In 2006-2010, about 43% of never-married female teenagers (4.4
million), and about 42% of never-married male teenagers (4.5 million)
had had sexual intercourse at least once. These levels of sexual
experience have not changed significantly from 2002. Seventy-eight
percent of females and 85% of males used a method of contraception at
first sex according to 2006-2010 data, with the condom remaining the
most popular method. Teenagers' contraceptive use has changed little
since 2002, with a few exceptions: there was an increase among males
in the use of condomsalone and in the use of a condom combined with a
partner's hormonal contraceptive; and there was a significant increase
in the percentage of female teenagers who used hormonal methods other
than a birth-control pill, such as injectables and the contraceptive
patch, at first sex. Six percent of female teenagers used a nonpill
hormonal method at first sex.
---SPSmith
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