One in four males report being in a physical fight in the past month. Almost one in ten teens have been threatened with a weapon on school property in the past year. HIV Risk Factors. Over two-thirds of all teens report no behaviors which put them at risk for HIV infection. Two-thirds of sexually active teens use condoms.
Males are more likely to report the use of condoms than females.
Among sexually active teens, nearly two-thirds are at higher risk for HIV infection. More teens are unsure about their parents attitudes toward teen sex than are unsure about their parent's attitudes toward teen drinking and teen tobacco use. Teens who are unsure about their parent's attitude toward these behaviors are much more likely to engage in the behaviors than teens who believe their parents think the activities are wrong. Teens are much more likely to talk with their mother than their father on a wide range of issues from personal problems to the dangers of drinking and doing drugs, from career and education plans for the future to whether it is okay for teens to have sex. Approximately one-tenth of teens have run away from home and stayed away over night during the past year.