Associations Between Recent Contraceptive Use and First Sex Behaviors of Scottish Adolescents: A Brief Report

Figures & data

Table 1. Descriptive statistics of adolescent’s contraceptive use at most recent sex and risky first sex behaviors.

	2014 girls (n = 370)	2018 girls (n = 141)	2014 boys (n = 335)	2018 boys (n = 143)
Most recent sex
Used condom	59.0%	55.0%	60.8%	60.6%
Used pill	32.0%	35.0%	27.3%	21.5%
Used condom or pill	73.8%	73.2%	73.2%	72.4%
First sex
Age
≤14	52.0%	44.4%	59.4%	48.4%
≥15	48.0%	55.6%	40.6%	51.6%
Used substances
Yes	14.4%	17.4%	24.3%	20.0%
No	85.6%	82.6%	75.7%	80.0%
Used contraceptives
Yes	—	73.5%	—	56.2%
No	—	26.5%	—	43.8%

Data availability statement

Publicly available datasets were analyzed in this study. These data can be found here: https://www.uib.no/en/hbscdata/113290/open-access.