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 high school students admitted to having sex without a condom. Teens, Sex, & the Media. Media Scope. 2001.
- Among students reporting sexual intercourse in the past three months, 43% of Hispanic teens and 37% of white teens did not use a condom at last sexual intercourse compared to only 27% of African American teens. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Youth risk behavior surveillance—United States, 2003. MMWR Surveillance Summaries, 2004.
- One in three teens say they can get free condoms on a regular basis. Only 4% go to parents or relatives for condoms. Forty percent of these teens get their condoms from clinics, 16% from friends, and 14% from school. Where teens get free condoms. USA Today Snapshots.
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