Key measures of first sexual experience among sexually active men under age 25, by age at first sex
| Age <15(n = 41) | Age 15–16 (n = 79) | Age 17–19 (n = 64) | Age 20–24 (n = 12) | All ages (n = 197) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Significant differences between groups by age at first sex, based on χ2 test: p⩽0.05. | ||||||||
| †—Indicate no response in that category for that age group. | ||||||||
| First sex: whose idea (%) | ||||||||
| Self | 90.2 | 78.5 | 78.1 | 100.0 | 82.5 | |||
| Partner† | – | 1.3 | 1.6 | – | 1.0 | |||
| Both | 9.8 | 20.2 | 20.3 | 16.5 | ||||
| Feelings about first sexual experience* | ||||||||
| In love | 60.9 | 55.7 | 53.1 | 8.3 | 53.8 | |||
| Peer pressure | 17.1 | 20.3 | 15.6 | 8.3 | 17.6 | |||
| Ready and wanted to have sex | 19.5 | 24.0 | 31.3 | 83.3 | 28.6 | |||
| First partner: type of relationship* | ||||||||
| Steady girlfriend | 73.2 | 82.3 | 95.3 | 100.0 | 86.0 | |||
| Someone I knew a bit† | 26.8 | 17.7 | 4.7 | – | 14.0 | |||