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Youth Sexuality 9th Iteration: Fact Sheets
The central topic of this fact sheet is the sexual behaviour, sexuality education and discrimination experience in…
This fact sheet presents the core results about sexual experiences from the perspective of the sexually active…
Fact Sheet
Sexuality Education, the First Period and the First Ejaculation
Youth Sexuality 9th Iteration
This fact sheet provides an overview of the state of sexuality education and of the onset of sexual maturity markers…
This fact sheet is an overview of how adolescents and young adults in Germany live their relationships and of how…
This fact sheet will present an overview of the respondents’ desire to have children based on the data from the most…
Fact Sheet
Disclosure Behaviour after Experiencing Sexualised Violence
Youth Sexuality 9th Iteration
This fact sheet provides central insights for Germany into the disclosure behaviour for the respondents – largely…
This fact sheet presents, which experiences adolescents and young adults in Germany have had with non-physical and…
This fact sheet presents the core results on emergency contraception for the sample group of 14- to 25-year-old girls…
This fact sheet presents the core results on the contraceptive behaviours regarding condoms for the group of sexually…
This fact sheet presents the core results for Germany regarding the contraceptive behaviour around the pill for the…
Research Projects
Study
Youth Sexuality 9th Iteration
Representative Repeat Survey: The Perspective of 14–25-year-olds
In the summer of 2019 we started our ninth large-scale survey of young people, their parents and young adults. It…
This study takes a look at a special target group about which little academically verified data exists to date:…
The BZgA has been analysing the attitudes and behaviour of young people regarding sex education, sexuality and contraception since 1980. Youth…
During the period of 2006 and 2008 Sinus Sociovision conducted a representative study about the social environments…
Research Publications
Scientific Article
Sexual and Contraceptive Behaviour of Adolescents and Young Adults in Germany
Results of the representative "Youth Sexuality" survey
Angelika Hessling and Sara Scharmanski have analysed the results of the representative survey on "Youth Sexuality"…
Scientific Article
Sexualised Violence in the Experience of Adolescents
Results of a Representative Survey
Christiane Erkens, Sara Scharmanski and Angelika Hessling have analysed the results of the representative survey on…
Study
Youth Sexuality 2015
The current study follows on from previous studies with the express goal of revealing trends among yound people. However, it does more than just…
Study
Youth Sexuality in the Internet Age
A qualitative study of the social and sexual relationships of young people
The new media are a firm component of the everyday life of young people and young adults. They use them as a communication platform, as a source of…
Selected Results
Selected Results
‘Youth Sexuality’ 9th Iteration
Central results of the nationwide representative survey: first sexual intercourse later and later, condoms remain preferred contraceptive
The condom is the number one contraceptive for the "first time", while the use of the pill is declining. These are…
Selected Results
Youth sexuality 2015
They are sexually active and are good with contraception. These two factors characterize the 14–17 and 18–25-year-olds today. Cultural differences…