YRBS- Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1997 & 1999
|
HIV/AIDS and Teens
|
1997 Kentucky
|
1997 National
|
1999 Kentucky
|
1999 National
|
|
%
|
%
|
%
|
%
|
|
LIFETIME: Educated about HIV/AIDS
in school |
87.7 |
91.5 |
88.2 |
90.6 |
|
LIFETIME: Has had sexual
intercourse |
53.7 |
48.4 |
55.2 |
49.9 |
|
LIFETIME: Had sexual intercourse
before age 13 |
7.2 |
7.2 |
8.4 |
8.3 |
|
LIFETIME: Has had 4 or more sexual
partners |
18.1 |
16.0 |
16.5 |
16.2 |
|
LIFETIME: Ever pregnant or gotten
someone pregnant |
5.8 |
6.5 |
4.6 |
6.3 |
|
LIFETIME: Ever forced to have sex
(Female) |
* |
* |
13.4 |
12.5 |
|
LIFETIME: Ever forced to have sex
(Male) |
* |
* |
7.7 |
5.2 |
|
LAST EXPERIENCE: Used drugs or
alcohol before sex** |
27.6 |
24.7 |
24.2 |
24.8 |
|
PAST YEAR: Purposely hit, slapped,
or hurt by boyfriend or girlfriend |
* |
* |
11.1 |
8.8 |
|
LAST 3 MONTHS: Has had sexual
intercourse |
39.4 |
34.8 |
36.4 |
36.3 |
|
LAST 3 MONTHS: Condom used during
last sexual intercourse (among those having sexual
intercourse in the last three months) |
57.3 |
56.8 |
60.4 |
58 |
|
LAST 3 MONTHS: Birth control pill
used at last sexual experience (among those having
sexual intercourse in the last three months) |
18.5 |
16.6 |
15.9 |
16.2 |
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|
|
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Sample size: high school students
in grades 9-12 |
1465 |
16000 |
1492 |
15349 |
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*No comparable question in 1997
survey |
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**Percentages among sexually
active. Students who report never having had sexual
intercourse are not included. |
