Your first crush. Your first kiss. Your first boyfriend or girlfriend. Your first break up. What a confusing, exciting and scary time in your life, experiencing such a wide range of emotions. Feeling “love” for the first time is invigorating, but can also create an enormous amount of curiosity and maybe even a little fear. The good news, you are not alone! There are teenagers just like you all over the world going through similar things, who share similar feelings and have similar questions.
We will do our best to answer your questions with facts as well as provide you with additional resources for you to know as much as you can. If there is something you would like to know, that is missing from this site, send us an email and ask away!
A few statistics on sexual activity amongst teens:
- Currently 46.8% of all high school students report they have had sexual intercourse. The percentage of high school students who have had sex decreased 13.3% between 1991 and 2005 (54% to 46.8%).
2005 CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance
- Nationwide, 6.2% of high school students had had sexual intercourse for the first time before age 13. Overall, the prevalence of having had sexual intercourse before age 13 was higher among male (8.8%) than female (3.7%) students.
2005 CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance
- Nationwide, 14.3% of high school students had had sexual intercourse with four or more persons during their life. Overall, the prevalence of having had sexual intercourse with four or more persons was higher among male (16.5%) than female (12.0%) students.
2005 CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance
- Among the 33.9% of currently sexually active students nationwide, 62.8% reported that either they or their partner had used a condom during last sexual intercourse. Overall, the prevalence of having used a condom during last sexual intercourse was higher among male (70.0%) than female (55.9%) students.
2005 CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance
- Among the 33.9% of currently sexually active high school students nationwide, 23.3% had drunk alcohol or used drugs before their last sexual intercourse.
2005 CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance
- Fifty-two percent (52%) of teens report that they have sexually active friends.
2005 CASA National Survey
- Youth exposed to sexual content on television were more likely to overestimate the frequency of sexual activity among peers and more likely to have more permissive attitudes toward premarital sex.
2005 ASHA State of the Nation
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