A new report says most sexually active teenagers don’t regularly use condoms.
According to a survey by Child Trends research center, about 47 percent of teenage boys who had sexual intercourse in the year before they responded to the survey, said they used condoms while only 28 percent of girls said a condom was used when they had sex, according to USA Today.
The study conducted by the non-profit group analyzed government data on unmarried teens between 15 and 19 collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2002.
Jennifer Manlove, who co-authored the report, said teens generally use condoms during their first sexual experiences, but as they become more experienced, they switch to other methods of birth control.
Amber Madison, the 22-year-old author of the upcoming book “Hooking Up: A Girl’s Guide to Sex and Sexuality,” speculated that teenage boys having one night stands are more likely to use condoms, while sex with girlfriends would likely not involve condoms.
The report also shows that Hispanic girls are least likely to use contraception. It said that whether it was first time sex or most recent sex, they used contraception just 36 percent of the time. By comparison, blacks used protection 57 percent of the time while whites used it 72 percent.
