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Originally Posted by MarchHare
I know of exactly one couple who waited until marriage before having sex. They were also very religious high school sweethearts who married before they turned 20.
Of course, the word "anecdote" is not the singular form of the word "data", so let's try to inject some actual figures into this conversation.
These statistics are from the United States, but I wouldn't expect rates of pre-marital sex amongst Canadians to be significantly different. According to this, 97% of Americans who have ever had sex before the age of 44 have had pre-marital sex.
http://www.publichealthreports.org/u...22-1_73-78.pdf |
The link I posted earlier has some 2006 Canadian info:
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Sex Facts in Canada 2006
Sexual Experience
* The average age both male and female Canadians have sex for the first time is 16.5
* 28% of teens aged 15-17 report having had sexual intercourse at least once. By age 20-24, this increases to 80%
* In a 2005 report, 41% of males aged 15-17 and 39% of those aged 18-19 reported having more than one sexual partner in the previous year.
* For females in the study, 29% of 15-17 year olds and 31% of those aged 18-19 reported having more than one sexual partner in the previous year.
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