Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth
D Listing
- Depo-ProveraTm - See Injectable contraceptives
- Discontinuation of contraceptive methods
- Divorce and marital disruption
- Marriage disruption
- Attitudes about divorce - See Attitudes: Marriage and cohabitation
- Douching, vaginal
Discontinuation of contraceptive methods
- Percent of women 15-44 years of age in 2006-2008 ever using specified method who discontinued (stopped) use, and leading reason for discontinuation:
- Pill:
- Percent stopping use: 30.1%
- Leading reason: Side effects (63.7%)
- Condom:
- Percent stopping use: 10.8%
- Leading reasons: Partner didn't like it (41.4%); decreased the woman's sexual pleasure (40.0%)
- Depo-ProveraTm:
- Percent stopping use: 43.4%
- Leading reason: Side effects (73.5%)
- Contraceptive patch:
- Percent stopping use: 50.4%
- Leading reason: Side effects (42.2%)
Source: Series 23, No. 29, Table 3 [PDF - 1.5 MB]
- Pill:
Divorce and marital disruption
Marriage disruption
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Percent of ever-married men and women 15-44 years of age whose first marriage dissolved by separation, divorce, or annulment, 2002:
Men Women After 5 years 19.3% 19.9% After 10 years 26.7% 29.1% Sources:
- Series 23, No.26, Table 33 [PDF - 3.5 MB]
- Series 23, No. 25, Table 51 [PDF - 4.7 MB]
- Probability of first marriage disruption by duration of marriage among women 15-44 years of age, 1995:
- After 1 year: 3.0%
- After 5 years: 20.0%
- After 10 years: 33.0%
- After 15 years: 43.0%
Source: Series 23, No.22, Table 21 [PDF - 5.6 MB]
- Probability of second marriage disruption by duration of remarriage among women 15-44 years of age, 1995:
- After 1 year: 5.0%
- After 5 years: 23.0%
- After 10 years: 39.0%
Source: Series 23, No.22, Table 41 [PDF - 5.6 MB]
Douching, vaginal
Percent of women 15-44 years of age who douched at all in the 12 months before the interview, 2002: 32.2%.
Source: Series 23, No. 25, Table 106 [PDF - 4.7 MB]
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National Survey of Family Growth Staff
Division of Vital Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics
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Hyattsville, MD 20782 - (301) 458-4222
- NSFG@cdc.gov


