Context: Despite widespread efforts to increase contraceptive use to prevent both pregnancy
and sexually transmitted diseases among sexually active adolescents, most prior work …

CONTEXT Teenagers have a high unintended pregnancy rate, in part because of
inconsistent use or nonuse of contraceptives. It is important to determine how partner and …

CONTEXT: Most US teenage pregnancies are unintended, partly because of inconsistent or
no use of contraceptives. Understanding the factors associated with contraceptive use in …

CONTEXT: Young adults have high rates of unintended childbearing and STDs, yet little
research has examined the role of relationship characteristics in their contraceptive use …

We examine the relationship characteristics associated with contraceptive method choice
within young people's nonmarital sexual relationships, using data from retrospective …

Background: Sexual debut before age 15 years has been associated with increased sexual
risk behaviors among teens, but little is known about its effects beyond adolescence. This …

Improving communication about sex and birth control between parents and their children
has often been cited as a means to encourage young people to use contraceptives more …

Context: While a number of studies have examined the association between individuals'
characteristics and their contraceptive use, few studies have examined the influence of …

In 1979, 50 percent of women aged 15-19 and 70 percent of men aged 17-21 living in
metropolitan areas of the United States reported that they had ever had sexual intercourse …

Relationships between sexual attitudes and behavior among adolescents were studied in
data collected by self-administered questionnaires from approximately 3,500 junior and …