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Date Posted: 15:44:45 07/04/00 Tue
Author: Anonymous
Subject: sexual relations

Nearly two-thirds of teens who say they've had sexual relations in the past would opt to wait at least until they finished high school if they had it all to do over again.
According to a survey conducted last month by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and released Sunday, 63 percent of teenaged boys and girls who said they have had sexual intercourse now wish they had waited until they were older.

Of that overall figure, 55 percent of boys and over 72 percent of girls asked said they wish they had waited longer to have sex. And, the survey said, most older teens -- 58 percent of those aged 15 to 17 years old -- wish they had waited.

One quarter of teens -- or about 24 percent -- said young adults should practice abstinence and should not be granted access to birth control, while 21 percent said it's OK for teens to be sexually active, as long as birth control is available and used.

Regarding who influenced their decisions about sex the most, more teens -- 37 percent -- said parents did, the highest category of respondents. Thirty percent said that friends influenced their sexual decision-making the most. An equal percentage -- 11 percent -- said the media and their religious communities are the most influential.

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