The following statistics are from The National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Familes, and can be found at www.nationalcoalition.org
- 42 percent of guys and 33% of girls ages 15-17 have had intercourse. Let's Talk About Sex, Melissa Daly. Seventeen Magazine, July 2003.
- In grades 7-12, 23.4% of first sexual relationships are one-night stands. Study: Teens who hurry love less likely to use birth control, Karen S. Peterson. USA Today.
- 33 percent of guys and 23% of girls feel some or a lot of pressure to have sex. Let's Talk About Sex, Melissa Daly. Seventeen Magazine, July 2003.
- 21 percent of ninth-graders have slept with four or more partners. The Secret Sex Lives of Kids, Lisa Collier Cool. Ladies’ Home Journal, 2001.
- One in twelve children are no longer a virgin by his/her 13th birthday. The Secret Sex Lives of Kids, Lisa Collier Cool. Ladies’ Home Journal, 2001.
- Two-thirds of U.S. teenagers who have had sexual relations wish they had waited longer. Teens want to wait for sex, Joyce Howard Price. The Washington Times, December 2003.
- 28 percent of teens say they have become more opposed to early sex. Teens want to wait for sex, Joyce Howard Price. The Washington Times, December 2003.
- 26 percent of teens think it is embarrassing to admit they are virgins. Teens want to wait for sex, Joyce Howard Price.
The Washington Times, December 2003.
- “The generation we are looking at right now has never known a time of innocence.” How One man Unleashed the porn Plague, Andy Butcher. Charisma Magazine, November 2003.
- Sexually active girls are more than three times more likely to be depressed than are girls who are not sexually active; sexually active boys are more than twice as likely to be depressed as are those who are not sexually active. Sexually Active Teenagers Are More Likely to Be Depressed and to Attempt Suicide, Robert Rector, Kirk Johnson and Lauren Noyes. The Heritage Foundation, 3 June, 2003.
- Sexually active girls are nearly three times more likely to attempt suicide than are girls who are not sexually active; sexually boys are eight times more likely to attempt suicide than are boys who are not sexually active. Sexually Active Teenagers Are More Likely to Be Depressed and to Attempt Suicide, Robert Rector, Kirk Johnson and Lauren Noyes. The Heritage Foundation,
3 June, 2003.
- 53 percent of adolescent males have been masturbated, 49% have received oral sex, 39% have given oral sex and 11% have had anal sex. Teen ‘virgins’ are having sex in many ways, Karen Peterson. USA Today, 19 December, 2000.
- 85 percent of teens ages 15-17 who have had sex said their decision was influenced by curiosity. Virginity and The First Time. The Kaiser Family Foundation, October, 2003.
- Over 50% of teens ages 15-17 believed they would marry their first sexual partner. Virginity and The First Time.
- The Kaiser Family Foundation, October, 2003. The median age for first intercourse is 16.5 years old. Teens, Sex, & the Media. Media Scope. 2001.
- There is a tight connection between teen girls’ sexual behavior and dating older boys. Study finds older boys are bad influence. www.cnn.com; 19 August 2004.
- 57 percent of teens ages 13-17 see sex outside of marriage as morally acceptable. Teens’ Marriage Views Reflect Changing Norms, Linda Lyons. The Gallup Organization, 18 November 2003.
- 65 percent of young people have sex before they finish high school. Teens’ Marriage Views Reflect Changing Norms, Linda Lyons. The Gallup Organization, 18 November 2003.
- Most strongly religious students tend to hold conservative views on sex, abortion, gay rights and drugs. Spiritual students mostly lean right, Mary Beth Marklein. USA Today, 28 July, 2004.
- Over 40 percent of 15-year-olds are sexually active. Experts in Sex Field Say Conservatives Interfere With Health and Research, Mireya Navarro. The New York Times, 11 July, 2004.
- 93 percent of teenagers believe that teens should be given a strong message from society to abstain from sex until at least after high school. Abstinence Until Marriage: The Best Message for Teens, Bridget E. Maher. Family Research Council, 7 September 2004.
- The number of teens having sex has declined by 16% over the last decade. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. November 2004. www.cdc.gov
- 58 percent of females and 40% of males ages 13-19 say they up their confidence level by changing their appearance. USA Today Snapshots, Rebecca Johnson and Alejandro Gonzalez.
