STATISTICS

IN OTTAWA COUNTY

50%

of 8th graders report that

“Parents or other adults in my family have talked with me about what they expect when it
comes to sex.”

88%

of students who have had sex, did so before the age of 17. 39% did so before the age of 15.

45%

of students who have seen internet pornography were first exposed before the age of 14.

87%

of teens think students in their grade have seen or accessed internet pornography in the past 30 days.

According to the 2021 Ottawa County Youth Assessment Survey

1 in 5

9-12 year olds and one in three 13-17 year olds agree it is normal for kids their age to share their personal sexual images.(1)

84%

of teenage boys and 57% of teenage girls reported that they had viewed pornography.(1)

53%

of boys aged 11-16 and 39% of girls the same age believe that porn is a realistic depiction of sex.(1)

According to

(1) Thorn U.S. 2020 Self-Generated-Child Sexual Abuse Material Study

(2) Fight The New Drug, How Porn Can Distort the Consumers’ Understanding of Healthy Sex