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In 2005, 46.8 percent of high school students
reported ever having had sexual intercourse, representing a slight
increase since 2003. Although non-Hispanic Black students were most
likely to report ever having sexual intercourse (67.6 percent),
they were also most likely to report condom use during their last
sexual encounter (68.9 percent of sexually active students). Hispanic
students were second most likely to report ever having had sexual
intercourse (51.0 percent), followed by non-Hispanic White students
(41.8 percent), and non-Hispanic students of other races (36.4 percent).
Almost half of all 12th grade students reported
having sexual intercourse in the 3 months preceding the survey.
Among 9th grade students, more males were currently sexually active
than females (24.5 percent versus 19.5 percent). However, by 12th
grade, females were more likely to be currently sexually active
than males (51.7 percent versus 47.0 percent). More than half of
all high school students reported that they had never had sexual
intercourse.
In 2005, 62.8 percent of sexually active students
reported using a condom during their last sexual encounter, representing
a slight decrease since 2003. Males were more likely to report using
condoms than females in every grade, and younger students were more
likely than older students (74.5 and 65.3 percent of 9th and 10th
graders, compared to 61.7 and 55.4 percent of 11th and 12th graders,
respectively).
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Pie Chart: Sexual Activity Among High School Students:
2005
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Vertical Stacked Bar Chart: Condom Use Among Sexually
Active High School Students, by Grade: 2005
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