The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found out that there has been a great decline in sexual activity of American teenagers, especially among boys. Teenagers aged 15 to 19 were surveyed and according to the survey, the female teens had more sex than the male teens.

CBS San Francisco reports that this survey shows a significant drop from the sexual activities compared to the American teenagers in the 1980s, stating that this was the lowest in 25 years. The survey says that for females aged 15 to 19, 44 percent of them experienced sex while the males from that same age group reveals that 47 percent of them had sex. The 1988 study has 51 percent of the female teens had sex when they were 15 to 19, while the figures for the male teens were at 60 percent. 

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This significant change, according to Dr. Brooke Bokor, an Adolescent Medicine Specialist at the Children's National Health System, is because the teenagers have become more knowledgeable of the consequences that sex will have on their lives. "They are looking for information on sex in the web, and seeking guidance on their parents and guardians for them to make better decisions," said Bokor when he was interviewed by CNN Edition.

Bokor also added that because the teenagers have made better decision from the information that they are getting, contraception is becoming common for those who decided to have sexual activities. Most teenagers have found contraceptives to be the best alternative for them not to become teenage parents. 

However, it appears that some teenagers are still doing withdrawal, one of the least effective ways to prevent pregnancy, this is according to Washington Post's interview with Gladys M. Martinez, a statistician at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. "The goal of the report is to look at the factors that influence the teenagers's sexual activities," Martinez said.

Other factors as to why teenagers do not get pregnant could be their access to information on contraceptive use, their education, family background and living condition. These factors, however, were not examined by the current survey conducted by the CDC.   

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