One in four youngsters 'not using contraception'

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This post is a summary about a article of the guardian newspaper.
A survey of the world by Marie Stopes International for Contraception Day on December 26 revealed that one in four U.S. sexually active young people fail to use any form of contraception with a new partner, this figure makes called on the government to provide sex education in schools is a matter of priority.
The results of this survey revealed that 16% of young people admitted having unprotected sex to said they had forgotten to use contraception with a new partner, 13% said not their preferred partner to use it and 19% said they failed to take precautions because they were drunk.
Is for this that Tracey McNeill, vice-president of UK and Europe at Marie Stopes International, said: "We are calling on the coalition government to put sex education and relationships back on the agenda and ensure all schools, including faith schools, teach a standardised curriculum to 15 year olds”.

This survey also revealed that more than half of the respondents had already had their 18th birthday by sex and the government's own data shows, 83% are sexually active by the same age. This shows that it is very important to the delivery of sexual information in the different schools to youth who have not yet begun their sex lives.

In addition McNeill refers to the importance of sex and relationships where education is taught in conjunction with contraceptive information, more young people practise safe sex, this is very relevant, since 32% of young people in the UK said sometimes they felt the different confused about contraception options and did not know was which method best for them and their partner. A total of 19% believe the "withdrawal method" is an effective contraception.

The importance of providing sexual information at an early age is to avoid unwanted pregnancies and the risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections.

Here is the link of the article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/sep/20/youngsters-contraception-sex-education