Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth

R Listing

• Remarriage
• Rhythm method
• Risk behaviors for STD/HIV - See STD/HIV risk

Remarriage

• Probability of remarriage among women 15-44 years of age within 5 years of divorce, 1995: 54%

• Probability of second marriage disruption among women 15-44 years of age within 5 years of second marriage, 1995: 23%

  Source: Series 23, No. 22, Tables 37 and 41 [PDF - 5.6 MB]

Rhythm method

NOTE: In "Rhythm or safe period by calendar," a woman's fertile period is determined by counting the days from the start of her period that month. The woman abstains from sexual intercourse on her fertile days.

• Rhythm method use among women 15-44 years of age who have ever had intercourse, 2002:
  • Percent of women who have ever used the rhythm method: 16.2%
  • Percent of women currently using the rhythm method: 0.7%

  Source: Series 23, No. 25, Tables 53 and 56 [PDF - 4.7 MB]