More Australian teenagers are sexually active and for one-third it’s unwanted

Exclusive: national survey of young people also finds fewer than half used a condom during their most recent sexual experience

More young Australians are sexually active than in previous years and while many of them report positive experiences, a national survey of high school students found condom use is falling and there are still high rates of unwanted sex.

The seventh federally funded national survey of Australian secondary students and sexual health on Thursday published findings of its survey of 6,841 students from years 9 to 12 in government, Catholic and independent schools throughout 2021.

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