Study on Contraception: Less and Less Young Women Take the Pill

Fewer and fewer young women take the contraceptive pill: 26 percent of insured persons aged 13 to 21 used the pill in 2024, according to a TK study - in 2020 it was 39 percent.

Women under 22 are less likely to prescribe the pill, according to a study carried out by the Technicians' Health Insurance Fund, which evaluated data from their insured persons aged 13 and over.

Only a quarter of the young women who are insured with the Techniker Krankenkasse take the pill. Especially in Berlin the method of contraception is unpopular.

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According to one study, the proportion of young women who use the contraceptive pill continues to decline. According to a survey conducted by the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK), 26 percent of their insured persons aged between 13 and 21 last year took the pill, as TK reported on Friday in Hamburg. In 2023, it was 28 percent, in 2020, the figure was 39 percent. According to TK, the strong regional differences are striking. While in Berlin last year …