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Sexual and Contraceptive Behaviour of Adolescents and Young Adults in Germany

Results of the representative "Youth Sexuality" survey

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Angelika Hessling and Sara Scharmanski have analysed the results of the representative survey on "Youth Sexuality" 9th iteration in an article for the Bundesgesundheitsblatt [Federal Health Bulletin]. They were first published in German in October 2021 and are freely accessible.

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Angelika Hessling and Sara Scharmanski have analysed the results of the representative survey on "Youth Sexuality" 9th iteration in an article for the Bundesgesundheitsblatt [Federal Health Bulletin]. They were first published in German in October 2021 and are freely accessible.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.17623/BZgA_SRH:fa_JuSex9_en_BGBL-2021_results

Citation

Scharmanski, S. & Hessling, A. (2023). Sexual and contraceptive behavior of adolescents and young adults in Germany. Results of the representative survey “Youth Sexuality” (Vertaalbureau AABEE, Transl.; Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA), Ed.).
(Original work published 2021)

Publication date

02/2024

Sara Scharmanski
Angelika Hessling

Issuing institution

The Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA)

Publisher

https://www.bzga.de/home/bzga/

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…

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