Contraceptive use at last sexual
intercourse in the past 3 months
Table 8
shows the percentage of
never-married female and male teenagers
who used a method of birth control at last
sexual intercourse among those who had
had sexual intercourse in the 3 months
before the interview (were “sexually
active”). Contraceptive use overall at last
intercourse among never-married sexually
active females increased between 2002
and 2011–2015. In 2002, 83.2% of never-
married sexually active female teenagers
used a contraceptive method at last sex
compared with 89.9% in 2011–2015. This
continues a longer-term trend of gradual
increase (
Figure 6
): Between 1988 and
2011–2015, the percentage increased
from 79.9% to 89.9%. Percentages
using each of the specific methods
presented were similar over the three time
periods. The condom remained the most
commonly used method in 2011–2015
among never-married female teenagers
Figure 4. Use of contraception at first sex among males and females aged 15–19 who had
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