Oregon Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS); 1997

Oregon Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 1997

**Last time you had sexual intercourse, did you use a method of birth control?**
(Weighted Column Percents)
		Total	Age Groups
		Total	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-50
Yes		43.4	58.2	52.8	38.6	22.0
No		55.4	40.1	46.0	60.8	75.9
Don't know/Not sure		.1	.4			.1
Refused		1.1	1.3	1.2	.6	2.0
Male	Yes	44.4	56.3	54.2	40.2	24.8
	No	54.1	41.8	44.1	59.1	72.9
	Don't know/Not sure	.2	.8			.3
	Refused	1.3	1.1	1.6	.7	2.1
Female	Yes	42.4	59.9	51.4	37.1	19.2
	No	56.6	38.6	47.9	62.4	79.0
	Refused	1.0	1.5	.8	.6	1.8
Denominator is: All survey respondents less than 50 years old who have had sexual intercourse in the last twelve months

**Last time you had sexual intercourse, did you use a method of birth control?**
(Unweighted Frequencies)
		Total	Age Groups
		Total	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-50
Total		1713	237	546	649	281
Yes		792	147	310	269	66
No		900	86	230	376	208
Don't know/Not sure		2	1			1
Refused		19	3	6	4	6
Male	Total	768	118	247	283	120
	Yes	378	75	144	124	35
	No	378	41	99	157	81
	Don't know/Not sure	2	1			1
	Refused	10	1	4	2	3
Female	Total	945	119	299	366	161
	Yes	414	72	166	145	31
	No	522	45	131	219	127
	Refused	9	2	2	2	3
Denominator is: All survey respondents less than 50 years old who have had sexual intercourse in the last twelve months

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