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Increase the proportion of adolescents who have never had sex — FP‑04 Data

National Status: Baseline only

  
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Most Recent Data:
82.4 percent (2022-23)

National Target:
87.1 percent  1

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

National Baseline:
82.4 percent of adolescents aged 15 to 17 years had never had sexual intercourse as reported in 2022-23 2

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Adolescents who have never had sexual intercourse, 2022-23 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022-23
Total
82.4
CI 78.7 / 85.5
SE 1.708

Adolescents who have never had sexual intercourse by Sex, 2022-23 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022-23
Male
78.8
CI 73.6 / 83.2
SE 2.391
Female
86.2
CI 81.0 / 90.1
SE 2.257

Adolescents who have never had sexual intercourse by Race/Ethnicity, 2022-23 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022-23
Black or African American only
79.9
CI 70.4 / 86.9
SE 4.101
White only
82.2
CI 78.5 / 85.5
SE 1.737
Hispanic or Latino
80.0
CI 71.4 / 86.5
SE 3.756
Not Hispanic or Latino
83.2
CI 79.2 / 86.6
SE 1.851
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino
79.9
CI 69.1 / 87.7
SE 4.642
White only, not Hispanic or Latino
82.0
CI 77.2 / 85.9
SE 2.182

Adolescents who have never had sexual intercourse by Family income (percent federal poverty level), 2022-23 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022-23
<100
79.0
CI 70.2 / 85.7
SE 3.861
100-199
81.5
CI 73.0 / 87.8
SE 3.669
200-399
87.2
CI 80.1 / 92.0
SE 2.940
400+
81.7
CI 74.3 / 87.3
SE 3.245

Adolescents who have never had sexual intercourse by Health insurance status, 2022-23 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022-23
Insured
81.9
CI 78.4 / 84.9
SE 1.645
Uninsured
87.4
CI 73.5 / 94.6
SE 5.044

Adolescents who have never had sexual intercourse by Geographic location, 2022-23 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022-23
Metropolitan
84.4
CI 80.5 / 87.7
SE 1.791
Non-metropolitan
72.4
CI 63.3 / 79.9
SE 4.176

Adolescents who have never had sexual intercourse by Marital status, 2022-23 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022-23
Married/​Cohabiting partner
DSU
Never married
82.7
CI 78.9 / 85.9
SE 1.755

Adolescents who have never had sexual intercourse by Country of birth, 2022-23 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022-23
US
82.1
CI 78.4 / 85.3
SE 1.735
Outside US
85.4
CI 68.9 / 93.9
SE 6.061

Adolescents who have never had sexual intercourse by Disability status, 2022-23 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022-23
People with disabilities
72.6
CI 60.6 / 82.1
SE 5.432
People without disabilities
83.6
CI 80.0 / 86.6
SE 1.654

Disparity