This survey shows the results of a survey among American teenagers aged 12 to 19 years regarding their first time. They were aked if they wished to have waited longer in retrospect. As of 2012, 53 percent of the male respondents wish they would have waited longer, whereas the percentage for the female respondents amounted to 67 percent.
Teenagers : If you have had sexual intercourse, do you wish you had waited longer?
(United States, 2012)
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The National Campaign. (August 1, 2011). Teenagers : If you have had sexual intercourse, do you wish you had waited longer? (United States, 2012) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/245883/us-teens-thoughts-on-having-waited-longer-for-their-first-sexual-intercourse/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
The National Campaign. "Teenagers : If you have had sexual intercourse, do you wish you had waited longer? (United States, 2012)." Chart. August 1, 2011. Statista. Accessed March 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/245883/us-teens-thoughts-on-having-waited-longer-for-their-first-sexual-intercourse/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
The National Campaign. (2011). Teenagers : If you have had sexual intercourse, do you wish you had waited longer? (United States, 2012). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/245883/us-teens-thoughts-on-having-waited-longer-for-their-first-sexual-intercourse/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
The National Campaign. "Teenagers : If You Have Had Sexual Intercourse, Do You Wish You Had Waited Longer? (United States, 2012)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/245883/us-teens-thoughts-on-having-waited-longer-for-their-first-sexual-intercourse/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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