90% of young people use contraception for first-time sex

Nine out of 10 young people used contraception the first time they had sex, research has revealed.

90% of young people use contraception for first-time sex

And those who received “helpful” sex education were almost twice as likely to use contraception the first time.

The findings in the ‘Irish Contraception and Crisis Pregnancy Study 2010’ were based on responses from 3,002 men and women. The findings, published by the HSE Crisis Pregnancy Programme yesterday, were compared to a study conducted in 2003.

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