British teens are the
most sexually active in Europe, according to a
study.British teenagers are
the most sexually active in Europe and children should be taught about
contraception to stem the problem of teenage pregnancies, a report
published on Monday said。
A study by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) found that
38 percent of British 15-year-olds had had sex in the period from 2001-2.
That compared to just 15 percent in Poland, 16 percent in Spain and was
also far greater than the countries with the second highest proportion -
Sweden, Finland and Germany。
In addition Britain had the highest rate of teenage births, an average
of 26 live births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19.
Sexually related diseases such as Chlamydia and herpes had also risen
amongst young people, with one in three 15-year-olds admitting they didn't
use condoms。
Last month the British government said it would target "hot spot" areas
for teenage pregnancies and encourage local authorities to focus their
efforts on cutting the numbers。
But the IPPR said despite previous government initiatives, progress had
been slow. It called for all children to be taught about the importance of
contraception in their last year at primary school, when they are 10 or 11
years old。
Julia Margo, senior research fellow for the IPPR, said there had been a
dramatic fall in the last 50 years in the average age people first had
sex。
"The proportion of young people who are sexually active before the
age of consent has risen from
less than one percent to 25 percent," she said。
"Our education system must respond in
kind and start teaching children about the risks involved
in sex before they even consider taking those risks."
(Agencies)
本周一公布的一項調(diào)查報告顯示，在歐洲，英國青少年的性行為最為活躍。對此，英國應及早教育孩子們?nèi)绾伪茉�，以防止青少年早孕現(xiàn)象的發(fā)生。
公共政策研究所進行的一項研究表明，在15歲的英國少年中，有38%的人在2001年至2002年這一年中發(fā)生過性行為。
這一比例在波蘭和西班牙分別為15%和16%。瑞典、芬蘭和德國的青少年性行為發(fā)生比例排第二，但也遠不及英國。
此外，英國的青少年生育率最高，在每1000個15至19歲的少女中，平均有26個活產(chǎn)。
另外，感染衣原體疾病及皰疹等性病的青少年增多。在15歲的青少年中，有三分之一承認他們在發(fā)生性行為時沒有使用安全套。
英國政府上月表示，政府將重點治理青少年早孕的“高發(fā)地區(qū)”，并會敦促當?shù)卣辛α拷鉀Q這一問題。
公共政策研究所說，盡管政府已開始“行動”，但進展很緩慢。研究所呼吁，應對10歲或11歲的孩子，也就是在孩子們上小學最后一年時，開始宣傳安全性行為的重要性。
研究所高級研究員茱麗亞·瑪格說，在過去50年中，英國青少年初次性行為的平均年齡有很大下降。
她說：“在合法年齡前發(fā)生性行為的青少年比率從不到1%上升到25%。”
“因此，我們的教育體系必須做出相應調(diào)整，應及早對孩子們進行相關教育，讓他們認識到不安全性行為存在的風險。”
Vocabulary:
age of
consent: 合法年齡
in
kind: 以同樣的方法
y life。是他毀了我。)
