“…The mean age at the first sexual intercourse was similar to the age found by other Brazilian studies (Dallo & Martins, 2018;Oliveira, Béria, & Schermann, 2014;Silva, Lourdes, Barroso, & Guedes, 2015), as well as by international studies (Espada et al, 2014;Ruiz et al, 2015;Young, Burke, & Gabhainn, 2018). In addition, there were no gender-related differences for any of the variables investigated and the age of sexual debut was similar between boys and girls, contrary to other studies reporting a tendency for boys to initiate sexual activity earlier (Moura et al, 2013;Puente et al, 2011;Silva et al, 2015).…”