21 October, 2004.
- Among boys 15-17, virginity rates rose from 57% in 1995 to 69% in 2004. For girls the same age, virginity was up from 62% to 70%. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. www.cdc.gov. December 2004.
- Girls see over 400 advertisements per day telling them how they should look. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. www.cdc.gov
- In 2002, about 47% of female teenagers (4.6 million), and about 46% of male teenagers (4.7 million) had had sexual intercourse at least once. Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, 2002. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC. December 2004.
- The percent of never-married males aged 15-19 who ever had sexual intercourse declined significantly between 1995 and 2002, from 55 to 46 percent. Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, 2002. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC.
December 2004.
- Among the 5.5 million male and 5.2 million female teens who had not yet had sex, the main reasons for not having sex was that it was “against religion or morals” Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, 2002. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC.
December 2004.
- In 2002, 30% of female teens aged 15-17 and 31% of male teens this age range had had sex, down from 38% and 43% respectively. Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, 2002. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC. December 2004.
- A study from The Journal of the American Medical Association that enrolled 2,117 teenage girls and women ages 15-24 revealed that those who received emergency contraceptive pills in advance were nearly twice as likely to use them as other participants. Study: Sex habits unchanged by emergency pill. USA Today.
5 January, 2005.
- Nearly 3 in 10 (27%) 13-16 year olds are sexually active. Nearly 3 in 10 young teens ‘sexually active.’ NBC News, PEOPLE Magazine Poll, 19 January 2005.
- The first “map” of teen sexual behavior has found a chain of 288 one-to-one sexual relationships at a high school in the U.S. Midwest, meaning the teenager at the end of the chain may have had direct sexual contact with only one person, but indirect contact with 286 others. Sex Map Shows Chain of Almost 300 High School Lovers, Maggie Fox. Reuters, 24 January, 2005.
- 34 percent of surveyed church members were worried about teen sex, and one-third worried about sex outside marriage. Sex in the Body of Christ, Lauren F. Winner. Christianity Today, May 2005.
- Sexual intercourse among high school students was more common among African American teens (67.3%) than Hispanic (51.4%) and white (41.8%) teens. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Youth risk behavior surveillance—United States, 2003. MMWR Surveillance Summaries, 2004.
- About 30% of African American teens reported a history of four or more sexual partners compared to approximately 16% of Hispanic teens and 11% of white teens. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Youth risk behavior surveillance—United States, 2003. MMWR Surveillance Summaries, 2004.
- Almost half of high school students nationwide and about 62% of students in the twelfth-grade have had sexual intercourse. State of the Nation: Challenges Facing STD Prevention in Youth. American Social Health Association, 2005.
- The Kaiser Family Foundation found 60% of teens cited “many of their friends had already done it” as a factor influencing their decision to have sex, and a similar number believed that their peers think having sex by age 15 is socially acceptable.
Sex Smarts: Virginity and the first time, J Davis: Ed. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2003. Teen pregnancy and urban youth: competing truths, complacency, and perceptions of the problem, Gallup-Black A and Wietzman BC. Journal of Adolescent Health, 2004.
- Certain motives for sex, including pleasure and enjoyment (more common among male adolescents) were related to greater sexual risk-taking compared to motives such as intimacy, strengthening emotional bonds, or love. Perceived STD risk, relationship, and health values in adolescents’ delaying sexual intercourse with new partners, Rosengard C, et al. Sexually transmitted Infections, 2004.
- Teenage “dating” websites that boast millions of members encourage teenage patrons to select not prom dates but partners for casual sexual escapades. Sex in the Body of Christ, Lauren F. Winner. Christianity Today, May 2005.
- Fifty-two percent of American women have sex before turning 18, and 75% have sex before they get married. Sex in the Body of Christ, Lauren F. Winner. Christianity Today, May 2005.
- According to a 2002 study by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Seventeen magazine, more than a quarter of 15 to 17-year-old girls say that sexual intercourse is “almost always” or “most of the time” part of a “casual relationship.” Sex in the Body of Christ, Lauren F. Winner. Christianity Today, May 2005.
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