Editing Coitus interruptus (section)

== Prevalence ==
Based on data from surveys conducted during the late 1990s, 3% of women of childbearing age worldwide rely on withdrawal as their primary method of contraception. Regional popularity of the method varies widely, from a low of 1% in Africa to 16% in Western Asia.<ref>{{cite web|year=2002|title=Family Planning Worldwide: 2002 Data Sheet|url=http://www.prb.org/pdf/FamPlanWorldwide_Eng.pdf|publisher=Population Reference Bureau|access-date=2006-09-14|archive-date=2006-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926131701/http://www.prb.org/pdf/FamPlanWorldwide_Eng.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the United States, according to the [[National Survey of Family Growth]] (NSFG) in 2014, 8.1% of reproductive-aged women reported using withdrawal as a primary contraceptive method. This was a significant increase from 2012 when 4.8% of women reported the use of withdrawal as their most effective method.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kavanaugh ML, Jerman J | title = Contraceptive method use in the United States: trends and characteristics between 2008, 2012 and 2014 | journal = Contraception | volume = 97 | issue = 1 | pages = 14–21 | date = January 2018 | pmid = 29038071 | pmc = 5959010 | doi = 10.1016/j.contraception.2017.10.003 }}</ref> However, when withdrawal is used in addition to or in rotation with another contraceptive method, the percentage of women using withdrawal jumps from 5% for sole use and 11% for any withdrawal use in 2002,<ref name = "Jones_2009" /> and for adolescents from 7.1% of sole withdrawal use to 14.6% of any withdrawal use in 2006–2008.<ref name = "Hatcher_2018">{{Cite book | vauthors = Hatcher RA, Nelson AL, Trussell J, Cwiak C, Cason P, Policar MS, Aiken AR, Marrazzo J, Kowal D | title=Contraceptive technology |isbn=978-1-7320556-0-5|edition=21st | date = September 2018 |location=New York, NY|oclc=1048947218}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Higgins JA, Wang Y | title = Which young adults are most likely to use withdrawal? The importance of pregnancy attitudes and sexual pleasure | journal = Contraception | volume = 91 | issue = 4 | pages = 320–7 | date = April 2015 | pmid = 25530102 | pmc = 4373981 | doi = 10.1016/j.contraception.2014.12.005 }}</ref>

When asked if withdrawal was used at least once in the past month by women, use of withdrawal increased from 13% as sole use to 33% ever use in the past month.<ref name = "Jones_2009" /> These increases are even more pronounced for adolescents 15 to 19 years old and young women 20 to 24 years old<ref name = "Hatcher_2018" /> Similarly, the NSFG reports that 9.8% of unmarried men who have had sexual intercourse in the last three months in 2002 used withdrawal, which then increased to 14.5% in 2006–2010, and then to 18.8% in 2011–2015.<ref name="Daniels_2017">{{cite journal | vauthors = Daniels K, Abma JC | title = Unmarried Men's Contraceptive Use at Recent Sexual Intercourse: United States, 2011-2015 | journal = NCHS Data Brief | issue = 284 | pages = 1–8 | date = August 2017 | pmid = 29155680 | url = https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db284.pdf | publisher = National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | access-date = 2020-07-20 | archive-date = 2019-12-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191203092503/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db284.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref> The use of withdrawal varied by the unmarried man's age and cohabiting status, but not by ethnicity or race. The use of withdrawal decreased significantly with increasing age groups, ranging from 26.2% among men aged 15–19 to 12% among men aged 35–44. The use of withdrawal was significantly higher for never-married men (23.0%) compared with formerly married (16.3%) and cohabiting (13.0%) men.<ref name="Daniels_2017" />

For 1998, about 18% of married men in Turkey reported using withdrawal as a contraceptive method.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Distribution-of-married-mens-currently-uses-condom-withdrawal-and-other-contraceptive_tbl1_7449952|title=Distribution of married men's use of condom, withdrawal, and other contraceptive means|website= ResearchGate|access-date=August 13, 2022}}</ref>