1999 Adult Behavioral Risk Factor Data

Oregon Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 1999

**Does your health insurance pay for the birth control method you want to use?**
(Weighted Column Percents)
		Total	Age Groups
		Total	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Yes		55.7	64.4	53.2	52.4
No		39.3	35.6	41.0	40.0
I don't want to use a method		5.1		5.8	7.7
Female	Yes	55.7	64.4	53.2	52.4
	No	39.3	35.6	41.0	40.0
	I don't want to use a method	5.1		5.8	7.7
Denominator is: All female respondents under the age of 45 who have not had hysterectomies, are not pregnant, are not sexually active, are using birth control other than tubal ligation or not using birth control, because partner doesn't want to use or is unable to pay for birth control.

**Does your health insurance pay for the birth control method you want to use?**
(Unweighted Frequencies)
		Total	Age Groups
		Total	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Total		608	117	251	240
Yes		292	72	120	100
No		201	33	89	79
I don't want to use a method		28		12	16
Don't know/Not sure		78	10	27	41
Refused		9	2	3	4
Female	Total	608	117	251	240
	Yes	292	72	120	100
	No	201	33	89	79
	I don't want to use a method	28		12	16
	Don't know/Not sure	78	10	27	41
	Refused	9	2	3	4
Denominator is: All female respondents under the age of 45 who have not had hysterectomies, are not pregnant, are not sexually active, are using birth control other than tubal ligation or not using birth control, because partner doesn't want to use or is unable to pay for birth control.