Report: More young teens, pre-teens engage in sexual activity

Over ten percent of young teenagers are having sex, according to a large study of adolescents in Texas. Researchers at the University of Texas surveyed over 1,200 teens on their sexual activity, asking whether they engaged in vaginal, oral or anal sex. By age 12 over 12 percent of students had engaged in vaginal sex, nearly eight percent had oral sex and seven percent had anal sex. A total of 1,279 seventh-grade students (57.3% female, 43.6% black, and 41.8% Hispanic), mean age 12.5 years from 10 middle schools in a large southeastern U.S. public school district completed a cross-sectional survey using audio computer-assisted self-interviews. One-third of those kids did not use a condom, and one-fourth had four or more partners.

source: Article 'Report: More young teens, pre-teens engage in sexual activity'; www.ksdk.com/news/health/story.aspx?storyid=172271&catid=9; ksdk.com (NBC); 10 April 2009