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US Teens, Young Adults 'Doing It' Less, Study Says

ATLANTA - Fewer teens and young adults are having sex, a government survey shows, and theories abound for why they're doing it less. Experts say this generation may be more cautious than their predecessors, more aware of sexually spread diseases. Or perhaps emphasis on abstinence in the past decade has had some...

Why Aren't US Teens Having Babies So Much Anymore?

Is abstinence the new normal? The teen pregnancy rate hit a record low in 2009, according to new data just released by the National Center for Health Statistics. The birth rate last year fell to 39.1 births per 1,000 teens, a decrease of 6 percent from 2008. What's keeping America's teens childless? Surge Desk...

Poll: Baby Boomers Are Confident About Sex

WASHINGTON (Nov. 22) -- Think you know it all when it comes to sex? Well, a majority of the baby boomers think they've learned just about all there is to know on the subject - and more women than men are confident of their knowledge - according to a new Associated Press-LifeGoesStrong.com poll. Among people aged 45 to...

US Unveils Biggest Sex Survey Since 1994

NEW YORK (Oct. 4) -- The male-female orgasm gap. The sex lives of 14-year-olds. An intriguing breakdown of condom usage rates, by age and ethnicity, with teens emerging as more safe-sex-conscious than boomers. That's just a tiny sampling of the data being unveiled Monday in what the researchers say is the largest, most...

CDC: Kids Aren't Learning About Contraceptives in Sex Ed

(Sept. 15) -- One-third of American teens aren't learning about contraceptives during sex education classes, but most of them are getting schooled in "how to say no" to sex. A report on sex education programs for teenagers, issued today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, offers a glimpse into today's...

Background on sex education

Sex education is instruction on issues relating to human sexuality, including human sexual anatomy, sexual reproduction, sexual intercourse, reproductive health, emotional relations, reproductive rights and responsibilities, abstinence, birth control, and other aspects of human sexual behavior.

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