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Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth – W Listing
- Wantedness of pregnancy – See Intendedness of pregnancy and Mistimed pregnancy
- Wantedness of Sexual intercourse
Wantedness of Sexual intercourse
Percent distribution of females and males 18 – 24 years of age who had sex before age 20 by how much first sexual intercourse was wanted:
| Females | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 20021 | 2006-20102 | 2011-20153 | |
| “I really didn’t want it to happen at the time” | 13.4% | 10.8% | 10.2% (0.99) |
| “I had mixed feelings–part of me wanted it to happen at the time and part of me didn’t” | 52.7% | 48.0% | 48.0% (1.65) |
| “I really wanted it to happen at the time” | 33.9% | 41.2% | 41.8% (1.69) |
| Males | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 20021 | 2006-20102 | 2011-20153 | |
| “I really didn’t want it to happen at the time” | 9.8% | 4.8% | 6.0% (0.76) |
| “I had mixed feelings–part of me wanted it to happen at the time and part of me didn’t” | 47.1% | 33.5% | 30.5% (1.41) |
| “I really wanted it to happen at the time” | 43.1% | 61.7% | 63.5% (1.53) |
Sources:
1Series 23, No. 24, Table 8 [PDF – 2.1 MB]
2Series 23, No. 31, Table 9 [PDF – 723 KB]
3Special tabulation by NCHS