SEX STATISTICS - Pornography and Children

The following statistics are from The National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Familes, and can be found at www.nationalcoalition.org

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Pornography and Children

• One in five children ages 10-17 have received a sexual solicitation over the Internet.  The Web's Dark Secret.  Newsweek, 19 March, 2001.
• Three million of the visitors to adult websites in September 2000 were age 17 or younger.  NetValue Report on Minors Online.  Business Wire, 19 December, 2000.
• One in four children who use the Internet are exposed to unwanted sexual material.  Your Children & Pornography: A guide for Parents, Tom Buford.  Tommera Press, 2001.
• 79 percent of Americans say the government should do something about the potential for dangerous strangers to make contact with children.  Survey Shows Widespread Enthusiasm for High Technology.  NPR Online.  www.npr.org 1999.
• One in 17 children ages 10-17 were threatened or harassed over the Internet in 2000.  Report Statistical Highlights.  National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Crimes Against Children, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000.
• 70 percent of sexual advances over the Internet happened while youngsters were on a home computer.  One in Five Kids Has Been Propositioned for Cybersex.  Legal Facts.  Vol. 2, No. 3, 2000.
• 21 percent of teens say they have looked at something on the Internet that they wouldn’t want their parents to know
  A World of Their Own.  Newsweek, 8 May 2000.
• A survey of 600 households conducted by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children found that 20% of parents do not know any of their children’s Internet passwords, instant messaging nicknames or email addresses.  Ads target online victimization of children.  USA Today, 20 May 2004.
• Only 5% of parents recognized the acronym POS (parent over shoulder) and only 1% could identify WTGP (want to go private?), both of which are used frequently by teens when instant messaging Ads target online victimization of children.
  USA Today, 20 May 2004.
• Incidents of child sexual exploitation have risen from 4,573 in 1998 to 112,083 in 2004, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Reports of child exploitation up.  USA Today Snapshots, 17 February, 2005.
• 96 percent of kids have gone online; 74% having access at home and 61% use the Internet on a typical day.  Kids stay connected, USA Today Snapshots.  5 January, 2004.
• Twenty percent of youths received sexual solicitations. Eighty-nine percent of sexual solicitations of youths were made in chat rooms
  Internet Pornography Statistics.  Internet Filter Review, 2004.
• The average age of first Internet exposure to pornography is 11 years old.  Internet Pornography Statistics.  Internet Filter Review, 2004.
• The largest consumer of Internet pornography is the 12-17 age group.  Internet Pornography Statistics.  Internet Filter Review, 2004.
• Child pornography generates $3 billion annually.  Internet Pornography Statistics.  Internet Filter Review, 2004.