New York - The survey of sexual behavior among young people in the United States shows a change from earlier traditions. The survey titled "Ultimate College Girl Survey" dihajat by HerCampus.com, an online community for female students, showing its age a woman decides to have sex is increasing. The survey was conducted during the academic year 2011-2012 and involved nearly 2,600 participants aged between 17 and 23.
According to the survey, 69 percent of those surveyed said that they do not lose their virginity until 18 years of age, while 43 percent of respondents declared themselves still a virgin at the time of the survey.
For those respondents who had had sex, 12.3 percent lost their virginity at the age of 17 years. Meanwhile, 9.5 percent said that their first sexual intercourse at the age of 16 years.
Participants came from 677 different schools in the United States. "The delay in sex surveys HerCampus.com a new finding," said Laura Lindberg, senior researcher at Guttmache, r in Self Magazine.
He stated many reasons coeds keep her virginity. He mentioned race, income and education of parents as a potential factor of their decision to postpone sex. On the other hand, the negative stigma of a woman who was a virgin at a certain age also started to fade in the community.
The results of this study support previous research that was launched Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States. According to their research, young girls waiting longer to have their first sexual experience. The first time in decades, the proportion of adolescents 15-19 years of sexually active declined from 51 percent in 1988 to 43 percent in 2006-2010. In fact, for men, the CDC data showed a larger decline, from 60 percent in 1988 to 42 percent in 2006-2010.
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