Sexual activity
Most young people in Years 10 and 12 are sexually active to varying degrees. Selected statistics include:
• About one in four Year 10 students and half of all Year 12 students have had vaginal intercourse.
• Of the young people who had ever had sex, about half of the males and 61% of the females had at least one sexual partner in the last year.
• Between 15% and 19% had two sexual partners in the last year.
• 37.3% of Year 10 students and 56.7% of Year 12 students have engaged in oral sex.
• The most recent sexual encounter for about two thirds of young people was with their regular girlfriend or boyfriend.
• The most recent sexual encounter for 10.8% of teenagers was with someone they had met for the first time, with higher figures for males (18.1%) than females (4.6%).
• Students in Year 10 are more likely to have had their most recent sexual encounter with someone they met for the first time (15%) than students in Year 12 (7.6%).