Condom Use During Sexual Intercourse Among Women and Men Aged 15-44 in the United States: 2011-2015 National Survey of Family Growth.

condom use during sexual intercourse in a nationally representative sample of women and men aged 15-44 in the United States using the 2011-2015 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG). Where data were available, patterns of condom use during sexual intercourse from the 2011-2015 NSFG were compared with the 2002 and 2006-2010 NSFG. Methods-Data were collected through in-person interviews with nationally representative, independent samples of women and men aged 15-44 in the household population of the United States. Interviews were conducted between September 2011 and September 2015 with 11,300 women and 9,321 men. The response rates for the 2011-2015 NSFG were 72.3% for women and 69.6% for men aged 15-44. Results-During 2011-2015, 23.8% of women and 33.7% of men aged 15-44 used a condom at last sexual intercourse in the past 12 months, an increase for men since 2002 (29.5%). Among condom users, 59.9% of women and 56.4% of men aged 15-44 used only a condom and no other method during last intercourse in the past 12 months; another 25.0% of women and 33.2% of men used condoms plus hormonal methods; and 15.1% of women and 10.5% of men used condoms plus nonhormonal methods. During any intercourse in the past 4 weeks, 18.2% of women and 23.9% of men aged 15-44 used a condom "100%" of the time. The prevalence of condom use during any intercourse in the past 4 weeks varied by age, education, Hispanic origin and race, relationship at last sexual intercourse, and number of opposite-sex sexual partners in the past 12 months. Almost 7% of women aged 15-44 who used a condom in the past 4 weeks said the condom broke or completely fell off during intercourse or withdrawal, and 25.8% said the condom was used for only part of the time during intercourse. All material appearing in this report is in the public domain and may be reproduced or copied without permission; citation as to source, however, is appreciated.