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Home Is Where the Action Is
"Kids no longer need to drive to lookout point to have sex," said Sarah Brown, Director of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. "The data suggests that adults may be in the house." |
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- By the time students are in the ninth grade, 34 percent have had sexual intercourse. That rises to 60 percent by 12th grade.
- Of those surveyed in 2000, 56 percent said they first had sex at their family's home or at the home of their partner's family.
- Another 12 percent had their first sex at a friend's house; 9 percent at a teen's own home; 4 percent in a truck or car; 3 percent at a park or other outdoor place and 3 percent at a hotel or motel. Ten percent said someplace else.
- It was found that 42 percent of teens said their first sexual encounter was at night, between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Another 28 percent said it was in the evening, between 6-10 p.m.
- Just 15 percent said it was in the late afternoon, between 3-6 p.m.
- Researchers reported that teen girls who are close to their moms are more likely to stay virgins. That report, by researchers at the University of Minnesota, also found that half of mothers of sexually active teens didn't realize their children were having sex. Further, while the vast majority of mothers strongly disapprove of their teenager's having sex, large numbers of teens don't realize how their moms feel.
- The findings reinforce earlier research that parents can have a significant impact on their children's decisions about sex, Brown said.
- The report, by researchers at Child Trends, is based on a national teen survey that has been tracking about 8,000 teens since 1997.
- By the time students are in the ninth grade, 34 percent have had sexual intercourse. That rises to 60 percent by 12th grade.
- Of those surveyed in 2000, 56 percent said they first had sex at their family's home or at the home of their partner's family.
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