total number

of expected births i s t hree. The recode

ADDEXP indicates the number of

children a woman expects t o g ive b irth

to in the f uture, including a current

pregnancy if applicable. W omen who

were s terile or who were married t o

sterile men were c lassified a s expecting

zero additional births. Those physically

able t o have births were asked whether

they and their current husband or

partner (if applicable) intended to have

any babies in the f uture, and, if so, how

many

. W omen who did not know

whether they intended to have any

future births o r who did not know a

particular number they intended to have

were asked for t he smallest and lar gest

numbers t hey expected to have. The

estimate o f additional births expected in

those cases is an average of the s mallest

and lar gest numbers g iven.

Breastfeeding duration —The

BFEEDWKS recode specifies t he

number of weeks that each singleton

baby was breastfed. The recode is

limited t o s ingleton babies because ( a)

the NSFG data d o not include suf ficient

numbers o f multiple births t o analyze them separately

, and (b) women with

twins o r o ther multiple births a re less

likely t o b reastfeed, which means they

cannot be analyzed together with

singletons. Multiple births not only pose

logistical dif ficulties f or breastfeeding,

but they are a lso more likely t o have

health problems (for example, requiring

postnatal hospitalization) that could

interfere with establishing a s ustainable

breastfeeding schedule. T able 7 8 s hows

the percent distribution o f s ingleton

babies born i n 1997–2000 by duration

of breastfeeding, including a category

for t hose who were not breastfed a t a ll.

Babies born a fter 2000 are not included

so that all babies could potentially have

been breastfed f or the l ongest category

of duration shown, which is 12 or more

months.

Century months –In t he interview

, dates of events were r ecorded as month

and year (with the exception o f

respondent’ s date o f b irth which also

asked the day). I n t he data file, month

and year for most dates reported i n t he

interview were converted t o ‘ ‘century

months’ ’ b y subtracting 1900 from t he

year

, t hen multiplying t he remainder by

12, and adding the number of the

month, where J anuary = 1

, February

=

2, and so on. For example, the century

month code for February 1959 is (59 x

12) + 2

= 710 and the century month

code for March 2002 is (102 x 12) + 3

= 1227.

Childcare arrangements –Childcare a rrangements were a scertained for

women who had at least one child,

defined as a household member under

age 13 who was the r espondent’ s

biological child, s tepchild, adopted

child, l egal ward, foster child, o r

partner ’ s child. These women were

asked, ‘ ‘In the past 4 weeks, has your

child/have any of your childr en, aged 12

or under

, been car ed for i n any r egular

arrangement such as a daycar e, nursery

school, p lay g r oup, babysitter

, after

school car e, r e lative, or some other

child car e arrangement’ ’

If they responded ‘ ‘ yes’ ’ to this

question t hey were t hen asked, ‘ ‘ Which

of these, if any

, have you used for your

child/for any of your childr e n i n t he past

4 weeks?’ ’

The following options were

provided: + child’ s other par ent or steppar ent

+ child’ s br other or sister 1 3 o r over

+ child’ s br other or sister under 13

+ child’ s grandpar ent

+ other r e lative

+ nonr elative o r babysitter

+ daycar e center

+ nursery o r p r e school

+ family daycar e

+ federally funded Head Start pr ogram

+ kinder garten o r s chool (grades

1–12)

+ befor e- or after -school car e

+ child car es for s elf

+ other

Cohabitation —The COHEVER

recode indicates whether the r espondent

has ever lived with a man, in a sexual

relationship, outside o f marriage.

Cohabitation r elative t o first

marriage —The COHST A

T recode

distinguishes three g roups: ‘ ‘ never

cohabited ( outside o f marriage),’ ’ ‘ ‘ever

cohabited before first marriage,’ ’ and

‘ ‘ cohabited a fter first marriage.’ ’ For this

second group, table 4 8 f urther

dif f erentiates t hose who were never

married from t hose who actually

cohabited before a first marriage.

Contraceptive u se at first sexual

intercourse —This i ndicator is defined

only f or women who have ever had

intercourse. The recodes used are

SEX1MTHD1–4, which describe

whether a method was used at all t he

first time a woman had intercourse, and

if so, what method(s). All women who

had ever used a method were a sked

what was the first method or method

combination t hey used. They were t hen

asked when this method use occurred

relative t o first intercourse: before, at

first intercourse, o r a fter first

intercourse. (If ‘ ‘ before first

intercourse,’ ’ women were a sked if they

used a method at first i ntercourse, and

which method.) This i nformation i s u sed

to construct these r ecodes.

Contraceptive u se at last

intercourse —This i ndicator is

represented by two s ets o f r ecodes. For

the timeframe ‘ ‘ past 3 months,’ ’

MTHUSE3 and METH3M1–METH3M4

are used. For the timeframe ‘ ‘ past 1 2

months,’ ’ MTH12M1–METH12M4 are

used. For most r espondents i t i s based

on direct questions about contraceptive

use w ith up to three partners i n t he past

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## 12 months, worded: ‘ ‘ Looking at Car d

33, the l ast time you had inter course

with [name of partner] in [date o f l ast

inter course with him], did you or he use

any method?’ ’ and ‘ ‘ Which method or

methods on Car d 3 3 d id you use?’ ’

If the r espondent only had one

sexual partner in the past 3 months, it

was her first partner ever

, and she only

had intercourse with him once, method

use is taken from t he recodes

SEX1MTHD1–SEX1MTHD4, which is

described for t he measure

‘ ‘ Contraceptive use at first sexual

intercourse.’ ’

Couple agreement with respect to

intendedness of pregnancy —Couple

agreement as to the i ntendedness of a

pregnancy is based on the woman’ s

report o f her own attitude, and her

report o f t he father of the p regnancy’ s

attitude at the time o f conception.

Disagreement is defined as the woman

reporting t he pregnancy as unintended

by her (mistimed or unwanted) and

reporting t he father ’ s as intended; or

where she reports the f ather ’ s attitude as

unintended, and her own as intended. In

table 24, where couple agreement is

presented, those pregnancies for which

the mother reported t hat she did not

know her own attitude, or she did not

know the f ather ’ s attitude toward t he

pregnancy

, a re classified separately from

pregnancies for which she did not report

her own or the f ather ’ s attitude.

Current contraceptive s tatus —The

purpose of this recode (CONST A

T1) is

to measure contraceptive use, as

reported b y women, during heterosexual

vaginal intercourse, primarily to measure

risk o f p regnancy

, and secondarily to

measure risk o f sexually transmitted

diseases. All r espondents a re categorized

by current contraceptive s tatus—those

who are using contraception i n t he

month o f i nterview and those who are

not.

Those who are not using

contraception a re then classified b y t he

following reasons for nonuse:

+ they are currently pregnant or

postpartum

+ they are trying t o become pregnant

+ they have never had intercourse or

have not had intercourse in 3

months before i nterview + they (or t heir partner) a re sterile.

Those who are using contraception

are c lassified b y t he method or methods

they are u sing. About 10 percent of

women in Cycle 6 i ndicated multiple

contraceptive methods are being used at

the time o f i nterview

. For these women,

CONST A

T 1 i s coded as the most

ef

fective method they are u sing.

Additional methods are coded into up to

three s eparate variables (CONST A

T2–

CONST A

T4), i n o rder of their

ef

fectiveness for p regnancy prevention.

Methods are listed i n o rder of

ef

fectiveness in the ‘ ‘Contraceptors’ ’

section below

. ( No respondent reported

using more t han four methods in a

month.)

This r eport p resents r esults from t he

CONST A

T 1 r ecode (the most e f f ective

method) in tables 56

, 58

, and 60

, and

the r esults of CONST A

T1–4 (all

methods currently used) in tables 57

, 59

, and 61

. The categories o f current

contraceptive status a re defined in the

following way:

+ Noncontraceptors:

Nonsur gically sterile —A woman

was classified a s ‘ ‘nonsur gically sterile’ ’

if she r eported t hat it was physically

impossible for her or her husband or

cohabiting partner to have a baby for

any reason other than sur g ical

sterilization. Nonsur gical reasons for

sterility include menopause; sterility

from accident, illness, o r congenital

causes; o r unexplained inability to

conceive.

