Table 1. Percentage Distribution of Women Ages 15 to 45 According to Exposure to the Risk of Unintended Pregnancy by Age and Union Status

Table 1. Percentage distribution of women ages 15–45 according to exposure to the risk of unintended pregnancy by age and union status (National Survey of Family Growth, 2002)*

		Age						Union Status
	Total	15–19	20–24	25–29	30–34	35–39	40–44	Currently married	Cohabiting	Formerly married	Never married
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
At risk of unintended pregnancy	69	38	69	76	76	79	76	79	81	73	53
Using contraception	62	32	61	68	69	71	69	73	73	64	44
Not using contraception	7	7	8	8	7	8	7	6	8	8	9
Not at risk	31	62	31	24	24	21	24	21	19	27	47
Infertile	3	1	1	1	2	3	9	4	3	6	1
Pregnant/postpartum/seeking pregnancy	9	5	12	14	14	9	4	14	14	4	3
No recent intercourse^†	7	7	7	6	6	8	10	2	2	18	12
Never had intercourse	11	50	11	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	33

*Guttmacher Institute, 2008, tabulations of the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth (Cycle VI).
^† Have not had intercourse in the past 3 months.