Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth

 

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• Teenagers - See also Sex education and Teen pregnancy
• Teen pregnancy - See also Teenagers
• Tubal sterilization - See Sterilization (female)

 

Teenagers

See also Sex education and Teen pregnancy

• Percent of never-married teenagers 15-19 years of age who ever had intercourse by age and sex: United States, 1995 and 2002

  Female	1995	2002
  15-19 years of age	49.3%	45.5%
  15-17 years of age	38.0%	*30.3%
  18-19 years of age	68.0%	68.8%

   

  Male	1995	2002
  15-19 years of age	55.2%	*45.7%
  15-17 years of age	43.1%	*31.3%
  18-19 years of age	75.4%	*64.3%

  * Change from 1995 to 2002 is statistically significant at the 5% level.

  Source: Series 23, No. 24, Table 1 [PDF - 2.2 MB]

• Percent distribution of teenaged females 15-19 years of age by type of relationship with partner at first intercourse, 2002:
  • Just met/just friends: 14.0%
  • Going out once in a while: 6.6%
  • Going steady: 74.6%
  • Cohabiting, engaged, or married: 3.7%

  Source: Series 23, No. 24, Table 10 [PDF - 2.2 MB]

 

Teen pregnancy

See also Teenagers

• Number of teen pregnancies among females 15-19 years of age, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2002:

  	1990	1995	2000	2002
  Estimated pregnancies	1,017,000	903,000	834,000	757,000
  Live births	522,000	500,000	469,000	425,000
  Induced abortions	351,000	263,000	235,000	215,000
  Fetal losses	145,000	140,000	129,000	117,000

   

• Teen pregnancy rate among females 15-19 years of age, 1990, 2000, 2002:
  • 1990: 116.8 pregnancies per 1,000 females
  • 2000: 84.8 pregnancies per 1,000 females
  • 2002: 76.4 pregnancies per 1,000 females

  NOTE: The overall teenage pregnancy rate declined 10 percent from 2000 to 2002 and 35 percent from 1990 to 2002. The 2002 rate is an historic low for the nation.

  Source: Ventura SJ, Abma JC, Mosher WD, Henshaw SK. Recent trends in teenage pregnancy in the United States, 1990-2002. Health E-stats. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. Released December 13, 2006. (Tables 1 and 2)