Sur gically sterile (female—

noncontraceptive) —If a woman was

sur g ically sterile at the time o f i nterview

for noncontraceptive r easons, t hen she

was classified a s s ur gically sterile

(female—noncontraceptive). ‘ ‘Sur gically

sterile’ ’ means that the woman is

physically unable t o have a baby due to

an operation. ‘ ‘ Noncontraceptive’ ’

reasons include medical reasons such as

trouble w ith female r eproductive o r gans,

or a h igh likelihood of miscarrying o r

having an unhealthy baby

. Most o f t hose

classified i n t his category were women

who had had a hysterectomy

. Pr

egnant —The recode RCURPREG

was defined as ‘ ‘ yes, currently

pregnant’ ’ if the woman answered ‘ ‘ yes’ ’ to either of these questions: ‘ ‘ Ar e you

pr

egnant now?’ ’ or for t hose i n doubt,

‘ ‘ Do you think you ar e p r obably

pr

egnant, o r not?’ ’

If the r ecode RCURPREG=‘ ‘yes,’ ’

then CONST A

T 1 was coded

‘ ‘ pregnant.’ ’

Seeking pr egnancy —A woman was

classified a s s eeking pregnancy if she

reported t hat she was not using a

contraceptive method at the time o f

interview because s he or her partner

wanted to become pregnant as soon as

possible.

Postpartum —A woman was

classified a s postpartum i f s he reported

that she was not currently using a

contraceptive method, was not trying t o

become pregnant, and her last pregnancy

had ended 6 weeks or less before t he

time o f i nterview

. Other nonusers —W omen who

reported t hat they were u sing n o

contraceptive methods for any reason in

the month o f i nterview and could not be

otherwise classified were considered

other nonusers. Those included are

women who never had intercourse since

their first menses, women who had

intercourse, but not in the 3 months

prior t o i nterview

, and women who had

intercourse at some time i n t he 3

months prior t o i nterview but were not

using a method in the month o f

interview

.

+ Contraceptors:

W

omen in the NSFG used a ‘ ‘Life

History Calendar ’ ’ to record t he month

and year that significant events

happened in their lives, including

marriages and cohabitations, and births

and other pregnancies. W omen used

their L ife History Calendars t o help

them answer more accurately about

contraceptive u se, both ever in their

lives, and in the 3–4 years u p t o t he

date o f i nterview (1999–2002). The

interviewer asked whether the

respondent had ever used each of about

19 methods and showed her a card

listing t he same 19 methods (all the

methods that were currently available i n

the United S tates). Next, t he interviewer

asked the r espondent to record o n t he

Life History Calendar the contraceptive

methods the r espondent used each

month from J anuary 1999 (or her first

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## intercourse if it was later t han January

1999) to the month o f i nterview:

ED–4. ‘ ‘ I need to find out about the

birth contr o l methods you used each

month between (DA T E O F F IRST

METHOD USE OR JANUAR Y 1999)

and (DA T E O F I NTER VIEW).

Remember to include methods men

use—such as condoms, vasectomy

, and

withdrawal—in your answer

. . . Looking

at the methods on Car d 43, please write

the methods you used each month o n t he

calendar

. I need to know about all t he

methods you used, so if you used mor e

than one method in a month, please

r ecor d a ll the methods you used that

month.’ ’

They then reviewed the entries f or

each month and the i nterviewer entered

the methods into the computer for each

month. This r ecording continued through

the month o f t he interview

. The method

or methods used in the month o f

interview comprise the methods used in

the curr ent contraceptive s tatus

classification.

If the woman reported using two o r

more methods in the month o f i nterview

, she was classified b y t he most ef fective

method she used. Priority was given to

contraceptive methods in the f ollowing

order

, which corresponds roughly t o

ranking by ef fectiveness: Female

(contraceptive s terilization), male

(contraceptive) sterilization, NorplantTM

implant, I UD, LunelleTM 1 -month

injectable, Depo-ProveraTM 3-month

injectable, pill, contraceptive patch,

morning-after p ill, male condom,

diaphragm (with or without jelly or

cream), f emale condom (vaginal pouch),

T

odayTM sponge, cervical cap, natural

family planning or temperature r hythm

methods, calendar rhythm, withdrawal,

foam, suppository or insert, jelly or

cream (without diaphragm), and other

methods.

Thus, in tables 56

, 58

, and 60

, i f a

woman or couple was using the p ill and

the male condom, they would b e

classified a s using the p ill because i t i s

a more e f f ective method. In tables 57

, 59

, and 61

, however

, t heir use of both

methods would b e r ecorded.

Education: Highest grade or

degree (recode=HIEDUC)—This

indicator is based on a series o f

questions that measure t he highest degree received as well a s t he highest 4-year degree, and 4-year bachelor ’ s

grade or year of school completed. The degree or higher

. categories o f H IEDUC were defined as Ef fectiveness of contraceptive

follows: methods —The 10 percent of women in

the Cycle 6 NSFG sample who were + No high school diploma or using more t han one method in the GED —The woman has not received month before t he interview were

a h igh school degree, general classified i n tables 56

, 58

, and 60 by the educational development high school

equivalency diploma (GED), o r most ‘ ‘ ef fective’ ’ method they were

using. The ranking of the e f f ectiveness college diploma. of method uses data ( when available)

+ High school diploma or GED —The and other information t o estimate t he

highest degree the woman obtained failure rate for each method when used

is a h igh s chool diploma or GED, by a national sample o f users. A f ailure

and her highest completed grade of rate is the percentage of women who

school is 12 or lower

. have a p regnancy in the first 1 2 months

of using the method.

+ Some college, no bachelor ’ s T w o r ecent studies were u sed t o degr ee —The highest degree the obtain t he failure rates i n t ypical use a s

woman obtained is a h igh s chool estimated from p revious cycles of the diploma or GED, but the h ighest NSFG (68–69). These rates were grade of school completed is higher

than 12, or the h ighest degree is an Failure rate Rank associate’ s degree.

Female l ess t han highest ( most

+ Bachelor ’ s degr ee or higher —The sterilization 1 percent ef fective)

woman reported having a college or

university degree at the bachelor ’ s Male l ess than

level or higher

, r egardless of highest sterilization 1 percent

grade completed. Implant 1 percent

The tables in this report s how data Injectable 3 percent

by education only f or women aged Pill 8 percent

22–44 years a t i nterview because l ar ge Male

percentages of women 15–21 years o f condom 15 percent

age are still attending school. U sing t he Periodic full age range of 15–44 would

potentially underestimate t he percentage abstinence 25 percent

of women with a college degree. W ithdrawal 27 percent

Education o f r espondent’ s Spermicides 29 percent lowest (least

mother —‘ ‘Mother ’ s education’ ’ i s based ef fective)

on the r ecode EDUCMOM, ‘ ‘ mother ’ s Along with the f ailure rates s hown (or mother figure’ s) education.’ ’ It is above, two o ther factors were based on the f ollowing question i n t he considered. One of these was an attempt interview: ‘ ‘ Please look at Car d 17.

to preserve comparability with previous What is the h ighest level of education cycles of the NSFG. Priority was given (she/your mother) completed?’ ’

to comparability when the d if ferences in

+ Less t han high school failure rates between some methods

+ High school graduate o r GED were very small. The rankings for t he

+ Some college but no degr ee newer methods and those used by very

+ 2-year college degr ee small p roportions of women were

+ 4-year college graduate assigned based on the best information

+ Graduate o r p r o fessional school. available. Therefore, if a woman

reported t hat she had used the p ill and Based on their r esponses, t he the condom in the l ast month, she was respondent’ s mother ’ s education was classified a s u sing t he pill, because t he classified i nto f our categories: less than pill has a l ower failure rate (8 percent) high school, h igh s chool graduate o r than the condom (15 percent). GED, some college but less than a

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## Ever had sexual intercourse —This

measure, represented by the r ecode

HADSEX, was ascertained from a single

question a sked of women who had

never been pregnant and had never

cohabited o r been married: ‘ ‘ Have you

ever had sexual inter course with a man,

that is, made love, had sex, or gone all

the way?’ ’ W omen who had ever been

pregnant, had cohabited o r been

married, were coded ‘ ‘ yes’ ’ o n t he

HADSEX recode.

