Sexual risk behavior female youth U.S. 2015-2017

This statistic depicts the percentage of female youth in the United States that had engaged in select sexual risk behaviors from 2015-2017, by sexual identity. According to the data, among bisexual respondents that were sexually active, 73.3 percent had never been tested for HIV.

Sexual risk behaviors among young female adults in the U.S. from 2015 to 2017, by sexual identity

Characteristic	Gay or lesbian	Bisexual	Not sure	Heterosexual
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Release date

September 2018

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2015 and 2017

Number of respondents

Approximately 30,000

Special properties

Students grades 9-12

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

* Analysis conducted among only students who ever had sexual intercourse. Analyses were not conducted for no condom use among female students with only same-sex sexual contact or for no pregnancy prevention use among male or female students with only same-sex sexual contact. In addition, students who had no sexual contact are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contact.
^ Had sexual intercourse with at least one person during the 3 months before the survey.
^^ Question asked about condom use by “you or your partner."
^^^ Question asked about method used for pregnancy prevention by “you or your partner.”
^^^^ Question asked, “Have you ever been tested for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS? (Do not count tests done if you donated blood.)”

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