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 follows on from its predecessor studies conducted between 1980 and 2015.

Project period

01.12.2018 - 30.06.2021

Method

Face-to-face survey all over Germany using the CAPI method (computer-assisted personal interviews)
Quota interviews (quotas by age, sex, education, region)
Interviews are split into a personal oral section, where the interviewer asks the questions and a section the respondents fill in themselves, which covers the more intimate questions
Parent interviews, which are personal oral bar one set of questions
In order to obtain sufficient set numbers for detailed analyses, we worked with a disproportionate sampling mechanism:
Fixed numbers for young people / young adults
Split within these two age groups by male / female
As well as by with / without a migrant background

Target group

Young people aged 14–17 and their parents as well as young people aged 18–25.

Sample

A total of 6,032 interviews, of which:

3,556 were interviews with young people
Plus parent interviews (only for young people of German origin)
And 2,476 interviews with young adults
1,874 of the interviewees had a migrant background – which refers to young people and young adults who do not themselves have German citizenship or who have at least one parent who was not a German citizen at birth

In the summer of 2019 we started our ninth large-scale survey of young people, their parents and young adults. It follows on from its predecessor studies conducted between 1980 and 2015.

The goal of this survey is to obtain reliable data about the attitudes and behaviours of young people and their parents, as well as young adults in the Federal Republic of Germany regarding matters of sexuality and contraception. The focal topics will be sexuality education in schools and the home, first sexual experiences as well as knowledge and experiences regarding contraception.

What is special about this study

This study is special, firstly, because it enables a longitudinal comparison and this therefore capable of revealing long-term trend developments about attitudes and behaviours. Secondly, it puts a spotlight on the situation in the home, since by surveying both young people and their parents, connections can be made that would not be possible if the survey focused solely on young people.

In the last major survey in 2014/2015 18–25-year-olds were surveyed for the first time. By including young adults (here: without a parallel survey of their parents), there are also intersections with studies conducted among the adult population. Furthermore, international comparisons are made possible.

The full survey report will be published in autumn 2021.

Project management:
Angelika Heßling, BZgA

Heidrun Bode
Kantar Emnid

Institutions

The Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA)

Client

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

Kantar Abteilung Empirische Sozialforschung (formelyTNS Emnid)

Research institution

https://www.kantaremnid.de/

Selected Results