Ever forced to have intercourse/

Age at first forced intercourse

—

Whether respondents 18–44 years o f age

had ever been forced to have intercourse

was ascertained with the f ollowing

question i n ACASI, t he selfadministered portion o f t he interview:

‘ ‘ At any time i n your life, have you ever

been for ced by a male t o have vaginal

inter course against your will?’ ’

If the r espondent had indicated in

the p revious questions that first

intercourse was not voluntary

, this

question began with: ‘ ‘ Besides the time

you alr eady r eported...’ ’ Age at first

forced intercourse is ascertained in the

following way: in the ‘ ‘nonvoluntary

first i ntercourse’ ’ series, all r espondents

were asked for t heir age at first vaginal

intercourse with the question: ‘ ‘ How old

wer e you when this first vaginal

inter course happened?’ ’

If first i ntercourse had been

nonvoluntary

, this age is the age at first

forced intercourse. If first i ntercourse

had been voluntary

, but the r espondent

reported t hat she had ever been forced

to have intercourse (see above), t he age

at first f orced intercourse is the age she

reported t his (first) happened, with the

question: ‘ ‘ How old wer e you the very

first time you wer e f or

ced by a male t o

have vaginal inter course against your

will?’ ’

Ever-use of any birth control

methods —The term ‘ ‘ ever -use of any

method’ ’ i s based on the r ecode

ANYMTHD, which takes into account

use of any birth control method for any

r eason in the ever -use series, as well a s

ever having a s terilizing operation o r

having sexual intercourse with a male

partner who had a s terilizing operation.

Individual method-use classifications are

based on the i ndividual variables from

the ever -use series, except for p ill and condom, which are based on the r ecodes

PILLR and CONDOMR and include

imputed values for t hese variables.

Ever-use of specific birth control

methods —As noted previously

, t hese

data a re based on a series o f questions

that begins like t his: Car d 3 0 lists

methods that some people use to pr event

pr

egnancy or to pr event sexually

transmitted i nfections. As I r ead each

one, please tell me if you have ever used

it for any r eason. Please answer yes

even if you have only used the method

once.

Have you ever used birth contr o l

pills?

Have you ever used condoms or

rubbers w ith a partner?

Have you ever had sex w ith a

partner who had a vasectomy?

Have you ever had sex w ith a

partner who used withdrawal or pulling

out?

Have you ever used DepoPr

overaTM or injectables (shots)?

This s eries o f questions continued

until 19 methods had been asked

about—the methods shown in table 53.

Family planning and medical

services —W omen were a sked whether

they had received family planning or

medical services in the l ast 1 2 months

from a medical care p rovider

. Family

planning services included:

1. A b irth control method or

prescription f or a method

2. A checkup or medical test related t o

using a b irth control method

3. Counseling about birth control

4. Counseling about getting s terilized

5. Emer gency contraception o r t he

‘ ‘ morning-after p ill’ ’ o r a

prescription f or it

6. Counseling o r i nformation about

emer gency contraception o r t he

‘ ‘ morning-after p ill’ ’

7. A s terilizing operation

W

omen who reported r eceiving one or

more o f t hese services were c lassified a s

having received family planning

services.

Medical services included:

1. A p regnancy test,

2. An abortion,

3. A Pap smear

, 4. A pelvic exam, 5. Prenatal care,

6. Postpregnancy care, or

7. Counseling, testing, or treatment for

a s exually transmitted i nfection.

W

omen who received one or more o f

these services were c lassified a s having

received medical services.

For each family planning or medical

service s he had received, the woman

was asked where she received it and

how she paid f or it. She was shown a

card t hat listed r esponse options for t ype

of provider (that is, where s he received

it) and how she paid f or it.

For type of pr ovider

, the options

listed were:

1. Private doctor ’ s of fice,

2. Health maintenance or ganization

(HMO) facility

, 3. Community health clinic, community

clinic, public health clinic,

4. Family planning or Planned

Parenthood clinic,

5. Employer or company clinic,

6. School or school-based clinic,

7. Hospital outpatient clinic,

8. Hospital emer gency room,

9. Hospital r egular room,

10. Ur gent care center

, u r g i-care, or

walk-in facility

, o r

20. Some other place.

If the woman reported r eceiving the

service a t a c linic (codes 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9,

or 10 above), t he questionnaire routed

the i nterviewer to an external clinic

database i nstalled o n t he interviewer ’ s

computer

. I f t he clinic named by the

respondent was listed i n t he database,

the i nterviewer entered the code for t hat

clinic. The clinic database comes from

the A lan Guttmacher Institute’ s survey

of publicly funded clinics and was

structured for s election b y S tate, c ity or

town, and then clinic name (70). The

database a llowed the c linic to be

classified i n t wo ways: first, whether

each clinic was funded by the Federal

T

itle X p rogram, and second, by the

type of agency that managed the c linic

(for example, health department or

Planned Parenthood). The three hospital

codes were a llowed to activate t he clinic

database because s ome T itle X-funded

clinics a re located within hospitals.

For payment methods, the options

were i nsurance, co-payment, o r

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## out-of-pocket payment, Medicaid, no

payment required, or some other way

. The woman could r eport u p t o f our

methods of payment for each service

she had received.

Fecundity status (recode=

FECUND)—Fecundity status describes

the physical ability of a woman or

couple t o have a child. I t i s determined

by responses to questions asked in the

NSFG interview

, not by a medical

examination. Fecundity status, as shown

in tables 67 and 68 of this report, has

three main categories: sur gically sterile,

impaired f ecundity

, and fecund.

W

omen were c lassified a s sur gically

sterile if they (or t heir current husband

or cohabiting partner) had had an

unreversed sterilizing operation (for

example, a t ubal ligation, hysterectomy

,

or vasectomy). Sur gically sterile is

further divided into contraceptive and

noncontraceptive subcategories, based

on the r easons reported f or the

sterilizing operation.

Impair e d f ecundity includes women

who reported t hat (a) i t was physically

impossible f or them (or t heir husbands

or partners) to have a baby for any

reason other than a s terilizing operation

(referred t o a s ‘ ‘nonsur gically sterile’ ’);

(b) i t was physically dif ficult o r

dangerous to carry a baby to term

(referred t o a s ‘ ‘subfecund’ ’); or (c) t hey

had been continuously married o r

cohabiting, had not used contraception,

and had not had a p regnancy for 3 years

or longer (referred t o a s ‘ ‘long interval

without conception’ ’).

Fecund is a r esidual category and

means that the woman (or couple) was

not sur gically sterile and did not have

impaired f ecundity

. The percentage of

currently married couples with impaired

fecundity is higher than the i nfertile

percentage because impaired f ecundity

includes problems of carrying babies to

term in addition t o p roblems of

conceiving, whereas infertility includes

only p roblems conceiving. Also, it

should b e noted that the FECUND

recode includes a component of

36-month i nfertility

, whereas, the

INFER T r ecode (infertility status)

measures 12-month i nfertility

. Hispanic origin and race (based on

recode HISPRACE and raw variable

NUMRACE)—The recode HISPRACE provided in the public-use file classifies

respondents a s H ispanic, Non-Hispanic

white, Non-Hispanic b lack, or

Non-Hispanic o ther race, based on two

other recoded variables, H ISP ANIC and

RACE. All women who answered ‘ ‘ yes’ ’

to the f ollowing question were coded as

‘ ‘ Hispanic’ ’: ‘ ‘ Ar e you Hispanic o r

Latina, or of Spanish origin?’ ’

The RACE recode was based on

responses to the f ollowing question:

‘ ‘ Which of the g r oups (below) describe

your racial backgr ound? Please select

one or mor e g r oups.’ ’

The race groups shown were:

+ American Indian or Alaska Native

+ Asian

+ Native Hawaiian o r Pacific Islander

+ Black or African American

+ White.

Up to four groups could b e coded.

