Grade 9-12 students with sexual contact in 3 months prior to survey*
Method of interview
Questionnaire
Supplementary notes
* Except for any condom use at last sexual intercourse, students
reporting only same-sex sexual contact use were excluded.
** Any condom use at last sexual intercourse was measured by a separate item from condoms as the primary method used for preventing pregnancy.
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Contraceptive use among sexually active U.S. high school students, 2019, by method
In 2019, in the United States over 54 percent of sexually active students in ninth through twelfth grade reported using a condom during their last sexual intercourse, whereas 9.1 percent of students used condoms plus another type of contraception. This statistic depicts the percentage of high school students using contraceptives during last sexual intercourse in the U.S. in 2019, by method used.
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