This statistic presents the percentage of sexually active or married adolescent women aged 15 to 19 years in developing regions worldwide who wanted to postpone birth by at least two years, but didn't use contraceptives, as of 2016. In that year 60 percent, or 38 million, teenage girls who were married or sexually active did not use contraceptives, despite not wanting to become pregnant.
Percentage of adolescent women in developing regions worldwide who were sexually active or married and didn't use contraceptives as of 2016
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Guttmacher Institute. (May 17, 2016). Percentage of adolescent women in developing regions worldwide who were sexually active or married and didn't use contraceptives as of 2016 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/656919/contraceptive-use-adolescent-women-developing-regions-worldwide/
Guttmacher Institute. "Percentage of adolescent women in developing regions worldwide who were sexually active or married and didn't use contraceptives as of 2016." Chart. May 17, 2016. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/656919/contraceptive-use-adolescent-women-developing-regions-worldwide/
Guttmacher Institute. (2016). Percentage of adolescent women in developing regions worldwide who were sexually active or married and didn't use contraceptives as of 2016. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/656919/contraceptive-use-adolescent-women-developing-regions-worldwide/
Guttmacher Institute. "Percentage of Adolescent Women in Developing Regions Worldwide Who Were Sexually Active or Married and Didn't Use Contraceptives as of 2016." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 May 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/656919/contraceptive-use-adolescent-women-developing-regions-worldwide/
Guttmacher Institute, Percentage of adolescent women in developing regions worldwide who were sexually active or married and didn't use contraceptives as of 2016 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/656919/contraceptive-use-adolescent-women-developing-regions-worldwide/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Percentage of adolescent women in developing regions worldwide who were sexually active or married and didn't use contraceptives as of 2016 [Graph], Guttmacher Institute, May 17, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/656919/contraceptive-use-adolescent-women-developing-regions-worldwide/