W

omen who identified t hemselves with

more t han one race group

(NUMRACE=2) were a sked to select

one group that ‘ ‘ best describes’ ’ t hem,

and the RACE and HISPRACE recodes

reflected this response. Because o f

limited sample size, Asian, Pacific

Islander

, and Alaska Native and

American Indian women are not shown

as separate categories i n t his r eport;

these groups are, however

, i ncluded in

the t otals o f a ll tables. They are r eferred

to as ‘ ‘ Non-Hispanic o ther races.’ ’

New Of fice o f Management and

Budget (OMB) guidelines on the

classification o f r ace require statistical

reports to separate t hose who reported

only one race from t he small p roportion

of the population who reported more

than one race. Lar ge data s ets s uch as

the U .S. Census 2000, the National V ital

Statistics System, and other very l ar ge

surveys can produce reliable statistics o n

mixed-race respondents. Unfortunately

, the NSFG’ s s ample s ize o f 7 ,643 female

respondents cannot produce reliable

statistics f or very small s ubgroups such

as mixed-race respondents. However

, t o

establish a baseline f or future reports

using t he new racial classification, data

using t his c lassification a re shown in

this report. W omen who reported only

one race are c lassified based on the

HISPRACE recode described previously

. All non-Hispanic women who reported

more t han one race are i ncluded in the totals but cannot be shown separately

due to sample size. The categories

shown in this report a re as follows:

+ Hispanic o r Latina

+ Not Hispanic o r Latina:

— White, single r ace

— B lack or African American,

single r ace

Interpretation o f data b y H ispanic

origin and race —Hispanic o rigin and

race are a ssociated with a number of

indicators o f s ocial and economic status.

Measures of socioeconomic s tatus (for

example, education and income) are not

always available f or the point in time

when the event being studied occurred.

While characteristics s uch as education

and income change over time,

self-reported r ace and ethnicity generally

do not change so they can be used at all

points i n time a s p roxies for

socioeconomic status. Dif f erences

among white, b lack, and Hispanic

women are o ften r elated to the l ower

income and educational levels o f b lack

and Hispanic women (71), t heir limited

access t o health care and health

insurance (72–73), t he communities i n

which they live ( 74), and other factors.

HIV -risking behaviors —In t he

self-administered ( ACASI) portion o f

the Cycle 6 NSFG interview

, women

were a sked about particular behaviors

that may increase t heir chances of

becoming infected with human

immunodeficiency virus ( HIV), t he virus

that causes acquired i mmunodeficiency

syndrome (AIDS). T able 102 shows the

percentages, based on all women aged

15–44 and unmarried women 15–44,

who reported one or more o f t he

following risk behaviors f or themselves:

+ Respondent injected drugs without a

prescription i n t he last year

+ Respondent gave or received money

or drugs in exchange for s ex

+ Respondent had sex w ith an

HIV

- positive male

T

able 102 also shows the

percentages of women who reported t hat

their partner(s) in the l ast 1 2 months

engaged in the f ollowing HIV -risking

behaviors:

+ Had sex w ith other men

+ Injected drugs without a p rescription

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## + Had sex with other women around

the same time a s h e had sex with

her

HIV testing experience —The

EVHIVTST recode was constructed to

indicate each respondent’ s experience

with blood testing f or HIV

, the v irus

that causes AIDS. T able 100 shows the

percent distribution o f t his r ecode,

which has the f ollowing categories:

+ Never tested for H IV

+ T ested for H IV only a s part o f b lood

donation (routine s ince March 1985)

+ T ested for H IV only outside of

blood donation

+ T ested for H IV both i n b lood

donation and elsewhere

The last two categories can be

combined to yield t he percentage of

women ever tested for H IV outside o f

blood donation, and this subtotal is also

shown in the t able.

All women who reported ever being

tested outside of blood donation were

asked the month and year of their ( most

recent) t est for H IV

. Based on this date,

relative t o t he date o f i nterview

, t able

100 also shows the percentage of

women who were t ested in the l ast year

. The ‘ ‘last year ’ ’ is defined as the month

of interview p lus t he 12 complete

months prior t o t he month o f i nterview

. For example, if the i nterview was

conducted in May 2002, an HIV t est

outside of blood donation would b e

counted as testing i n t he last year if it

occurred anytime between May 2001

and the i nterview date i n May 2002.

HIV testing—reasons for t he (most

recent) t est in last year —All women

who reported t hat they had ever had

their b lood tested for H IV

, outside of

blood donation, were asked the r easons

for t heir ( most recent) t est:

+ for a hospitalization o r sur gical

procedure

+ to apply f or health or life insurance

+ because you were p regnant or

because it was part o f p renatal care

+ ‘ ‘just to find out if you were

infected’ ’

+ because of a r eferral b y a doctor

+ to apply f or a marriage license

+ other reason T able 101 shows the percentages

citing t hese specific reasons, w ith the

percentages not adding to 100 because

some women gave more t han one reason

for t heir H IV test.

Infertility service use —W omen who

reported ever seeking medical help t o

get pregnant were asked about the

following medical services:

+ advice

+ infertility testing (if received, was it

female, male, or both)

+ drugs to improve ovulation

+ sur gery t o correct blocked tubes

+ artificial i nsemination (if received,

was it husband or partner ’ s sperm o r

donor sperm)

+ other services:

—sur gery o r d rug treatment for

endometriosis

—in v itro fertilization (IVF)

—sur gery f or uterine fibroids

—some other pelvic sur gery

—other

Based on responses to these

‘ ‘ code-all-that-apply’ ’ questions and their

followup questions, several recodes were

constructed to indicate whether the

respondent ever had specific infertility

services. The percentages of all women

aged 15–44 who ever received selected

infertility services are shown in table 9 7

. The percentage of women who used

any infertility services

(recode=INFEVER) is based on women

who reported medical help e ither to get

pregnant (recode=ANYPRGHP) or to

prevent miscarriage (recode=

ANYMSCHP).

Infertility service visits in last

year

— T able 9 8 presents i nformation o n

visits in the past year for medical help

getting p regnant. While women in Cycle

6 were a sked separately about medical

help t o get pregnant and medical help t o

prevent miscarriage, they were only

asked the date o f t heir first and last (or

most recent) v isit for help t o get

pregnant. Those who reported a v isit

within the l ast year were a sked how

many visits they had in the l ast year for

medical help t o get pregnant. S ince so

few women reported t wo or more v isits,

table 9 8 shows the f ollowing categories

in the percent distribution:

+ Never had any infertility visit + Only had miscarriage help; no help

to get pregnant

+ Had medical help t o get pregnant,

but not within last 12 months

+ Had one or more v isits in the l ast 12

months for medical help t o get

pregnant

Infertility status (recode=

INFER T)—Infertility is a measure u sed

by physicians and others t o i dentify

couples who may need to be evaluated

to see whether medical services could

help t hem have a baby

. The INFER T

recode is computed only f or married and

cohabiting couples in the NSFG. When

neither the r espondent nor her husband

or cohabiting partner is sur g ically

sterile, a couple i s considered infertile

if, during t he previous 12 months or

longer

, t hey were continuously married

or cohabiting, had not used

contraception, and had not become

pregnant. T able 6 9 shows three

categories: sur gically sterile, i nfertile,

and fecund, where ‘ ‘fecund’ ’ i s t he

residual category i ndicating t hat the

couple i s neither sur g ically sterile nor

infertile.

Intendedness ( W antedness) status

at conception (Recode=W ANTRESP)—

For this report, pregnancies that ended

in a live b irth within 5 years p rior t o t he

interview date were categorized as

‘ ‘intended (wanted),’ ’ ‘ ‘mistimed,’ ’ or

‘ ‘ unwanted’ ’ based on the woman’ s

responses to a s eries o f questions. The

series begins with one or more questions

to ascertain whether the woman was not,

or had stopped, using contraceptives in

or

der to become pr egnant

. I f t he answer

was ‘ ‘ no,’ ’ or if the woman was using

contraception s urrounding the

conception date, she received the

question: ‘ ‘ Right befor e you became

pr

egnant, d id you yourself want to have

a baby at any time i n t he futur e ?’ ’

If the woman answered, ‘ ‘ No,’ ’ or

for t hose r esponding ‘ ‘ not sure, don’t

know ,’ ’ and if the answer to a f ollowup

question was ‘ ‘ probably not,’ ’ t he birth

was classified a s ‘ ‘unwanted.’ ’ (W omen

under age of 20 years were asked a

confirmation question t o verify a ‘ ‘No’ ’

response. See reference 16, page 108,

for more details.)

If the woman answered ‘ ‘ Y e s,’ ’ t o

the question about stopping or not using

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## contraception i n o rder to get pregnant,

or if she answered ‘ ‘ yes’ ’ t o t he question

about wanting t o have a baby at any

time i n t he future, t hen she was asked:

‘ ‘ So would you say you became

pr

egnant too soon, at about the r ight

time, or later t han you wanted?’ ’

Answers o f ‘ ‘too soon’ ’ were

classified a s ‘ ‘mistimed,’ ’ and any other

response (‘ ‘right time,’ ’ ‘ ‘later

, ’ ’ ‘ ‘ didn’t

care’ ’) was classified a s ‘ ‘intended.’ ’ If

the woman had become pregnant later

than desired, it was not classified a s

mistimed because it did not represent a

failure in family planning and was not

subject to contraceptive control.

