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(Source: Church and Geller)
From survey of 37522 ever
Married Women in USA
(age 15-44 yr.) |
| Contraceptive status and method (all in %) |
Sterile (43.6) |
 |
| Surgically sterile (41.4) |
| Non-surgically sterile (2.0) |
| Pill (15.4) |
| IUD (0.6) |
| Diaphragm (1.6) |
| Condom (12.6) |
| Periodic abstinence (2.0) |
| Withdrawal (2.2) |
| Other methods** (3.4) |
** Includes implants, injectables,
morning-after-pill, suppository, Today(TM) sponge, and less frequently used methods.
* Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics.
From Statistical Abstract of the United States 1997 |