Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth

 

R Listing

• Remarriage
• Rhythm method
• Risk behaviors for STD/HIV - See STD/HIV risk

 

Remarriage

 

	19951	2006-20102
Probability of remarriage within 5 years of divorce among women 15-44 years of age	54%	38%
Probability of second marriage disruption within 5 years of second marriage among women 15-44 years of age	23%	31%

Sources:

¹Series 23, No. 22, Tables 37 and 41 [PDF - 5.6 MB]

²Special tabulation by NCHS

 

Rhythm method

NOTE: In "Rhythm or safe period by calendar," a woman's fertile period is determined by counting the days from the start of her period that month. The woman abstains from sexual intercourse on her fertile days.

Rhythm method use among women 15-44 years of age who have ever had intercourse, 2006-2008:

• Percent of women who have ever used the rhythm method: 19.4%
• Percent of women currently using the rhythm method: 0.5%

Source: Series 23, No. 29, Tables 1 and 4 [PDF - 1.5 MB]