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

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 Contraceptive decision making occurs in the context of relationships. Although
many individual‐level characteristics have been linked to youths' contraceptive use, less is …

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: Teenagers' communication with their partners about sex and their use of condoms
may be influenced by the discussions teenagers have with their parents about sex …

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 …

In a nationally representative sample of sexually experienced youths aged 14-22, 37% of
young women and 52% of young men said the condom was the primary method used to …

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

In the 1988 National Survey of Adolescent Males, about three fifths of sexually experienced
and inexperienced adolescent males intending to have sex in the next year reported there is …

Failure to use contraception is a critical problem among American youth, since sexual
activity is common, and illegitimacy and abortion rates are high among young women. This …