SEXUAL ACTIVITY
•Nearly half (46%) of all 15-19-year-olds in the United States have had sex at least once.[1]
•By age 15, only 13% of teens have ever had sex. However, by the time they reach age 19, seven in 10 teens have engaged in sexual intercourse.[2]
•Most young people have sex for the first time at about age 17, but do not marry until their middle or late 20s. This means that young adults are at risk of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for nearly a decade.[3]
•Teens are waiting longer to have sex than they did in the past. Some 13% of females and 15% of males aged 15-19 in 2008 had had sex before age 15, compared with 19% and 21%, respectively, in 1995.[4]
•The majority (59%) of sexually experienced teen females had a first sexual partner who was 1-3 years their senior. Only 8% had first partners who were six or more years older.[5]
•More than three-quarters of teen females report that their first sexual experience was with a steady boyfriend, a fiancé, a husband or a cohabiting partner.[6]
•Nearly half (46%) of all 15-19-year-olds in the United States have had sex at least once.[1]
•By age 15, only 13% of teens have ever had sex. However, by the time they reach age 19, seven in 10 teens have engaged in sexual intercourse.[2]
•Most young people have sex for the first time at about age 17, but do not marry until their middle or late 20s. This means that young adults are at risk of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for nearly a decade.[3]
•Teens are waiting longer to have sex than they did in the past. Some 13% of females and 15% of males aged 15-19 in 2008 had had sex before age 15, compared with 19% and 21%, respectively, in 1995.[4]
•The majority (59%) of sexually experienced teen females had a first sexual partner who was 1-3 years their senior. Only 8% had first partners who were six or more years older.[5]
•More than three-quarters of teen females report that their first sexual experience was with a steady boyfriend, a fiancé, a husband or a cohabiting partner.[6]
•Ten percent of young women aged 18-24 who had sex before age 20 reported that their first sex was involuntary. The younger they were at first intercourse, the higher the proportion.[7]
•Twelve percent of teen males and 10% of teen females have had heterosexual oral sex but not vaginal intercourse.[8]
•The proportion of teens who had ever had sex declined from 49% to 46% among females and from 55% to 46% among males between 1995 and 2007.[9]
•Twelve percent of teen males and 10% of teen females have had heterosexual oral sex but not vaginal intercourse.[8]
•The proportion of teens who had ever had sex declined from 49% to 46% among females and from 55% to 46% among males between 1995 and 2007.[9]
These Statistics are staggering.
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