Myths About Teenage Sexuality Dispelled: Average Age Of First Sex Has Not Changed in 50 Years

Young Teens Not Having Sex by Kathleen Struck.  MedPage Today.  April 1, 2013.

The Guttmacher Institute indicated that "concerns about substantial levels of sexual activity among young adolescents are unfounded."  The median age for first-time sex over the past 50 years has not fallen beneath age 17.  The article traces the patterns of contraception use as teens age and finds no link between providing reproductive health information and increased sexual risk-taking.