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To what extent does socio-economic background affects sexual life of teenagers?
This research from teenagers to teenagers aims to present how social and educational environments affect young adults' sexual life. In addition to this, it is also intended to show other teenagers why they should not be afraid to talk about what they care about (after all, it worries not only them).
The overview of the participants
As you can see from the diagram above, teenagers from developed countries experience problems in their sexual life 2.1% less frequently than their peers from developing countries
We will now examine groups from 2 different economical regions separately
The Analysis of responses from developing countries
The majority of sexually active participants from developing countries have constant partner
To be exact:
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79% with a constant partner
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21% without a constant partner
On average, if teenagers do not have a partner, they face 2% more problems compared to those with partner
The most interesting points:
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Around 37% of respondents from each relationship statuses feel ashamed of their bodies
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More teenagers with no constant partner suffer from dissatisfaction (+16.8%) and experience fear of not satisfying their partner (+12%)
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In addition, participants with a lot of sexual partners experience discomfort during intercourse more frequently (+7.5%)
The majority of sexually inactive participants from developing countries do not have constant partner
To be exact:
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95% without
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5% with
On average, if teenagers do not have a partner and are sexually INACTIVE, they face 8% more problems compared to those with partner
Those are the most important points:
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On average, teenagers from this category 39% more likely to feel ashamed of their bodies
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Sexually INACTIVE teenagers without constant partner tend to be less sexually attracted and being less interested in sex, +11% and +8.55% respectively
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In addition, on average, they tend to be 16% more afraid of getting pregnant and/or getting an STD and not satisfying their partner
The Analysis of responses from developed countries
On average, if teenagers do not have a partner, they face 7.5% more problems compared to those with partner
Interestingly:
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Much higher percentage of respondents without constant partner experience pressure from their partners (+34.5%) and feel ashamed of their bodies (+28.1%) in comparision to teenagers with constant partner
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Furthermore, they are 27% more afraid of getting pregnant / getting STD, 23.4% less interested in sex and 28.9% more afraid of not satisfying their partners
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However, teenagers with constant partner are 22.2% less satisfied with their partners, additionally, 33.3% do not get an orgasm (for half of the respondents it is not a problem)
On average, if teenagers do not have a partner and are sexually INACTIVE, they face 18.57% more problems compared to those with partner
The majority of sexually active participants from developed countries have constant partner
To be exact:
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78% with a constant partner
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22% without a constant partner
The majority of sexually inactive participants from developed countries do not have constant partner
To be exact:
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7% with a constant partner
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93% without a constant partner
Contraception in use
Overall, the majority of respondents from both developing and developed countries use condoms. However birth control pills are more popular among teenagers from developed countries
Surprisingly, teenagers from developed countries face "environmental" obsticals much more often
