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QuickStats: Percentage of Never-Married Teens Aged 15--19 Years
Who Reported Ever Having Sexual Intercourse, by Sex and by Age Group
--- United States, 1995 and 2002
The percentage of male teens who reported ever having sexual intercourse
decreased significantly for both younger (aged 15--17 years) and older (aged 18--19 years) teens from 1995 to 2002. Among females, the percentage who reported ever having sexual intercourse
declined significantly for those aged 15--17 years. Additional information is available at
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg.htm.
SOURCES: 1995 and 2002 National Survey of Family Growth; 1995 National Survey of Adolescent Males; and Abma JC, Martinez GM, Mosher WD, Dawson BS. Teenagers in the United States: sexual activity, contraceptive use, and childbearing, 2002. Vital Health Stat 2004;23(24). Available at
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_23/sr23_024.pdf.
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