INTRODUCTION: Few existing studies have considered influences of adolescents' sexual
partners on contraceptive consistency. This study examines the influence of personal …

OBJECTIVE: To present new data on sexual initiation, contraceptive use, and pregnancy
among US adolescents aged 10 to 19, and to compare the youngest adolescents' behaviors …

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 …

Drawing on a theoretical model of adolescent contraceptive behavior, we examined the
relationships between various social and behavioral variables and contraceptive use by …

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

PURPOSE: To describe patterns and changes in contraceptive use among pregnant
adolescents in early and later postpartum compared with nonpregnant adolescents …

PURPOSE: To explore whether patterns of sexual relationships, such as sequential
(nonoverlapping in time) or concurrent (overlapping in time), are more important indicators …

This study examines two issues relevant to adolescents' self‐reported sexual and
contraceptive use behaviors: reliability of partner‐referent reports versus 3‐and 6‐month …

Methods: Published estimates of contraceptive effectiveness were applied to 1995 National
Survey of Family Growth data on sexual and contraceptive practices in order to estimate the …

Purpose To investigate the influence of sexual activity and contraceptive use on the decline
in adolescent birth rates and pregnancy rates since 2007. Methods We estimated trends in …