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Rates of reported sexual intercourse also varied: 27%-76% of students (median:
56%) reported having had sexual intercourse at least once. In addition, 7%-40%
(median: 21%) reported ever having had four or more sex partners. At each site, more
male than female students reported having had sexual intercourse at least once and
ever having had four or more sex partners (Table 4).
TABLE 4. Percentage of students who reported ever having had sexual intercourse or
ever having had four or more sex partners, by sex - selected U.S. sites, 1989
Sexual intercourse (%) >4 Sex partners (%)
Sex Sex
Site Total Female Male Total Female Male
State/Territory
California*t 48.1 42.9 54.8 15.1 9.9 21.7
Colorado* 58.4 54.0 63.5 22.9 18.4 28.0
Delaware' 63.8 65.7 72.6 28.8 19.6 38.3
District
of Columbia'** 75.5 63.9 89.5 40.0 17.9 66.6
Iowa' 55.5 49.4 59.5 20.3 14.7 24.5
Massachusetts*' 52.3 46.7 58.5 15.6 10.3 21.4
Michigan' 62.8 56.6 69.3 23.7 14.2 33.9
New Mexico' 54.6 48.6 62.2 20.8 12.2 31.7
Oklahoma' 59.6 54.4 65.4 26.3 18.1 35.3
Pennsylvania*' 56.2 54.4 58.1 20.5 16.2 24.9
Puerto Rico~ 26.5 11.2 47.6 6.5 0.7 14.6
Tennessee' 58.7 53.8 64.9 21.9 13.3 32.7
Virgin Islands~ 54.3 34.9 78.1 24.9 5.4 49.1
City
Dallas' 62.4 50.5 75.8 29.5 14.9 46.0
Jersey City' 55.2 41.6 68.3 21.0 3.7 37.6
Miami' 58.6 42.6 76.3 24.1 9.0 40.4
San Diego' 39.1 34.6 45.7 13.9 8.7 21.6
San Francisco~ 30.0 24.7 36.1 9.9 5.7 15.4
Seattlet 48.5 40.3 57.2 19.9 10.7 30.0
*Surveys did not include students from the largest cities.
tProbability sample, unweighted data.
5Nonprobability sample, unweighted data.
"Probability sample, weighted data.
**Categorized as a state for funding purposes.
Reported by: S Adams, Alabama State Dept of Education. M Towery, Arkansas Dept of
Education. R Rich, Los Angeles Unified School Dist; J Campana, San Diego Unified School Dist;
M Lam, San Francisco Unified School Dist; W White, California State Dept of Education.
D Sandau-Christopher, State of Colorado Dept of Education. J Arns, Delaware State Dept of
Public Instruction. J Sadler, District of Columbia Public Schools. G Davis, Georgia Dept of
Education. A Horiuchi, Hawaii Dept of Education. J Hummer, Idaho Dept of Education. J Harris,
Iowa Dept of Education. J Grosko, Kansas State Dept of Education. I Mudd, Kentucky Dept of

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