Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth
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Unwanted sexual intercourse
Percent distribution of females and males 18-24 years of age who had sex before age 20 by how much first sexual intercourse was wanted:
Females | ||
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20021 | 2006-20102 | |
"I really didn't want it to happen at the time" | 13.4% | 10.8% |
"I had mixed feelings--part of me wanted it to happen at the time and part of me didn't" | 52.7% | 48.0% |
"I really wanted it to happen at the time" | 33.9% | 41.2% |
Males | ||
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20021 | 2006-20102 | |
"I really didn't want it to happen at the time" | 9.8% | 4.8% |
"I had mixed feelings--part of me wanted it to happen at the time and part of me didn't" | 47.1% | 33.5% |
"I really wanted it to happen at the time" | 43.1% | 61.7% |
Sources:
1Series 23, No. 24, Table 8 [PDF - 2.1 MB]
2Series 23, No. 31, Table 9 [PDF - 723 KB]
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 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):
1982 | 1988 | 1995 | 2002 | 2006-2010 | |
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Unwanted | 9.8% | 12.4% | 10.1% | 14.1% | 13.8% |
Source: NHSR No. 55, Table 1 [PDF - 417 KB]
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