Reproductive Justice & Violence: Key Data
Data — By Melissa on February 2, 2011 11:28 pmBASIC OVERVIEW OF DATA FROM THE 2009 STATUS OF GIRLS IN ILLINOIS REPORT
The 2009 Chicago Youth Risk Behavior Survey indicates that among female high school students:
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MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS: DATA FROM THE 2009 YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEILLANCE SURVEY:
For the first time since 1995, the YRBS conducted a survey of middle-school (6th, 7th & 8th grades) students in Chicago for the 2009 report. These findings are particularly instructive when examined along with the high school data.
Percent of Chicago Female Middle and High School Students – Ever Had Sexual Intercourse
YRBS – 2009 | High School (9-12) | Middle School (6th, 7th, 8th grade) |
TOTAL | 45.3 | 10.8 |
Black | 46.3 | 14.2 |
Hispanic | 51.1 | 8.4 |
White | N/A | N/A |
Percent of Chicago Female Middle and High School Students
Sex before 13 years old | Sex before 11 years old | |
YRBS – 2009 | High School | Middle School |
TOTAL | 5.1 | 2.1 |
Black | 5.8 | 1.9 |
Hispanic | 3.2 | 2.0 |
White | N/A | N/A |
Chicago Female Middle and High School Students
Had sexual intercourse with 4 or more persons (during their lifetime) | Had sexual intercourse with 3 or more persons (during their lifetime) | |
YRBS – 2009 | High School | Middle School |
TOTAL | 9.6 | 1.8 |
Black | 8.3 | 3.1 |
Hispanic | 10.8 | 0.2 |
White | N/A | N/A |
Reproductive Coercion
We have not found data that is Chicago-specific on reproductive coercion. However, the data reported in 2010 from a California study in the journal Contraception is instructive. In a cross-sectional survey of young women ages 16 – 29, who had sought care at 5 different family planning clinics in California:
“Fifty-three percent of respondents reported physical or sexual partner violence, 19% reported experiencing pregnancy coercion and 15% reported birth control sabotage. One third of respondents reporting partner violence (35%) also reported reproductive control. Both pregnancy coercion and birth control sabotage were associated with unintended pregnancy (AOR 1.83, 95% CI 1.36–2.46, and AOR 1.58, 95% CI 1.14–2.20, respectively). In analyses stratified by partner violence exposure, associations of reproductive control with unintended pregnancy persisted only among women with a history of partner violence.”