Key Statistics from the NSFG (from A to Z)
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Unwanted sexual intercourse
- Percent distribution of females and males
18-24 years of age in 2002 who had sex before age 20 by how much
first sexual intercourse was wanted:
Female Male "I really didn"t want it to happen at the time" 13.4% 5.8% "I had mixed feelings--part of me wanted it to happen at the time and part of me didn't" 52.7% 32.7% "I really wanted it to happen at the time" 33.9% 61.6% Source: Series 23, No. 24, Table 8
Unwanted pregnancy
See also Intended pregnancy and Mistimed pregnancy
- Percent of births in the five years before
the interview to women 15-44 years of age in 2002 that were unwanted
at the time of conception (i.e., the mother did not want to
have a baby then or at any time in the future): 14.1%.
Source: Series 23, No. 25, Table 21
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