9-9.
Increase the proportion of adolescents who have never engaged in sexual intercourse.
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9-9. | |
Increase the proportion of adolescents who have never engaged in sexual intercourse. |
Target and baseline:
|
Objective |
Increase in Adolescents Aged 15 to 17 Years Never Engaging in Sexual Intercourse |
1995 |
2010 |
|
|
|
Percent |
|
|
9-9a. |
Females |
62 |
75 |
|
9-9b. |
Males |
57 |
75 |
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 17 Years, 1995 |
Never Engaged in Sexual Intercourse |
|
|
9-9a. |
9-9b. |
|
|
Percent |
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|
TOTAL |
62 |
57 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
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|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
DSU |
DSU |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
DSU |
DSU |
|
Asian |
DSU |
DNC |
|
Native Hawaiian and other |
DSU |
DNC |
|
Black or African American |
51 |
24 |
|
White |
63 |
64 |
|
|
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|
Hispanic or Latino |
49 |
50 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
64 |
57 |
|
Black or African American |
52 |
24 |
|
White |
65 |
65 |
|
Family income level |
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|
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.