Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth - R Listing

• Remarriage
• Rhythm method
• Risk behaviors for STD/HIV – See STD/HIV Risk

 

Remarriage

 

	19951	2006-20102	2011-20152
Percentage of women 15-44 years of age who remarry within 5 years of divorce	54%	38%	40%
Percentage of women whose 2nd marriage disrupts within 5 years of the 2nd marriage	23%	31%	26%

Sources:

¹Series 23, No. 22, Tables 37 and 41 [PDF – 5.6 MB]

²Special tabulation by NCHS

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Rhythm method

NOTE: The“Calendar rhythm” method of contraception is when a woman’s fertile period is determined by counting the days from the start of her menstrual period each month. The woman abstains from sexual intercourse on her fertile days or uses another contraceptive method.

Calendar rhythm method use among women 15-44 years of age, 2011-2015:

• Percentage of women who have ever used the calendar rhythm method (among women who have ever had sexual intercourse): 16.2% (0.64)
• Percentage of women currently using the calendar rhythm method²: 1.0% (0.14)

Source: Special tabulation by NCHS

 

NOTE: This method, was captured with one question in the 2011-2013 questionnaire asking about the calendar rhythm method. In 2013-2015 it was captured with this same question plus an additional question asking about “Standard Days Method” or “Cycle Beads”.

 

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