"Secondary Students and Sexual Health 2008 : Results of the 4th National Survey of Australian Secondary Students, HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health" has just been released by the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society at La Trobe University. 3000 students from Year 10 and Year 12 from 100 diverse schools were surveyed and results compared to the previous survey in 2002.
Students had a steady understanding of HIV, an increasing understanding of STIs and a "woefully inadequate" knowledge of cervical cancer and HPV. 78% of students surveyed had experienced some kind of sexual activity. In 2002 28% of young women reported ever having unwanted sex and in 2008 this figure had increased to 38%. Other results from this study relate to contraceptives, promiscuity and homosexuality.
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