Numerator
Females aged 15 to 19 years who reported talking to a parent or guardian about methods of birth control
Population
Number of females aged 15 to 19 years
Methodology
Males are considered as having received informal instruction if they report they talked with a parent or guardian about methods of birth control.
Formal instruction is defined as having received formal instruction at school, church, a community center, or some other place; and informal instruction is defined as having talked to a parent or guardian about reproductive health topics.
From the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth:
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The next questions are about how you learned about sex and birth control. [Before you were 18 years old]/, which, if any, of the topics shown on Card 23 did you ever talk with a parent or guardian about? [ENTER all that apply:]
- How to say no to sex
- Methods of birth control
- Where to get birth control
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- How to prevent HIV/AIDS
- How to use a condom
- None of the above
References
Klein, R.J.; Proctor, S.E.; Boudreault, M.A.; Turczyn, K.M. Healthy People 2010 Criteria for Data Suppression. Statistical Notes No. 24. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2002.