Though films, television shows, online sources and other media may give the impression that teen sexual activity is commonplace, research paints a different picture.
- Most teenagers are already abstaining from sex, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control.
- Fifty-eight percent of never-married teenage girls and 57 percent of never-married teenage boys have never had sex, according to the latest CDC figures (from 2008).
- Seventy-six percent of the girls, and 80 percent of the boys, told surveyors that they had not had sex within the last 30 days.
In 1988, the percentage of teens with sexual experience peaked at 51percent, and has been declining ever since.
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Posted By: Aspen Education Group
