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Study looks at teens' use of contraceptives in first relationship.
2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Among teens who have sex, what influences decision-making about using contraceptives during their first sexual relationship? Being in a longer relationship? Having an older partner? Virginity pledges?
Recent analyses by Child Trends show that all of these factors are related to teens' use of contraceptives, and ultimately to their protection from unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
Among sexually experienced teens, 63% reported always using contraceptives in their first sexual relationship, while 16% reported inconsistent use and 21% reported never using contraceptives during their first relationship.
These findings were released in a recent issue of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (www.agi-usa.org/pubs/journals/3524603.pdf). The data came from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), a nationally representative survey of U.S. students who were in grades 7 to 12 in 1995. Data were collected in two waves, in 1995 and 1996.
"Despite the declines in teen childbearing during the last decade, teenagers in the United States still have a very high teen birth rate compared to other modern, industrialized countries. The U.S. teen birth rate is much higher than the rate in Canada or England," said Jennifer Manlove, senior research associate at Child Trends. "Part of the reason for this high birth rate is inconsistent use or nonuse of contraceptives."
Findings from the study looked at patterns in:
Length of pre-sexual relationships: Many teens have sex for the first time very early in their relationships, but waiting longer between the start of a relationship and first sex is linked to better contraceptive use. For each month that a teenager delayed first sex after the start of a romantic relationship, the likelihood of consistent contraceptive use increased by 5%.
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