The Federal Centre for Health Education’s (BZgA) representative study Youth Sexuality 9th Iteration is a representative repeat survey. A large-scale survey of young people, their parents and young adults was launched for the ninth time in the summer of 2019. It follows on from predecessor studies conducted between 1980 and 2014. The goal of the study is to acquire reliable data about the attitudes and behaviours of young people in the Federal Republic of Germany with regards to sexuality and contraception.
Currently, 28 percent of adolescents between 14 and 17 and 82 percent of the young adults between 18 and 25 say that they have had sexual intercourse at least once. For the vast majority of the sexually active young people it is fortunately true that contraception is a given even for the first time. When young people are just becoming sexually active, condoms remain the unassailable contraception of choice.
This fact sheet presents the core results on the contraceptive behaviours regarding condoms for the group of sexually active adolescents and young adults between the ages of 14 and 25 from the current survey Youth Sexuality 9th Iteration.
Results: An Overview
- Condoms are the no. 1 contraceptive for the first time.
- Condoms are most commonly used outside of steady relationships.
- Condom use has been at a very high level for decades.
- Assessment of condoms: easy to obtain and well tolerated.
- The handling of condoms is one of the most important problems of use.