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New CDC Report Finds Trends Toward More, Better Contraceptive Use Among Sexually Active Teen Girls
ourbodiesourblog.com 2 weeks, 2 days agoThe CDC recently released a report on sexual experience and birth control use among female teenagers in the United States. The agency used data from the National Survey of Family Growth for 1995, 2002, and 2006-2010 to look at sexual activity and birth control use among girls ages 15-19. The percentage of teen girls who reported that they had never had vaginal intercourse rose from 48.9% in 1995 to 56.7% in the 2006-2010 period. Of the girls who had had sex in the month before the interview, 59.8% used a hi


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