June 2, 2010 
Declines in teen sex and improvements in contraceptive use among sexually experienced teens remained essentially unchanged between 2002 and 2006-08, according to data released today by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. The new report provides national estimates of sexual activity and contraceptive use among teens aged 15-19 and is based on the latest round of the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG). The report notes that about four in ten never married teens (42% of girls and 43% of boys) have had sex at least once--statistically unchanged from 2002, the last time the NSFG collected these data.
