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Percentage of respondents, by selected measures related to contraceptive use, by age, race/ethnicity and county of residence.(teenage pregnancy and birth)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)

Teenagers' Pregnancy Intentions and Decisions: A Study of Young Women in California Choosing to Give Birth

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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                    ...
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