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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