Pure & Simple Health Education: Accountibility

Pure and Simple Teens

Young people get their information about sex and relationships from a variety of sources. These sources often conflict with more traditional ideas about marriage, family, and sexual abstinence...read more

Professionals

The current study sought "to determine whether higher self-esteem and higher academic performance among youths reduced the likelihood of early sexual intercourse and illegal substance use...read more

Pure and Simple Young Adults

The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) showed an uptick in abstinence among 15- to-24-year-olds. It revealed 29.9 percent of men had not had any sexual contact ever...read more

Pure and Simple Parenting

Parents can only pass on to their children the best possible living arrangement in which the family finds itself. To show love and concern for each family member without hurting the others...read more

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

CDC Data Shows Majority of Teens are NOT Doing it!

New data released by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) confirm that the majority of teens are not having sex. According to 2006-2008 survey results released yesterday (3/3/11) by the National Center for Health Statistics, 68% of boys and 67% of girls (age 15-17) have never had sexual intercourse.

And overall sexual contact trends are also moving in the right direction with 53% of boys and 58%of girls (age 15-17) reporting that they have never had oral, anal, or vaginal sex with anyone. This is a positive change from 2002 when only 46% of boys and 49% of girls reported no sexual contact - this according to a USA Today article analyzing the findings yesterday.

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