[menu-bar.gif (21833 bytes)] Number of women 15-44 years of age who have ever had
                              voluntary intercourse and percent distribution by age of
                              first voluntary partner, according to age at first
        Updated 5/1/97        intercourse and race and Hispanic origin: United States, 1995
                              --------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Age of first voluntary partner
                               Age at first                            in years
                                intercourse                 ---------------------------------
                                 and race                                                25
                               and Hispanic  Number in      Under                       and
                                  origin     thousandsTotal  16  16-17 18-1920-22 23-24over
                              --------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Percent distribution
                                                      --------------------------------------
                              All women        53,614 100.0  5.8 23.4  26.3 22.3   8.4 13.9

                                  Age at
                                   first
                               intercourse

                              Under 16
                              years            12,757 100.0 22.0 43.8  21.2  7.1   2.1  4.0
                              16 years          8,840 100.0  2.4 41.8  34.5 13.9   3.7  3.7
                              17 years          8,984 100.0  0.6 27.7  41.6 19.2   5.3  5.6
                              18 years          7,215 100.0  0.5  7.7  36.7 33.3   9.7  9.1
                              19 years          4,868 100.0    -  2.0  24.1 45.9  11.4 16.7
                              20-22 years       7,298 100.0    -  0.6   7.2 43.2  19.5 29.5
                              23-24 years       1,835 100.0    -  0.5   1.8 15.6  29.3 52.8
                              25 years and
                              over              1,817 100.0    -  0.9   0.5  2.9  11.5 84.2
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                                                             Age of first voluntary partner
                               Age at first                            in years
                                intercourse                 ---------------------------------
                                 and race                                                25
                               and Hispanic  Number in      Under                       and
                                  origin     thousandsTotal  16  16-17 18-1920-22 23-24over
                              --------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Percent distribution
                                                      --------------------------------------
                              Race and
                              Hispanic
                              origin
                              and age at
                              first
                              intercourse

                              Hispanic          5,887 100.0  4.7 17.9  21.1 25.8  10.3 20.3
                               [Image] Under
                              16 years          1,305 100.0 17.3 37.3  22.3 14.1   2.9  6.1
                               [Image] 16-19
                              years             2,960 100.0  1.4 18.3  28.4 30.0   9.4 12.6
                               [Image] 20
                              years and
                              over              1,622 100.0    -  1.0   6.7 27.8  18.2 46.2
                              Non-Hispanic
                              white            38,110 100.0  5.3 24.0  27.2 22.8   8.6 12.2
                               [Image] Under
                              16 years          8,411 100.0 21.2 45.9  20.8  6.6   2.0  3.5
                               [Image] 16-19
                              years            22,166 100.0  1.1 23.5  37.1 24.7   6.9  6.7
                               [Image] 20
                              years and
                              over              7,534 100.0    -  0.7   5.4 35.3  20.7 38.1
                              Non-Hispanic
                              black             7,462 100.0  9.7 27.5  28.9 18.2   5.4 10.3
                               [Image] Under
                              16 years          2,684 100.0 26.0 41.1  21.6  5.7   1.7  4.0
                               [Image] 16-19
                              years             3,946 100.0  0.5 23.8  39.1 24.2   5.2  7.2
                               [Image] 20
                              years and
                              over                832 100.0  0.2  0.3   3.9 31.0  18.7 46.0
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                              - Quantity zero.
                              NOTE: Percents may not add to 100 due to rounding.

                              Suggested citation: Abma JC, Chandra A, Mosher WD, Peterson
                              L, Piccinino L. Fertility, family planning, and women's
                              health: new data from the 1995 National Survey of Family
                              Growth. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health
                              Stat 23(19). 1997.

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