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About the National Data
Data
Data Source: National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), CDC/NCHS
Baseline: 76.7 percent of adolescents aged 15 to 17 years had never had sexual intercourse as reported in 2015-17
Target: 80.8 percent
Numerator
Number of adolescents aged 15 to 17 years who had never had sexual intercourse.
Denominator
Number of adolescents aged 15 to 17 years.
Target-setting method
Minimal statistical significance
Target-setting method details
Minimal statistical significance, assuming the same standard error for the target as for the baseline.
Target-setting method justification
Trend data were not available for this objective. The standard error was used to calculate a target based on minimal statistical significance, assuming the same standard error for the target as for the baseline. This method was used because it was a statistically significant improvement from the baseline and the Healthy People 2030 Workgroup Subject Matter Experts viewed this as an ambitious yet achievable target.
Methodology
Questions used to obtain the national baseline data
(For additional information, please visit the data source page linked above.)
From the 2015-2017 National Survey of Family Growth:
Numerator:
At any time in your life, have you ever had sexual intercourse with a man, that is, made love, had sex, or gone all the way?- Yes
- No
- Refused
Denominator:
AGER: Respondent age at interview (Recode): 15-17
History
Comparable HP2020 objective
Modified, which includes core objectives that are continuing from Healthy People 2020 but underwent a change in measurement.
Changes between HP2020 and HP2030
This objective differs from the related Healthy People 2020 objectives in that it is a composite of objective FP-9.1, which tracked females aged 15 to 17 years who had never had sexual intercourse, and objective FP-9.2, which tracked males aged 15 to 17 years who had never had sexual intercourse.
