Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth

 

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• Teenagers - See also Sex education and Teen pregnancy
• Teen pregnancy - See also Teenagers
• Tubal sterilization - See Sterilization (female)

 

Teenagers

See also Sex education and Teen pregnancy

 

Percent of never-married teenagers 15-19 years of age who ever had intercourse by age and sex: United States, 1995, 2002, and 2006-2010

Female	1995	2002	2006-2010
15-19 years of age	49.3%	45.5%	42.6%
15-17 years of age	38.0%	30.3%	27.0%
18-19 years of age	68.0%	68.8%	62.7%

Male	1995	2002	2006-2010
15-19 years of age	55.2%	45.7%	41.8%
15-17 years of age	43.1%	31.3%	28.0%
18-19 years of age	75.4%	64.3%	63.9%

Source: Series 23, No. 31, Table 1 [PDF - 723 KB]

 

Percent of females 15-19 years of age by type of relationship with partner at first intercourse, 2002 and 2006-2010

	2002	2006-2010
Just met/just friends	14.0%	15.7%
Going out once in a while	6.6%	8.6%
Going steady	74.3%	69.8%
Cohabitating, engaged, or married	3.7%	2.6%

Source: Series 23, No. 31, Table 4 [PDF - 723 KB]

 

Teen pregnancy

See also Teenagers

 

Pregnancy, live birth, induced abortion, and fetal loss rates* among females 15-19 years of age, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2002, and 2008:

	1990	1995	2000	2002	2008
All pregnancies	116.8	101.1	85.8	76.3	69.8
Live births	59.9	56.0	47.7	42.6	40.2
Induced abortions	40.3	29.4	24.0	21.1	17.8
Fetal losses	16.6	15.7	14.1	12.6	11.8

*Rates are number of events per 1,000 females 15-19 years of age.

NOTE: The teen pregnancy rate dropped 40% from 1990 to 2008. Reaching a historic low, the teenage pregnancy rate in 2008 was the lowest reported since 1976.

Source: Ventura SJ, Curtin SC, Abma JC, Henshaw SK. Estimated Pregnancy Rates and Rates of Pregnancy Outcomes for the United States, 1990-2008 [PDF - 462 KB]. (Table 2) National vital statistics report, Vol, 60, No 7. Hyattsdville, MD: National Center for Health States, 2012.