Trends Among Sexually Experienced Female Teens. Cohorts are defined as those females who turned 20 in the specific time period presented. Trends Among Sexually Experienced Male Teens. The percentage of male teens who were sexually experienced has also increased for male adolescents over age 14. Differences by Age.
Age is the most important correlate of teen sexual experience.
The pattern of more teenagers having had sex as age increases is reflected in the data for 1995 as well. Differences by Gender. Until very recently, more teen males than females reported having had intercourse by a given age. Caution should be exercised in interpreting these differences, however, since the data for males and females come from different surveys. Differences by Race.