Age at first experience of intercourse among Norwegian adolescents: A lifestyle perspective

First sexual intercourse: age, coercion, and later regrets reported by a birth cohort

“…In New Zealand we have observed a crossover in the past 20 years, with more women than men now having first intercourse before age 18 1. This has also been observed in Norway13 and Sweden14 but not in the United States 15…”

First sexual intercourse: age, coercion, and later regrets reported by a birth cohort

“…In New Zealand we have observed a crossover in the past 20 years, with more women than men now having first intercourse before age 18 1. This has also been observed in Norway13 and Sweden14 but not in the United States 15…”

Trends in teenage fertility, abortion, and pregnancy rates in Iceland compared with other Nordic countries, 1976–99

“…The age of sexual debut has been reduced from a median age of first intercourse of 17 years for men and 18 years for women born in 1942–52 to 15 years for men and 15.5 years for women born in 1973–79 (29). This is younger than in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark where the median age was approximately 18 years for men and 17 years for women in Norway and Sweden, and 16.9 and 16.8, respectively, in Denmark (30–32). In Finland, less than one‐third of 9th‐grade students (mean age 15.8 years) had experienced sexual intercourse (33).…”

Sexual socialization and motives for intercourse among Norwegian adolescents

“…The median age at first intercourse in Norway is currently 17.3 years for girls and 18.0 years for boys (Kraft, 1991). That girls have their first sexual intercourse at an earlier age than boys is typical of the Nordic countries since the late 1950s (Zetterberg, 1969;Engen and Walloe, 1978;Noack and Ostby, 1981;Lewin, 1982;Sundet et al, 1992).…”

First sexual intercourse: age, coercion, and later regrets reported by a birth cohort

“…In New Zealand we have observed a crossover in the past 20 years, with more women than men now having first intercourse before age 18 1. This has also been observed in Norway13 and Sweden14 but not in the United States 15…”

Trends in teenage fertility, abortion, and pregnancy rates in Iceland compared with other Nordic countries, 1976–99

“…The age of sexual debut has been reduced from a median age of first intercourse of 17 years for men and 18 years for women born in 1942–52 to 15 years for men and 15.5 years for women born in 1973–79 (29). This is younger than in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark where the median age was approximately 18 years for men and 17 years for women in Norway and Sweden, and 16.9 and 16.8, respectively, in Denmark (30–32). In Finland, less than one‐third of 9th‐grade students (mean age 15.8 years) had experienced sexual intercourse (33).…”

Sexual socialization and motives for intercourse among Norwegian adolescents

“…The median age at first intercourse in Norway is currently 17.3 years for girls and 18.0 years for boys (Kraft, 1991). That girls have their first sexual intercourse at an earlier age than boys is typical of the Nordic countries since the late 1950s (Zetterberg, 1969;Engen and Walloe, 1978;Noack and Ostby, 1981;Lewin, 1982;Sundet et al, 1992).…”

First sexual intercourse: age, coercion, and later regrets reported by a birth cohort

“…In New Zealand we have observed a crossover in the past 20 years, with more women than men now having first intercourse before age 18 1. This has also been observed in Norway13 and Sweden14 but not in the United States 15…”

Trends in teenage fertility, abortion, and pregnancy rates in Iceland compared with other Nordic countries, 1976–99

“…The age of sexual debut has been reduced from a median age of first intercourse of 17 years for men and 18 years for women born in 1942–52 to 15 years for men and 15.5 years for women born in 1973–79 (29). This is younger than in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark where the median age was approximately 18 years for men and 17 years for women in Norway and Sweden, and 16.9 and 16.8, respectively, in Denmark (30–32). In Finland, less than one‐third of 9th‐grade students (mean age 15.8 years) had experienced sexual intercourse (33).…”

Sexual socialization and motives for intercourse among Norwegian adolescents

“…The median age at first intercourse in Norway is currently 17.3 years for girls and 18.0 years for boys (Kraft, 1991). That girls have their first sexual intercourse at an earlier age than boys is typical of the Nordic countries since the late 1950s (Zetterberg, 1969;Engen and Walloe, 1978;Noack and Ostby, 1981;Lewin, 1982;Sundet et al, 1992).…”