Figures on sexual boundary violations
The number of young people who say they have ever experienced sexual boundary violations has increased. Four percent of boys and twenty percent of girls say they have at some point been forced to engage in sexual acts they did not want. In 2017, these figures were two percent and twelve percent, respectively. More than half of the girls (54 percent) and one in four boys (23 percent) have experienced physical sexual boundary violations: ranging from unwanted touching to all forms of sex against their will. In 2017, these figures were 48 percent and 18 percent, respectively. This is despite the fact that most young people (94 percent) say they are always certain that the other person also wants to have sex. Ten percent of young people say they do not always check this. They usually give as the reason that they know this without checking.
Growing group that does not use contraception
The study also shows that the group that does not use contraception is growing. One in five girls who have ever had vaginal sex did not use contraception in 2023. In 2012, this was one in eleven. More than half of the girls who do not use contraception do not want to use hormones.
Condom use among young people is also continuing to decline. In 2017, nearly three-quarters of young people still used a condom during their first vaginal sex. In 2023, this had fallen to two-thirds.
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