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Stats about teen sex in US and Holland

Teen sex in US and Holland

Teenage birth rates, 2007

Netherlands: 5.2 births per 1,000 girls

United States: 42.5 births per 1,000 girls

(Hamilton, Martin, & Ventura, 2009)

United States (2009 CDC survey)

46% of US high school students say they have had sexual intercourse

When asked about their last sexual intercourse,

39% said they did not use a condom

77% said they did not use hormonal birth control

22% said they used drugs or alcohol before having sex

Netherlands

61% of sexually active 15-year-old girls used birth control pill at last intercourse (2006/2007 survey)

81% of females and 66% of males reported that their last intercourse was with a partner in a monogamous, loving relationship (2005 survey of Dutch youth, 12-25)

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