Percentage of teens receiving formal education regarding birth control:
1995 – 87%
2002 – 70%
Percentage of teens receiving abstinence-only sex education (no information regarding contraception):
1995 – 8%
2002 – 21% of females, 24% of males
Percentage of sex education instructors teaching abstinence as only way to prevent pregnancy and STIs:
1988 – 2%
1999 – 25%
Percentage of Americans who believe that students should be taught about both abstinence as well as other methods of preventing pregnancy and STIs:
82%
Source: Alan Guttmacher Institute
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