U.S. teens less worried about pregnancy: survey
Wed Jun 2, 2010 1:03pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American teenagers are using condoms more when they have sex but some may be losing their fear of pregnancy, according to a government survey released on Wednesday.
The survey on teen sex found that 95 percent of 15- to 19-year-olds who had ever had sex had used a condom at least once. But it also found that just 12 percent of boys who had avoided sex did so because they feared getting a girl pregnant.
"Attitude measures show that most teens are motivated to avoid a pregnancy," the report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics reads.
But it showed those fears fading as attitudes change toward having children outside of marriage. Only 47 percent of unmarried teen males said they would be "very upset" if they got a partner pregnant, while 58 percent females would.
The NCHS researchers sat down in the homes of 2,767 teens across the United States to get detailed data on sexual behavior.
They found that 42 percent of 15- to 19-year-old girls had ever had sex and 43 percent of boys, which they said was not a significant change from 2002.
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I have to wonder if perhaps there is another reason, not mentioned in this survey and perhaps intentionally not raised in the questioning.
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