Michigan YRBS Reports

2001 Michigan Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)

Sexual Behaviors Fact Sheet

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Of Vital Concern

Early sexual activity is associated with unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including HIV infection, and negative effects on social and psychological development. Number of sexual partners and age at first intercourse are associated with increased risk for STDs. Alcohol and other drug use may serve as predisposing factors for initiation of sexual activity and unprotected sexual intercourse. AIDS is the ninth leading cause of death for youth aged 15-25. Use of latex condoms by males, when used consistently and correctly, are highly effective in reducing the risk of HIV infection and other STDs. Pregnancies that occur during adolescence place both mothers and infants at risk for lifelong social and economic disadvantages. In 1995, almost one million teenage girls in the United States became pregnant and just over 243,000 teenagers obtained abortions. In 1998, among female youth aged 15-19, nearly 390,000 gave birth and the birth rate was 51.1 per 1,000. Sixty-six percent of all births among teenagers are the result of unintended pregnancy.

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2001 Survey Results

	Six out of ten students had never had sexual intercourse (Figure 1).
	Significantly more twelfth grade students than ninth grade students reported having sexual intercourse, multiple partners, recent sex, and use of birth control pills (Figure 2 and 3).
	Significantly more twelfth grade students than ninth grade students reported having sexual intercourse, multiple partners, recent sex, and use of birth control pills (Figures 2 and 3).
	Although nine in ten students had been taught about AIDS or HIV infection in school, significantly fewer black students than white students and fewer ninth graders than eleventh graders reported receiving this instruction.
	Nearly twice as many females as males had been physically forced to have sexual intercourse, with one in ten students reporting this experience (Figure 5).
	Females were nearly three times as likely as males to have had first sexual intercourse with a partner who was three or more years older, and they were four times as likely to have had first sex with someone five or more years older.
	Males and ninth graders were more likely than females and twelfth graders to have abstained from sex in the previous three months.
	Males were more likely than females to have used a condom with their partner during last sexual intercourse.
	Five times as many black students as white students first had sexual intercourse prior to age 13 (Figure 6).
	Black students were more likely than white students to have had recent sex and four or more partners during their lives.
	White students were three times as likely as black students to have used birth control pills during last sexual intercourse.
	Three times as many black students and five times as many Hispanic students as white students had been pregnant or gotten someone pregnant.

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