9-8


9-8.		Increase the proportion of adolescents who have never engaged in sexual intercourse before age 15 years.

Target and baseline:

Objective	Increase in Adolescents Aged 15 to 19 Years Never Engaging in Sexual Intercourse Before Age 15 Years	1995 Baseline	2010 Target
		Percent
9-8a.	Females	81	88
9-8b.	Males	79	88

Target setting method: Better than the best.

Data sources: Females—National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), CDC, NCHS; Males—National Survey of Adolescent Males (NSAM), Urban Institute.

Adolescents Aged 15 to 19 Years, 1995	No Intercourse Before Age 15 Years
	9-8a. Females	9-8b. Males
	Percent
TOTAL	81	79
Race and ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	DSU	DSU
Asian or Pacific Islander	DSU	DSU
Asian	DSU	DNC
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander	DSU	DNC
Black or African American	70	50
White	83	84

Hispanic or Latino	76	73
Not Hispanic or Latino	81	79
Black or African American	69	51
White	83	86
Family income level
Poor	DSU	DNC
Near poor	DSU	DNC
Middle/high income	DSU	DNC

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.