The category ‘ ‘unintended’ ’

represents t he categories ‘ ‘mistimed’ ’

and ‘ ‘ unwanted’ ’ combined. (See, for

example, table 2 0

. ) Pregnancies that

ended in multiple births have been

counted only once because only t he

pregnancy

, a s ingle event, was subject to

contraceptive control. If the r espondent

said she did not know whether she

wanted to have a(nother) child then or

in the f uture, the p regnancy was

classified a s ‘ ‘don’t know

, not sure’ ’ on

the r ecode. Those pregnancies are

included in the t otals, but not shown

separately i n t he tables. For this reason,

the percentages sometimes do not add to

100 in these t ables.

For the first time i n Cycle 6 o f t he

NSFG, women who responded that their

pregnancies occurred ‘ ‘too soon’ ’ were

given a f ollowup question asking: ‘ ‘ How

much sooner than you wanted did you

become pr egnant?’ ’

For table 2 1

, m istimed births were

dichotomized into pregnancies that were

‘ ‘ slightly mistimed,’ ’ that is, under 2

years t oo soon and those that were

‘ ‘ seriously m istimed,’ ’ that is, 2 o r more

years sooner than the r espondent

wanted. T able 2 2 shows more detailed

categories o f duration ‘ ‘too soon.’ ’

Respondents were a lso asked to

classify the a ttitudes of the f ather of the

pregnancy (Recode=W ANTP AR T ;

table 2 4 )

, with two questions analogous

to those that classify her own attitudes:

‘ ‘ Right befor e you became pr egnant, d id

the f ather want you to have a baby at

any time i n t he futur e?’ ’

And, if the r esponse was ‘ ‘ Y e s,’ ’:

‘ ‘ So would you say you became

pr

egnant sooner than he wanted, at about the r ight time, or later t han he

wanted?’ ’ See the definition o f ‘ ‘Couple

agreement with respect to intendedness

of pregnancy’ ’ f or further details.

Marital d issolution —Dissolution o f

formal marriage includes death o f t he

spouse and separation because of marital

discord, divorce, and annulment. ( NSFG

respondents were not given the r esponse

option, ‘ ‘ annulled,’ ’ when asked about

their current marital s tatus, but

interviewers were i nstructed to code

annulment the same as divorce. When

asked about marital d issolution,

however

, r espondents could choose

divorce or annulment.) T able 5 1 gives

the cumulative percentage of first

marriages that were d issolved by

separation o r d ivorce or annulment; i n

other words, marriages that ended in

widowhood were excluded.

Marital o r cohabiting s tatus

(recode=RMARIT AL)—This variable,

sometimes referred t o a s ‘ ‘informal

marital status,’ ’ is based on the

following question i n t he interview:

‘ ‘ Now I’d like t o ask about your marital

status. Please l ook at Car d 1

. What is

your curr ent marital status?’ ’

+ Married

+ Not married but living t ogether with

a partner of the opposite sex

+ W i dowed

+ Divor ced

+ Separated because you and your

spouse a r e not getting a long

+ Never been married.

Those who responded ‘ ‘ not married

but living t ogether with a partner of the

opposite sex’ ’ a re shown in this report

as ‘ ‘ currently cohabiting.’ ’ Their f ormal

marital status was obtained in a

followup question, and this information

was recorded in the FMARIT A L r ecode.

In this report, the categories

widowed, divorced, and separated are

not shown separately because o f

limitations of sample size. These

categories were combined and labeled as

‘ ‘formerly married, not cohabiting.’ ’ In

selected tables, currently married women

are f urther dichotomized as being in

their first marriage or in a s econd or

later marriage.

Marital status a t time o f b irth

(recode=FMAROUT5)—The

FMAROUT5 recode gives the woman’ s formal marital status a t t he time when

each of her pregnancies ended: married,

divorced (or annulled), s eparated,

widowed, or never married. ‘ ‘ Marital

status a t b irth’ ’ shown in this report’ s

tables is defined as FMAROUT5 where

the OUTCOME recode equals ‘ ‘live

birth.’ ’ D ivorced, separated, and

widowed women are combined into the

‘ ‘formerly married’ ’ g roup, though

technically speaking, separated women

are s till legally married. (It is unlikely

, given the s mall numbers o f separated

women in the NSFG sample, that this

definition o f ‘ ‘formerly married’ ’

accounts f or the s mall d if ferences seen

in nonmarital b irth rates between the

NSFG and vital statistics.) ‘ ‘ Currently

married’ ’ and ‘ ‘ never married’ ’ comprise

the o ther categories shown. The recode

for ‘ ‘marital status a t conception,’ ’

FMARCON5, is also used in some

tables concerning contraceptive method

use and intendedness o f p regnancies.

For all completed pregnancies, i t i s

defined as the f ormal marital s tatus o f

the r espondent at the approximate time

when her pregnancy was conceived,

regardless o f p regnancy outcome.

Marital o r cohabiting s tatus a t time

of birth (recode=RMAROUT6)—This

recode gives the ‘ ‘informal marital

status’ ’ a t t he time o f b irth. I t i s defined

similarly to FMAROUT5 above, but

includes a category f or ‘ ‘ cohabiting.’ ’

Maternity leave (recode=

MA TERNL V)—The MA TERNL V

recode describes the u se or lack of use

of maternity leave for each pregnancy

resulting i n live b irth. T able 7 9 gives the

percent distribution o f M A TERNL V f or

each woman’ s most r ecent birth if it

occurred i n January 1997 or later

. The

first two categories s hown are ‘ ‘not

employed during t his p regnancy’ ’ and

‘ ‘took maternity leave.’ ’

The remaining three categories

describe women who did not take

maternity leave. The group labeled ‘ ‘ not

needed’ ’ i ncludes women who did not

need to take maternity leave:

+ due to the timing o f t heir b irth

relative t o t heir j ob schedules (for

example, school teachers who

delivered during s ummer break)

+ due to the nature o f t heir j obs (for

example, worked out of their homes

## self-employed)

+ due to deciding to quit their jobs

after delivery

The group labeled ‘‘not offered’’

includes women:

+ whose employers did not offer (or

denied) maternity leave at all (for

example, they would be fired if they

took leave)

+ whose job benefits did not include

maternity leave (for example,

because they were part-time

employees)

The final group labeled ‘‘other

reasons’’ includes women who decided

to quit their jobs before delivery, who

could not afford to take maternity leave

for personal or financial reasons, or who

continued to work right after delivery.

Menarche —Menarche is defined as

age at first menstrual period (in

completed years).

Metropolitan residence at

interview —Using the U.S. Office of

Management and Budget definition of

metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs),

the respondent’s address at the time of

the interview was classified as: 1. MSA,

suburban; 2. MSA, central city; and, 3.

Not MSA.

Nonvoluntary first sexual

intercourse —In the self-adminstered

ACASI part of the questionnaire, there

were two questions ascertaining the

voluntariness or wantedness of first

sexual intercourse among respondents

18–44 years of age. The first one asked

how much first intercourse was wanted,

and is defined under ‘‘wantedness of

first intercourse.’’ The second question

asked was: ‘‘ Would you say then that

this first vaginal intercourse was

voluntary or not voluntary, that is, did

you choose to have sex of your own free

will or not?’’

The answer categories were

‘‘voluntary’’ and ‘‘not voluntary.’’ This

is the same wording used in Cycle 5 of

the 1995 NSFG. This question was

asked in the interviewer-administered

portion of the questionnaire in Cycle 5,

but was moved into the selfadministered (ACASI) portion of the

interview in Cycle 6 due to the

sensitivity of the topic. Concerns about

sensitivity and reporting requirements for minors also prompted the age

restriction to adult respondents only.

Number of husbands or cohabiting

partners —The recode FMARNO gives

the number of times a woman has been

legally married. Multiple marriages to

the same husband are individually

counted. Women were also asked the

number of other cohabiting partners they

may have had. Table 52 is based on the

total number of husbands and cohabiting

partners, computed as follows:

FMARNO + (1 if currently

cohabiting) + (Number of other

cohabiting partners)

Husbands with whom a woman also

cohabited (outside of marriage) are

counted only once, as husbands.

