Sexual behaviour in Britain: early heterosexual experience
The LancetPublished 1 December 2001
Kaye Wellings, Kiran Nanchahal, Wendy Macdowall, Sally McManus, Bob Erens, Catherine H Mercer
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The increase in the proportion of women reporting first intercourse before age 16 years does not appear to have continued throughout the past decade, and only a small minority of teenagers have unprotected first intercourse, and early motherhood is more strongly associated with educational level than with family background.
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The increase in the proportion of women reporting first intercourse before age 16 years does not appear to have continued throughout the past decade. Only a small minority of teenagers have unprotected first intercourse, and early motherhood is more strongly associated with educational level than with family background. Factors most strongly associated with risk behaviour and adverse outcomes have considerable potential for preventive intervention.
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