| Among women who have ever had sex, % that have ever used a contraceptive method other than natural family planning | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protestant | ||||||
| All women | Catholic | Mainline | Evangelical | Other | None | |
| Yes | 99 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 98 | 99 |
| No | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Population | 53,195,675 | 13,365,042 | 12,295,740 | 13,507,644 | 4,869,328 | 9,157,921 |
| Unpublished tabulations of the 2006-2008 National Survey of Family Growth. | ||||||
| Current contraceptive use among women at risk of unintended pregnancy,* by religious affiliation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protestant | ||||||
| All women | Catholic | Mainline | Evangelical | Other | None | |
| Highly effective methods | 69 | 68 | 73 | 74 | 60 | 62 |
| Sterilization | 33 | 32 | 34 | 41 | 23 | 26 |
| Pill or other hormonal | 31 | 31 | 35 | 28 | 31 | 30 |
| IUD | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Condom | 14 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 25 | 17 |
| Natural family planning | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Other | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| No method | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 14 |
| Population | 42,711,521 | 10,635,049 | 10,017,708 | 10,992,501 | 3,744,769 | 7,321,494 |
| *Refers to sexually active women who are not pregnant, post-partum or trying to get pregnant | ||||||
| Source: Jones RK and Dreweke J, Countering Conventional Wisdom: New Evidence on Religion and Contraceptive Use, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2011 and unpublished tabulations of the 2006–2008 National Survey of Family Growth. | ||||||
