This statistic shows the percentage of sexually active female high school students in the U.S. who used a prescription contraceptive method at last sexual intercourse from 2013 to 2017, by ethnicity. In 2017, it was found that 43.9 percent of sexually active white female high school students stated they used a prescription contraceptive method during their last sexual intercourse.
Share of sexually active U.S. female high school students who used a prescription contraceptive method at last sexual intercourse from 2013 to 2017, by ethnicity*
* Prescription methods are IUD, implant, injectable, patch, ring and pill.
White and black respondents were
non-Hispanic. Other categories of race and ethnicity were excluded
because of CDC methodology regarding small sample sizes.
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Guttmacher Institute. (September 20, 2018). Share of sexually active U.S. female high school students who used a prescription contraceptive method at last sexual intercourse from 2013 to 2017, by ethnicity* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/947039/sexually-active-female-high-school-students-prescription-contraception-by-ethnicity/
Guttmacher Institute. "Share of sexually active U.S. female high school students who used a prescription contraceptive method at last sexual intercourse from 2013 to 2017, by ethnicity*." Chart. September 20, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/947039/sexually-active-female-high-school-students-prescription-contraception-by-ethnicity/
Guttmacher Institute. (2018). Share of sexually active U.S. female high school students who used a prescription contraceptive method at last sexual intercourse from 2013 to 2017, by ethnicity*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/947039/sexually-active-female-high-school-students-prescription-contraception-by-ethnicity/
Guttmacher Institute. "Share of Sexually Active U.S. Female High School Students Who Used a Prescription Contraceptive Method at Last Sexual Intercourse from 2013 to 2017, by Ethnicity*." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Sep 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/947039/sexually-active-female-high-school-students-prescription-contraception-by-ethnicity/
Guttmacher Institute, Share of sexually active U.S. female high school students who used a prescription contraceptive method at last sexual intercourse from 2013 to 2017, by ethnicity* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/947039/sexually-active-female-high-school-students-prescription-contraception-by-ethnicity/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Share of sexually active U.S. female high school students who used a prescription contraceptive method at last sexual intercourse from 2013 to 2017, by ethnicity* [Graph], Guttmacher Institute, September 20, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/947039/sexually-active-female-high-school-students-prescription-contraception-by-ethnicity/
