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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 1 Characteristics of the study population—Dutch girls aged 12 to 25 years who experienced at least once sexual intercourse*

From: Changes in young women’s contraceptive use in the Netherlands: findings from three sex under the age of 25 surveys

 

Inclusion year

 

2005 (N = 1223)

2012 (N = 2726)

2017 (N = 7278)

 

N

W%##

N

W%##

N

W%##

P value

Age

≤ 18 years

382

31%

770

30%

1680

23%

< 0.001

19–20 years

274

22%

692

22%

1832

21%

 

21–22 years

299

24%

623

24%

1825

27%

 

> 22 years

268

22%

641

24%

1941

29%

 

Religion

Not religious

858

70%

1925

71%

5666

76%

< 0.001

Christian, some importance

215

18%

539

19%

1155

16%

 

Christian, very important

77

6%

140

5%

290

4%

 

Muslim

23

2%

47

3%

82

2%

 

Other religion**

48

4%

75

3%

83

2%

 

Educational level#

Less educated

784

66%

1333

58%

2606

55%

< 0.001

More educated

435

34%

1378

42%

4651

45%

 

Ethnicity

Dutch/Western

1094

90%

2278

91%

6704

91%

< 0.001

Turkish/Moroccan

26

2%

43

3%

69

1%

 

Surinamese/Antillean

57

4%

176

5%

237

4%

 

Other non-Western

46

3%

31

1%

268

4%

 

Partner status

Not in a relationship

329

27%

725

27%

2211

30%

0.006

 

In a relationship

894

73%

2001

73%

5067

70%

 
  1. *Girls who indicated they did not use contraceptives because they currently do not have sexual contact are excluded from analyses
  2. **Including the following: Hiduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Ásatrú, Mandaeism, Paganism, apostolic society, Bahá'í, ietsism/somethingism, native Indian religion, nature religions, Wicca, Yezidi, and Winti
  3. #Educational level was dichotomized. Higher general secondary education, pre-university education, higher vocational education, and university were classified as more educated, and all other categories as less educated
  4. ##Weighted percentage