"Vital Statistics: How People Find Out About Sex"

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"Vital Statistics: How People Find Out About Sex"

Washington Post (Health) (12/18/90), P. 5

Abstract: Adults are most likely to ask their physicians about sex and children will usually choose a friend first, according to a study the Roper Organization conducted last year. In 1,974 personal interviews, this survey on sexual literacy found that 40 percent of adults over 18 said they would ask a doctor or nurse for information about sexual matters, 30 percent would ask a friend, and 25 percent would read a book or talk to a parent. Adults said that when they were young they would have chosen a friend first, then a parent, and finally a clinic or school counsellor.

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