CONTEXT: Limited research has examined the individual, family and relationship factors
that determine whether teenagers discuss contraception or STDs with their sexual partners …

CONTEXT: Trends in teenagers' contraceptive use have received less attention than trends
in adolescent sexual intercourse, despite the importance of contraceptive use to preventing …

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 …

Questionaires addressing areas expected to relate to contraceptive use were completed by
230 female adolescents. Contraceptive use among the 130 sexually active subjects were …

Focus groups with 76 sexually experienced young men and women living in the Denver
area in 1993 explored the reasons unmarried men do or do not involve themselves in …

Objective-This report presents national estimates of sexual activity and contraceptive use
among males and females aged 15-19 in the United States in 2011-2015, based on data …

CONTEXT: Hormonal contraceptive users may be at increased risk for HIV and other STDs.
An understanding of their decisions and abilities to use condoms is needed to focus …

Context: Adolescent pregnancy, birth, abortion and sexually transmitted disease (STD) rates
are much higher in the United States than in most other developed countries. Methods …

Studies of adolescent pregnancy risk are relevant to understanding responsible adolescent
sexual behavior because most investigators have focused on the key proximal determinants …

Demographic, social, and social-cognitive variables associated with beginning sexual
activity were assessed in 114 Black and White males and females in early adolescence …