A study of 4,976 high-school students in Israel, representative of this age group for the entire country except for 13 percent who attend religious schools, revealed that about one-third of the boys aged 14-15 and almost one-half of those in the 16-17 age category have had sexual intercourse. The respective figures for girls are 6 percent and 16 percent. Age at onset of sexual activity was found to be higher and the level of knowledge about the same as in reports from the Western world. Students of Oriental origin, as well as those considering themselves religious or traditional tended to be less active sexually, more conservative in Throughout the world pregnancy and childbearing are occurring at younger ages, and adolescents are entering the cycle of human reproduction without adequate preparation.1-5 Only a few comprehensive reports on sexual knowledge/attitudes/practice (KAP) in adolescents have been published, and those that have appeared were usually based on relatively small samples, some comprising less than 500 individuals.6-13Israel is geographically and culturally in a mid-position between the developed and the developing countries; in addition its population is of very mixed ethnic origin. The sexual KAP of adolescents in this country should therefore be of special interest.The present study was undertaken under the auspices of the Center of Demography in the Prime Minister's Office. In addition to its general interest, study results were to be used in the construction of a sex education curriculum in Israeli schools. The full results were published in the form of a booklet in 1974.14 This article is an abbreviated version of
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