Abstinence Among High Schoolers
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2 min readJul 7, 2015
From 2001 to 2011, the percentage of 12th grade students who had ever had sex increased by 2.6 percentage points.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance — 2011,” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, June 8, 2012, Table 63, “Percentage of high school students who ever had sexual intercourse and who had sexual intercourse for the first time before age 13 years, by sex, race/ethnicity, and grade — United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1991–2011, (accessed June 3, 2014).
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