Contraceptive methods used by U.S. female teens during most recent sexual intercourse, by ethnicity 2011-2015

This statistic shows the percentage of U.S. female teenagers that used select contraception methods during their most recent sexual intercourse from 2011 to 2015, by ethnicity. According to the data, 86.9 percent of Hispanic or Latina U.S. female teenagers used any method of contraception during their last sexual intercourse.

Percentage of U.S. female teenagers that used select contraception methods during their last sexual intercourse from 2011 to 2015, by ethnicity

Characteristic	Hispanic or Latina	White, single race	Black, single race
Any method	86.9%	91.3%	87.4%
No method	13.1%	8.7%	12.6%
Pill (at all)	20.8%	39.3%	13.3%
Other hormonal	7.8%	13.6%	15.4%
Condom (at all)	49.4%	60.8%	55.9%
All other methods*	16.5%	6.8%	5.9%
Dual methods (hormonal and condom)	7.6%	29%	11.7%

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Release date

June 2017

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2011 to 2015

Number of respondents

2,047 respondents

Age group

15-19 years

Special properties

never-married female teens

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

Last sexual intercourse in the past 3 months among never-married males and females.
* All other methods, excluding condom and hormonal methods. Thus, if other method was combined with condom or hormonal method, it is not counted. Other methods include withdrawal, sterilization, IUD, female condom, diaphragm, cervical cap, spermicidal foam, jelly or cream, suppository, sponge, calendar rhythm method, and “other” methods.

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