Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth

 

D Listing

• Depo-Provera^Tm - 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 2002 ever using specified method who discontinued (stopped) use, and leading reason for discontinuation:
  • Pill:
    • Percent stopping use: 29.2%
    • Leading reason: Side effects (64.6%)
  • Condom:
    • Percent stopping use: 11.9%
    • Leading reasons: Partner didn't like it (38.6%); decreased sexual pleasure (37.9%)
  • Depo-Provera^Tm:
    • Percent stopping use: 42.3%
    • Leading reason: Side effects (72.3%)
  • Norplant^Tm:
    • Percent stopping use: 41.6%
    • Leading reason: Side effects (70.6%)

  Source: Series 23, No. 25, Table 66 [PDF - 4.7 MB]

 

Divorce and marital disruption

 

Marriage disruption

• 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]