STATISTICS ON SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITHIN THE TEENAGE COMMUNITY
13% of teens have had sex by age 15.
By the age of 19, 7 in 10 female and male teens have had intercourse.
In 2006–2010, the most common reason that sexually inexperienced teens gave for not having had sex was that it was “against religion or morals” (38% among females and 31% among males). The second and third most common reasons for females were “don’t want to get pregnant” and “haven’t found the right person yet.”
70% of females and 56% of males report that their first sexual experience was with a steady partner, while 16% of females and 28% of males report first having sex with someone they had just met or who was just a friend.
Seven percent of young women aged 18–24 who had had sex before age 20 report that their first sexual experience was nonvoluntary.
The use of contraceptives during first premarital sex has been increasing, rising from 56% among women whose first premarital sex occurred before 1985, to 76% among those who first had sex in 2000–2004, to 84% among those whose first sex occurred in 2005–2008.
STATISTICS ON CONTRACEPTIVE USE
A sexually active teen who does not use a contraceptive has a 90% chance of becoming pregnant within a year.
The majority of sexually experienced teens (78% of females and 85% of males) used contraceptives the first time they had sex.
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