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Child care arrangements
Working mothers
Child support
(financial)
Frequency of child
support
- Frequency of child support reported by
fathers 15-44 years of age who have at least one child under 19
years of age who does not live with him, 2002:
- Does not contribute: 15.3%
- Contributes once in a while: 8.9%
- Contributes on a regular basis: 75.8%
NOTE: Men with nonresident children were asked
if they contributed money or child support in the last 12 months for
those children.
Source: Series 23, No. 26, Table 77
Amount of child support
Childlessness
Cigarette smoking
in the last 12 months
Cigarette smoking
during pregnancy
- Percent of women 15-44 years of age who
smoked during their most recent pregnancy occurring between January
1997 and 2002: 13.4%
Source: Series 23, No. 25, Table 75
Cohabitation with the
opposite sex
Current cohabitation
status
- Percent of men 15-44 years of age who are
currently cohabiting with a female partner: 9.2%
- Percent of women 15-44 years of age who are
currently cohabiting with a male partner: 9.1%
Sources: Series 23, No. 26, Table 30
and Series 23, No. 25, Table 47
Ever cohabited
- Percent of men 15-44 years of age who have
ever
cohabited with a female partner: 48.8%
- Percent of women 15-44 years of age who have
ever cohabited with a male partner: 50.0%
Sources: Series 23, No. 26, Table 30
and Series 23, No. 25, Table 47
Outcome of first
cohabitation
First cohabitation
disruption
Condom use
See also Contraception
Condom use at first sex
- Percent reporting condom use at first sex:
- Women 15-44 years of age who ever had
sexual intercourse, 2002: 42.2%
- Men 15-44 years of age who ever had
sexual intercourse, 2002:
47.7%
- Teenaged females 15-19 years of age who
ever had sexual intercourse, 2002: 66.4%
- Teenaged males 15-19 years of age who
ever had sexual intercourse, 2002:
70.9%
Sources: Series 23, No. 25, Table 54
;
Series 23, No. 26, Table 43
;
and Series, 23, No. 24, Table 15 and 16
Condom use at last sex,
by HIV risk status
Consistency of
condom use
- Consistency of condom use (during the prior 4
weeks) among unmarried men and women 15-44 years of age who ever
used a condom and who had sexual intercourse during the 4 weeks
prior to interview, 2002:
|
None
of the time |
Some
of the time |
Every time |
Men
|
71.4% |
6.1% |
22.5% |
Women
|
72.8% |
7.4% |
19.8% |
Sources: Series 23, No. 26, Table 48
and Series 23, No. 25, Table 64
Contraception
See also Condom use,
Emergency contraception,
Implant contraceptives,
Injectable contraceptives,
IUD,
Natural family planning,
Patch,
Pill,
Rhythm method,
Sterilization (female),
Sterilization (male)
Ever used contraceptive
methods
- Percentage of women who have ever used
the specified contraceptive method, among women 15-44 who have ever
had intercourse: 2002:
- Any method of contraception: 98.2%
- Male condom: 89.7%
- Pill: 82.3%
- Withdrawal: 56.1%
- Female sterilization: 20.7%
- Injectable contraception: 17.7%
- 1-month injectable (LunelleTM):
0.9%
- 3-month injectable (Depo-ProveraTM):
16.8%
- Rhythm method: 16.2%
- Male sterilization: 13.0%
Sources: Advance Data, No. 350, Table 1
and Series 23, No.25, Table 53
Current use of
contraceptive methods
- Percent of women 15-44 years of age using
specified contraception in month of interview, 2002:
- Not currently using contraception:
38.1%
(currently pregnant, postpartum, trying to get pregnant, not
having sex, etc.)
- Percent using any contraceptive method:
61.9%
- Pill: 19.2%
- Female sterilization: 16.7%
- Male condom: 14.7%
- Male sterilization: 6.3%
- Withdrawal: 5.4%
- Depo-ProveraTM:
3.3%
Source: Series 23, No. 25, Table 57 (in this
table, women may report using more than one method, such as condom
and pill)
- Leading current contraceptive
method among women 15-44 years of age by marital/cohabiting status,
2002, and percent of contraceptive users using that method:
- Never married, not cohabiting: pill
(49.4%)
- Currently married: female
sterilization (29.8%)
- Currently cohabiting: pill (33.2%)
- Formerly married, not cohabiting:
female sterilization
(54.9%)
Sources: Series 23, No. 25, Table 60
and Advance Data, No. 350, Table 10
Used contraception at
first sexual intercourse
- Leading contraceptive method used at first
intercourse among men and women 15-44 years of age who ever had
intercourse, 2002: male condom
Sources: Series 23, No. 25,
Table 54 (all females)
;
Series 23, No. 26, Table 43 (all males)
;
and Series 23, No. 24, Tables 15, 16 (teenagers)
Used contraception at
last (most recent) sexual intercourse
- Contraceptive method reported used by self or
partner at last intercourse among men and women 15-44 years of age
who had intercourse within 12 months of interview, 2002:
- Any method: men (70.5%), women (75.2%)
- Condom: men (29.5%), women (23.4%)
- Pill: men (25.6%), women (22.4%)
Sources: Series 23, No. 26, Table 50
and Series 23, No. 25, Table 63
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