QuickStats: Percentage of Women Who Have Ever Used Emergency Contraception Among Women Aged 22–49 Years Who Have Ever Had Sexual Intercourse, by Education

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Among women aged 22–49 years who have ever had sexual intercourse, 24.3% have ever used emergency contraception.
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Authors: Kimberly Daniels, PhD, and Gladys M. Martinez, PhD

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The figure is a bar chart showing the percentage of women who have ever used emergency contraception among women aged 22–49 years who have ever had sexual intercourse, by education, in the United States during 2017–2019 according to the National Survey of Family Growth.
Percentage of women aged 22-49 who have ever used emergency contraception by education

Among women aged 22–49 years who have ever had sexual intercourse, 24.3% have ever used emergency contraception.

The percentage of women who have ever used emergency contraception increased with education level, from 12.6% among women without a high school diploma or GED to 27.9% among women with a bachelor’s degree or higher.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7004a7.htm

Source: National Survey of Family Growth, 2017–2019. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg/index.htm.

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