Number of male sexual partners,

as reported to the interviewer —Each

woman was asked to report the number

or range (low–high) of males with

whom she has had vaginal intercourse in

her life, as of the date of interview. She

was also asked to report her number of

male sexual partners in the last year.

The recodes LIFPRTNR and

PARTS1YR were based on these

questions. If a range of partners was

reported, the number of partners was

calculated as the average of the low and

high numbers. In cases where the

respondent reported zero partners for the

low and one partner for the high

number, the number of partners was set

equal to one.

Number of male sexual partners,

as reported in ACASI —While the

interviewer-administered questions were

limited to heterosexual vaginal

intercourse, women were asked in the

self-administered part of the interview

(ACASI) about all types of sexual

contact with males, including vaginal,

oral, and anal sex. When they were

asked to report their numbers of male

sexual partners in ACASI, they included

all partners with whom they have had

vaginal, oral, and anal sex—in their

lifetimes and in the last year. Due to

issues related to the reporting of vaginal

intercourse in ACASI, this report uses a

corrected version of ‘‘numbers of male

partners’’ in the tables where these

variables appear ( tables 100–105

, 108 ).

A small percentage of cases were edited

for consistency based on their previous responses on marital status, pregnancy

experience, and other related

information. For further details, please

see the ‘‘Appendix’’ on ‘‘Measurement

of heterosexual vaginal intercourse in

the NSFG’’ in reference 11.

Number of pregnancies

(recode=PREGNUM)—The PREGNUM

recode (used in table 1 , for example)

specifies the total number of

pregnancies, including a current

pregnancy, reported by the woman in

the interviewer-administered portion of

the questionnaire (section B, the

pregnancy history).

Outcome of first cohabitation

(recode=COHOUT)—This recode

describes the outcome (or status at time

of interview) of each woman’s first

cohabitation. Those who married their

first cohabiting partners are represented

in the groups labeled ‘‘intact marriage’’

or ‘‘dissolved marriage.’’ Those who did

not marry their first cohabiting partners

are shown in ‘‘intact cohabitation’’ or

‘‘dissolved cohabitation.’’

Parental living arrangements at

age 14 years —The PARAGE14 recode

indicates the presence and relationship

to the woman of male and female

parents or parental figures living in the

respondent’s household when she was

14 years old. For this report, the

categories were combined into: both

biological or two adoptive parents, or

other living situation.

Parity, or number of live births

(recode=PARITY)—The PARITY recode

indicates the number of live born

children the woman has ever had. For

example, a woman classified as ‘‘parity

0’’ has never had a live birth. ‘‘Parity

1’’ means that she has had one live

birth. Multiple births (for example,

twins or triplets) are counted as separate

live births, although they represent a

single delivery. The recode LBPREGS

provided on the public-use file indicates

the number of pregnancies the

respondent has had that resulted in live

birth.

Payment for delivery —For each

pregnancy resulting in live birth

between January 1997 and the date of

interview in 2002, women reported up

to three sources of payment for the

delivery costs. The PAYDELIV recode

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## one variable w ith the f ollowing five

mutually exclusive categories: own

income only

, insurance only

, own

income and insurance only

, Medicaid o r

government assistance mentioned at all,

and all o ther sources or combinations.

Note t hat Medicaid o r any form of

government assistance was given

precedence in this recode. T able 7 7

shows the percent distribution o f

P

A

YDELIV f or each woman’ s most

recent delivery occurring i n 1997 or

later

. Pelvic i nflammatory disease

(recode=PIDTREA T)—The PIDTREA T

recode indicates whether the r espondent

has ever been treated for pelvic

inflammatory d isease (PID), based on

this question asked of all r espondents i n

Cycle 6 : ‘ ‘ Have you ever been tr eated

for a n i nfection i n your fallopian tubes,

womb, or ovaries, also called a pelvic

infection, pelvic i nflammatory disease,

or P .I.D.?’ ’ (IF DON’T KNOW

, PROBE:

‘ ‘ This i s a f emale i nfection t hat

sometimes causes abdominal pain o r

lower stomach cramps.’ ’ )

Poverty l evel at interview

(recode=POVER TY)—The poverty

index ratio (or percentage of poverty

level, a s i t i s l abeled in the t ables) was

calculated by dividing the t otal family

income by the weighted average

threshold i ncome of families whose

head of household was under 65 years

of age, based on the 2001 poverty levels

defined by the U .S. Census Bureau. This

definition o f poverty status takes into

account the number of persons in the

family

. T otal family income includes

income from a ll sources for a ll members

of the r espondent’ s family

. For example,

for a f amily of four in 2001, the poverty

level was $18,104. So, if a f amily of

four had an income of $40,000, their

poverty level would b e ( $40,000/18,104)

x 100, or 220 percent.

This r espondent would b e c lassified

in the category ‘ ‘150–299 percent.’ ’

Their household i ncome is 150 through

299 percent of the poverty level for a

family of their s ize. ‘ ‘ Below poverty’ ’

means that the household i ncome falls

below 100 percent of poverty level for a

family of this size. ‘ ‘ Near or below

poverty’ ’ for t his r eport i s defined as

less than 150 percent of poverty level,

based on family size. The tables in this report show data b y percent of poverty

level only f or women aged 20–44 years

at interview

. This i s because reports of

income by younger women are likely t o

be less accurate. One reason is that they

are more likely t o b e trying t o r eport t he

income of their parent(s), and less likely

to be contributors t o f amily income

themselves.

For 1,044 of the 12,571

respondents, or 8.3 percent, t otal family

income at the date o f t he NSFG

interview i n Cycle 6 was not

ascertained, and was imputed.

Region of residence (recode

REGION, not on public-use file)—Data

are c lassified b y r egion of residence into

the f our major census regions:

Northeast, Midwest, South, and W e st.

These r egions, which correspond to

those used by the U .S. Bureau of the

Census, are a s f ollows:

Region States included

Northeast M a i n e

, N e w Hampshire,

V

e rmont, Massachusetts,

Rhode Island, Connecticut,

New Y o rk, New Jersey

, and

Pennsylvania;

Midwest Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,

Michigan, W i sconsin,

Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri,

North Dakota, South Dakota,

Nebraska, and Kansas

South Delaware, Maryland, District

of Columbia, V i r g inia, W est

V

i r g inia, North Carolina,

South Carolina, Geor gia,

Florida, Kentucky

, T ennessee,

Alabama, Mississippi,

Arkansas, Louisiana,

Oklahoma, and T exas;

W

est Montana, Idaho, W yoming,

Colorado, New Mexico,

Arizona, Utah, Nevada,

W

ashington, Oregon,

California, A laska, and

Hawaii.

Relationship o f o ther children

raised —Each respondent 18–44 years o f

age was asked, ‘ ‘ Not counting t he

children ever born t o you, have any

children lived with you under your care

and responsibility?’ ’ U p t o 1 7

nonbiological children were r eported b y

female r espondents i n t he Cycle 6 NSFG. A s eries o f questions was asked

about each child of these children

including, ‘ ‘ When {child’ s name} began

living w ith you how was {he/she}

r e lated t o you?’ ’ Response categories

were:

+ Y our stepchild (by b irth or adoption)

+ The child of a r elative b y b lood

+ The child of a r elative b y marriage

+ The child of a friend

+ Y our boyfriend or partner ’ s child

+ Related to you in some other way

+ Unrelated to you previously i n any

way

For all children, women were asked

if they ever adopted or became the l egal

guardian of the child or if they are

currently trying t o adopt or become the

legal guardian of the child. For those

who were not stepchildren, women were

asked if the child came to them as a

foster o r r elated child placed in the

home by a court, child welfare

department, o r s ocial service agency

. T

able 8 1 gives the percentages, based on

all women 18–44, who ever cared for a

child not born t o t hem and the

percentages who cared for children w ith

the specified r elationships.

Relationship w ith first partner at

first intercourse —This measure i s

derived from a question a sking t he

respondent to describe her relationship

to her first sexual partner at the time she

first had intercourse with him.

Respondents could choose from t he

following categories: just met, j ust

friends, went out once in awhile, going

together or going steady

, engaged,

married, or other

. Religion r aised —Respondents were

shown a card listing 2 8 r eligions or

denominations and asked to report i n

what religion, if any

, t hey were r aised.

