Sexually active youth with confidentiality concerns with health services by ethnicity 2015

This statistic displays the percentage of sexually experienced youth between the ages of 15 and 25, by ethnicity, that would not seek sexual health services because they worry about confidentiality and that their parents might find out. About 14,7 percent of Hispanic youth that were surveyed said that they would not seek sexual health services, while 9,9 percent of Black, non-Hispanic respondents indicated they would not seek services. Confidentiality concerns are a common reason why youth choose not to seek care for sexual or reproductive health services.

Percentage of sexually experienced young Americans who would not seek sexual health services because parents might find out in 2013-2015, by ethnicity*

Ethnicity	Percentage of respondents
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-

Download

Source

Show detailed source information?

Already a member?

Sources

Use Ask Statista Research Service

Release date

March 2017

More information

Region

United States

Survey time period

2013 to 2015

Number of respondents

10,205 respondents

Age group

15-25 years

Method of interview

Computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI)

Supplementary notes

* Sexually experienced was defined as those who have ever had vaginal intercourse, oral sex, or anal sex, with an opposite-sex or same-sex partner in their lifetime.
For respondents aged 18–25 years, this question was only asked if they were on a parent’s private health insurance plan.

Citation formats