First Sex Education Survey

Durex Global Sex Survey Result
Age when first received sex education

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• The average age when people first received sex education is 13.2, with 8% of people globally stating they were under the age of 10
• Just over one in 10 (13%) were aged 17 and over when they first received formal education about the facts of life
• Young people are learning at an earlier age - while the over 45s were 14.4, 16-20 year olds were aged 12.7
• The oldest recipients of sex education are in Vietnam (16), India (15.6), China (15.1) and Malaysia (14.9)
• Sex education is taught the earliest in Germany (11.3), Austria and the Netherlands (11.9)

Age formal sex education should start

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• Globally, most people think sex education should be taught at 11.7 years, with virtually all respondents (98%) believing children under 16 should receive sex education
• Two thirds (66%) believe the education process should begin before children enter their teenage years
• Those in India believe the formal education process should start at 13.9, with the Chileans believing the best age is 10.7 - the youngest across all 41 countries
• China is the only country in which some respondents stated that formal sex education was not necessary

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