For this report, these r esponses were

collapsed into five categories due to

limitations of sample size:

+ None or no religion

+ Fundamentalist Protestant

+ Other Protestant

+ Catholic

+ Other religion

If the r espondent was raised in more

than one religion, she was asked to

select the one with which she identified

most.

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## Sexual intercourse —In t his r eport,

the t erm ‘ ‘sexual intercourse’ ’ only

includes vaginal intercourse between a

male and a f emale. When other types of

sexual activity are being referred t o,

they are l abeled and described

accordingly

. Sexually experienced —In t his

report, a f emale i s ‘ ‘sexually

experienced’ ’ i f she has ever had vaginal

intercourse with a male a t l east once in

her life. This i s measured by the

HADSEX recode in the NSFG data file.

Sexually transmitted i nfection

(STI) other than HIV —In ACASI,

women were asked about their

experience with several sexually

transmitted i nfections other than HIV

, the v irus t hat causes AIDS. First t hey

were asked whether they were t ested o r

treated within the l ast 12 months for

infections such as gonorrhea or

chlamydia. Then they were asked if they

have ever been told they had genital

herpes, genital warts, o r syphilis.

Smoking during pregnancy —For

pregnancies ending in live b irth or

spontaneous loss between January 1997

and the 2002 interview

, women were

asked several questions regarding

cigarette smoking. W omen were first

asked how much they smoked cigarettes

befor e they learned they were p regnant,

and ‘ ‘ none’ ’ was a r esponse option.

‘ ‘ Please look at Car d 17. In the 6

months befor e you found out you wer e

pr

egnant this (first/second/etc.,) time,

how many cigar ettes d id you smoke a

day

, o n t he average?’ ’

Then they were asked whether they

smoked at all a fter t hey learned they

were p regnant. ‘ ‘ After you found out you

wer e p r egnant this (first/second/etc.,)

time, did you smoke cigar ettes a t a ll

during the p r egnancy?’ ’

Those women who said ‘ ‘yes’ ’ to

this second question were asked the

amount they smoked during t he

pregnancy after l earning they were

pregnant. Codes 1–3 were collapsed in

table 7 5 as ‘ ‘ Fewer than 15 per day ,’ ’

and codes 4–7 were collapsed as ‘ ‘ 15 or

more per day .’ ’

‘ ‘ Looking at Car d 18, on the

average, how many cigar ettes d id you

smoke per day after you found out that

you wer e p r egnant this (first/second/

etc.,) time? About one cigar ette a day or less

..... 1

Just a f ew cigar ettes a day (2–4)

...... 2

About half a pack a day (5–14)

....... 3

About a pack a day (15–24)

......... 4

About 1 1 /2 packs a day (25–34)

..... 5

About 2 packs a day (35–44)

......... 6

Mor e than 2 packs a day (45 or mor e )

.... 7

Smoking experience in the l ast

year —Smoking experience in the l ast

year ( table 9 9 ) was defined on the basis

of several questions about lifetime and

current cigarette smoking in the

self-administered ( ACASI) portion o f

the i nterview

. Female r espondents were

asked, ‘ ‘In your entir e life, have you

smoked at least 100 cigar ettes?’ ’ If she

answered ‘ ‘ no,’ ’ she was asked no

further questions about smoking, and

was classified ‘ ‘never smoked.’ ’ If she

smoked at least 100 cigarettes i n her

life, s he was asked how often s he

smoked in the l ast 1 2 months and the

age at which she started s moking

regularly

. The response choices for

smoking during t he last year were

dif f erent than those used for s moking

during p regnancy:

Never

............................ 1

Once or twice during the year

........ 2

Several times during the year

........ 3

About once a month

................ 4

About once a week

................. 5

About once a day

.................. 6

Codes 2–5 were collapsed in table

99 as ‘ ‘less than once a day ,’ ’ and code

6 was presented as ‘ ‘ once a day or more

often.’ ’

Although current smoking status i s

available i n several national data sets, it

is included in this report because the

NSFG can tabulate i t w ith respect to

key correlates o f r eproductive health and

contraceptive behavior not widely

available w idely

. For example, table 9 9

shows the d istribution b y current

smoking behavior for women using

hormonal contraception.

Sterilizing operations —In

tables 70–73

, data o n s ur gical

sterilization b y t ype of operation a re

presented. W omen were first a sked:

‘ ‘ Have you ever had both o f your tubes

tied, cut, o r r emoved? This p r ocedur e i s

often called a t ubal ligation o r t ubal

sterilization.’ ’ W omen who were not currently

pregnant at interview were a sked the

following two questions: ‘ ‘ Have you

ever had a hyster ectomy

, t hat is, sur gery

to r emove your uterus?’ ’ and ‘ ‘ Have you

ever had both your ovaries r emoved?’ ’

Then all women, regardless o f

pregnancy status, were a sked: ‘ ‘ Have

you ever had any other operation t hat

makes it impossible f or you to have

a(nother) baby?’ ’

W

omen who were married o r

cohabiting a t time o f i nterview were

asked: ‘ ‘ Has [name of husband/partner]

ever had a vasectomy or any other

operation t hat would make it impossible

for h im to father a baby in the f utur e?’ ’

Based on the answers t o t hese and

their f ollowup questions, women were

classified a s having ever had a t ubal

sterilization, hysterectomy

, ovary

removal, o r o ther female sterilizing

operation, and their husbands or partners

were c lassified a s having ever had a

vasectomy

. I n t heory

, women could

report a ll four types of operations, but

the most common combination o f

multiple operations was tubal

sterilization first, with hysterectomy

some time l ater

. When the dates of

multiple operations are t he same, it is

almost a lways due to a ‘ ‘complete

hysterectomy’ ’ i n which ovaries and

fallopian tubes are r emoved at the same

time a s t he uterus.

Sterilizing operations—reasons

reported

— T able 7 3 shows reasons

reported f or tubal sterilizations,

hysterectomies, and vasectomies that

occurred between January 1997 and the

date o f i nterview in 2002. For each of

her sterilizing operations, t he respondent

was asked a series o f questions on

reasons for t he operation:

‘ ‘ At the time you had your

(operation), had you, yourself, had all

the childr e n you wanted?’ ’ ‘ ‘And what

about your husband/partner (at t he

time)? A t t he time you had your

(operation), had he had all t he childr e n

he wanted?’ ’ ‘ ‘Please look at Car d 26.

Did you have any of these medical

r easons for having your (operation)?

ENTER all t hat apply

Medical pr oblems with your female

or

gans

........................... 1

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## Pr

egnancy would b e danger ous to your

h e a l t h

............................ 2

Y

o u would p r obably l ose a p r egnancy

. . 3

Y

o u would p r obably have an unhealthy

c h i l d

............................. 4

Some other medical r eason

.......... 5

No medical r eason for operation

..... 6

‘ ‘ At the time you had your

(operation), had you (or your husband

or partner) been having pr oblems with

your method or methods of birth

contr o l?’ ’ Those who answered ‘ ‘ yes’ ’ t o

this last question were t hen asked

whether the b irth control p roblem was

medical in nature o r t here was some

other problem.

Reasons for vasectomies were only

asked about for operations occurring

during t he respondent’ s relationship w ith

this husband or partner

. A s imilar set of

questions was posed about reasons for

vasectomy

, except that in the r esponse

list f or medical reasons, ‘ ‘ medical

problems with your female o r gans’ ’ was

replaced with ‘ ‘ HE had a health problem

that required t he operation.’ ’

Responses to all o f t hese questions

were used to obtain t he percentages

presented in the t op panel of table 7 3

. W

omen reporting more t han one reason

for t he sterilizing operation were asked

to identify their main r eason, and this

percent distribution i s p resented in the

bottom panel of the t able.

T

i ming of first birth i n relation t o

first marriage —The MAR1BIR1 recode

indicates the number of months elapsed

between first marriage and first birth.

T

able 2 9 shows the percent distribution

of MAR1BIR1, distinguishing one

additional group not distinguished in the

recode. Those women who never had a

birth are shown separately i n t he ‘ ‘ no

births’ ’ g roup. The ‘ ‘ before marriage’ ’

group combines women who were never

married w ith women who had their first

birth before t heir first marriage.

