Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth - D Listing

• Depo-Provera^TM – See Injectable contraceptives
• Discontinuation of contraceptive methods
• Divorce and marital disruption
  • Marriage disruption
  • Attitudes about divorce – See Attitudes: Marriage and cohabitation
• Douching, vaginal

 

Discontinuation of contraceptive methods

Percentage of women 15-44 years of age in 2011-2015 ever using specified method who discontinued (stopped) use due to dissatisfaction, and leading reason for discontinuation:

• Pill:
  • Percent stopping use: 34.0% (0.87)
  • Leading reason: Side effects: 60.1% (1.51)
• Condom:
  • Percent stopping use: 8.3% (0.42)
  • Leading reasons: Partner didn’t like it 37.0% (2.72); decreased the woman’s sexual pleasure 40.2% (2.88).
• Depo-Provera^TM:
  • Percent stopping use: 47.3% (1.65)
  • Leading reason: Side effects 72.8% (1.87)
• IUD (intrauterine device)
  • Percent stopping use:26.9% (1.73)
  • Leading reason: Side effects 60.1% (3.70)

Source: Special tabulation by NCHS

 

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Divorce and marital disruption

 

Marriage disruption

Marital disruption is defined as separation, divorce or death (rare for this age group)

Probability of first marriage disruption by duration of marriage among women 15-44 years of age:

	2006-20101	2011-20152
By 5 years	20%	22%
By 10 years	32%	36%
By 15 years	40%	45%
By 20 years	48%	53%

Sources:
¹NHSR 49, Table 5 [PDF – 419 KB]
²Special tabulation by NCHS

Probability that a separation from a first marriage transitions to a divorce by duration of separation among women 15-44 years of age:

	2006-20101	2011-20152
By 1 year	53%	51%
By 3 years	79%	76%
By 5 years	86%	84%

Sources:
¹NHSR 49, Table 8 [PDF – 419 KB]
²Special tabulation by NCHS

 

 

Probability of second marriage disruption by duration of remarriage among women 15-44 years of age:

	2006-20102	2011-20152
By 1 year	10%	7%
By 5 years	31%	26%
By 10 years	46%	46%

Sources:
¹Series 23, No. 22, Table 21 [PDF – 5.6 MB]
²Special tabulation by NCHS

 

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Douching, vaginal

 

	20021	2006-20102	2011-20152
Percentage of women 15-44 years of age who douched at all in the 12 months before the interview	32.2%	23.2%	17.8% (0.81)

Sources:
¹ Series 23, No. 25, Table 106 [PDF – 4.7 MB]
² Special tabulation by NCHS