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Appendix Table 3.
Percentage of respondents, by selected measures
related to contraceptive use, by age, race/ethnicity and county of
residence. UNWEIGHTED.
Stateweighted Unweighted
Total Total
Measure (N=187) (N=187)
Ever-use
Ever used any method 80.3 83.4
Ever received services from clinic/M.D. 66.5 64.0
Ever used oral contraceptives 36.5 32.1
Ever used condoms 75.8 78.6
Use during conception month
Used method during conception month 37.0 40.9
Reported probable user failure 24.3 24.2
Reported probable method failure 12.7 16.7
Use no method 63.0 59.1
Reasons for nonuse (among nonusers)
Respondent desired pregnancy 23.9 20.9
Never thought or talked about use 18.5 25.5
Baby's father desired pregnancy 18.3 19.1
Thought use unnecessary 17.7 17.3
Did not like/had problems with methods 17.0 20.9
Forgot or careless 14.6 8.2
Did not know about/have methods 9.3 7.3
Age
15-16 17-18
Measure (N=90) (N=97)
Ever-use
Ever used any method 88.9 78.4
Ever received services from clinic/M.D. 60.7 67.0
Ever used oral contraceptives 24.4 39.2
Ever used condoms 84.4 73.2
Use during conception month
Used method during conception month 43.3 38.5
Reported probable user failure 22.2 26.0
Reported probable method failure 21.1 12.5
Use no method 56.7 61.5
Reasons for nonuse (among nonusers)
Respondent desired pregnancy 11.8 28.8
Never thought or talked about use 39.2 13.6
Baby's father desired pregnancy 15.7 22.0
Thought use unnecessary 13.7 20.3
Did not like/had problems with methods 17.6 23.7
Forgot or careless 7.8 8.5
Did not know about/have methods 7.8 6.8
Race/
ethnicity (*)
Hispanic Hispanic
U.S.-born Foreign
Measure (N=66) (N=54)
Ever-use
Ever used any method 89.4 59.3
Ever received services from clinic/M.D. 68.2 47.2
Ever used oral contraceptives 25.8 20.4
Ever used condoms 83.3 50.0
Use during conception month
Used method during conception month 36.9 25.9
Reported probable user failure ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Percentage of respondents, by selected measures related to...