T

i ming of first prenatal visit

(recode=PNCAREWK)—For all

pregnancies ending in any way other

than induced abortion i n 1997 or later

,

women were asked to report i f t hey had

ever visited a doctor or other medical

care p rovider for p renatal care. Those

who reported any prenatal care were

then asked how many weeks or months

pregnant they were when they first went for p renatal care. The PNCAREWK

recode indicates the number of weeks

pregnant at first prenatal visit. T able 7 4

gives the percent distribution o f

PNCAREWK for a ll pregnancies that

resulted i n live b irth in 1997 or later

. The categories s hown are ‘ ‘less than 3

months,’ ’ ‘ ‘ 3–4 months,’ ’ and ‘ ‘ 5 months

or later o r n o p renatal care.’ ’ ‘ ‘ Less than

3 months’ ’ i s defined as less than 13

weeks, to be consistent with the

definition o f early (first trimester)

prenatal care i n p revious cycles.

T

i ming of first s exual intercourse

after menarche in relation t o first

marriage —The recode SEX1FOR

measures the timing o f first i ntercourse

after first menstrual period i n r elation t o

first marriage. If first intercourse

happened befor e first marriage, the

duration between the t wo events i s

calculated by subtracting t he date o f

first i ntercourse since first menstrual

period from t he date o f first marriage. If

first i ntercourse after first menstrual

period occurred after first marriage or

both occurred i n t he same month, it is

indicated accordingly i n t he table. The

table i n which this measure i s used is

limited t o women who have had

intercourse since the first menstrual

period and who have been married.

An alternate measure u ses t he

recode SEXMAR and is based on first

sexual intercourse regardless of

menarche. The definition above applies

to this measure.

V

aginal douching —All f emale

respondents i n Cycle 6 were a sked

about vaginal douching: ‘ ‘ Some women

douche after i nter course or at other

times, while other women do not.

Looking at Car d 56, during t he last 12

months, that is since

, how often, if at

all, did you douche? Did you

. . . ’ ’

+ Never Douche? Or douche

. . .

+ Once a month o r l ess

+ 2–3 times a month

+ Once a week

+ 2–3 times a week

+ 4–6 times a week

+ Every day

The percentages reporting any douching

in the l ast 12 months are s hown in table

106

, b y H ispanic o rigin or race and

other characteristics. W antedness o f first intercourse

—

These questions were a sked in the

ACASI portion o f t he questionnaire of

all f emales aged 18–44 who reported

that they had ever had vaginal

intercourse. The question i s a s f ollows:

‘ ‘ Think back to the very first time you

had vaginal inter course w ith a male.

Which would you say comes closest t o

describing how much you wanted that

first vaginal inter course t o happen?’ ’

The response categories were:

+ ‘ ‘ I r eally didn’ t want it to happen at

the time’ ’

+ ‘ ‘ I had mixed feelings—part of me

wanted it to happen at the time and

part of me didn’ t’ ’

+ ‘ ‘ I r eally wanted it to happen at the

time’ ’

This i s f ollowed by a question about

whether first intercourse was voluntary

(see definition f or ‘ ‘ nonvoluntary first

intercourse’ ’).

W

ork status —This was used for

table 8 0

, o n childcare a rrangements, for

defining t he universe of women with at

least one child in the household, who

were working the week prior t o t he

interview

. This i s a scertained from a

question asking: ‘ ‘ Last week, what wer e

you doing? W e r

e you working, keeping

house, going to school, o r something

else?’ ’ ( Code all t hat apply

. )

W

omen for whom any response was

‘ ‘ working’ ’ were i ncluded in the

universe for t his t able i f t hey also met

the c riteria related t o t he presence of

children (recode LABORFOR).

# V **ital and**  **Health Statistics** 

**series descriptions** 

SERIES 1. **Programs a**  **nd Collection**  **P rocedures**  —These reports

describe t he data collection p rograms o f t he National Center

for H ealth Statistics. They include descriptions of the m ethods

used to collect and process the data, definitions, and other

material necessary for understanding the data.

SERIES 2. **Data Evaluation**  **and Methods**  **Research** —These r eports

are s tudies of new statistical methods and include analytical

techniques, objective e valuations of reliability of collected

data, and contributions to statistical theory

. These s tudies

also include experimental tests o f new survey methods and

comparisons of U.S. methodology w ith those o f o ther

countries.

SERIES 3. **Analytical and**  **Epidemiological Studies**  —These reports

present analytical or interpretive s tudies based on vital and

health statistics. These reports carry the analyses further than

the e xpository types of reports in the o ther series.

SERIES 4. **Documents a**  **nd Committee**  **R eports**  —These are f inal

reports of major committees concerned with vital and health

statistics and documents such as recommended model vital

registration l aws and revised b irth and death c ertificates.

SERIES 5. **International V**  **ital a**  **nd Health**  **Statistics R**  **eports** —These

reports are analytical or descriptive r eports that compare U .S.

vital and health statistics with those of other countries or

present other international data o f r elevance t o t he health

statistics system of the U nited S tates.

SERIES 6. **Cognition and**  **Survey Measurement**  —These r eports are

from the N ational Laboratory f or Collaborative R esearch in

Cognition and Survey Measurement. They use m ethods of

cognitive science t o design, evaluate, and test survey

instruments.

SERIES 10. **Data From**  **the N**  **ational H**  **ealth Interview**  **Survey** —These

reports contain s tatistics o n illness; unintentional injuries;

disability; use of hospital, medical, and other health services;

and a w ide r ange of special c urrent health topics covering

many aspects of health behaviors, health status, and health

care u tilization. They are based on data collected in a

continuing national household i nterview survey

.

SERIES 1 1

. **Data From**  **the N**  **ational Health**  **Examination S**  **urvey**

**, t**  **he**

**National Health**  **and Nutrition**  **Examination S**  **urveys, and** 

**the H**  **ispanic H**  **ealth and**  **Nutrition Examination**  **S urvey** 

—

Data from d irect examination, testing, and measurement on

representative s amples of the c ivilian noninstitutionalized

population p rovide the basis f or (1) m edically defined total

prevalence of specific d iseases or conditions in the U nited

States and the d istributions of the population w ith r espect to

physical, physiological, and psychological c haracteristics, and

(2) analyses o f t rends and relationships among various

measurements and between survey periods.

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—

Discontinued in 1975. Reports from these s urveys are

included in Series 13.

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reports contain s tatistics o n health resources and the public’s

use of health care r esources including ambulatory

, hospital,

and long-term care services based on data collected directly

from health care providers and provider records. SERIES 14. **Data on**  **Health Resources:**  **Manpower and**  **Facilities**

—

Discontinued in 1990. Reports on the numbers, geographic

distribution, and characteristics of health resources are now

included in Series 13.

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statistics on health and health-related t opics collected in

special surveys that are not part o f t he continuing data

systems o f t he National Center for H ealth Statistics.

SERIES 16. **Compilations of**  **Advance Data**  **From V**  **ital a**  **nd Health** 

**Statistics** —Advance D ata R eports provide early release o f

information from t he National Center for H ealth Statistics’

health and demographic surveys. They are compiled i n t he

order in which t hey are published. Some of these r eleases

may b e f ollowed b y detailed r eports in Series 10–13.

SERIES 20. **Data on**  **Mortality** —These r eports contain s tatistics o n

mortality that are not included in regular

, annual, o r m onthly

reports. S pecial analyses by cause of death, age, other

demographic v ariables, and geographic and t rend analyses

are i ncluded.

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**, M**  **arriage, and**  **D ivorce**  —These reports

contain s tatistics o n natality

, m arriage, and divorce that are

not included in regular

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analyses by health and demographic variables and

geographic and trend analyses a re included.

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—

Discontinued in 1975. Reports from t hese sample surveys,

based on vital r ecords, a re now published in Series 20 or 21.

SERIES 23. **Data From**  **the N**  **ational Survey**  **of Family**  **Growth** —These

reports contain s tatistics o n f actors that af fect birth r ates,

including contraception, infertility

, c ohabitation, marriage,

divorce, and remarriage; adoption; use of medical care f or

family planning and infertility; and related m aternal and infant

health topics. These s tatistics a re based on national surveys

of women o f c hildbearing age.

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**, M**  **ortality**

**, M**  **arriage, and** 

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marriages, and divorces based on final data f rom t he National

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. T hese reports provide highlights and summaries of

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United States

. O ther special reports published here p rovide

selected findings based on final data f rom t he National V ital

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Series 20 or 21.

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