Love Most Popular Reason For Teens To Have Sex
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Love Most Popular Reason For Teens To Have Sex
Survey Finds Details Of Sexual Behavior
POSTED: 4:36 pm EDT September 6, 2005
Forty-two percent of teenagers who say they are virgins are waiting to meet the right person, according to a study by Teen People magazine.
The publication surveyed more than 4,000 virgins and 1,500 non-virgins between the ages of 12 and 24, asking different questions to each group.
Forty-two percent of those who are sexually active say they are in love.
Thirty-nine percent of the virgins have taken a pledge to save sex for marriage. Only 6 percent of that group said they have given and received oral sex.
Among those who are sexually active, 41 percent of the girls started having sex at 13 or 14; 35 percent started at 15 or 16, and 23 percent began at 17 or 18.
Sixty-four percent said they were happy about their decision, though only 34 percent of the girls are still with their first partners.
Sixty-five percent said that their parents still think they are virgins.
Thirty-two percent say they use condoms every time, but 13 percent never do
