Washington (eCanadaNow) - Sex education does indeed work, according to a new study.
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) say that teenagers who take sex education classes are more likely to abstain from sex until they're older.
The government study found that boys are 70 percent more likely to delay in sexual behaviour until the age of 15 if they participate in sex education. Female students were 91 percent less likely to have sex before age 15.
Lead author Trisha Mueller, an epidemiologist with the CDC in Atlanta, analyzed a sample of 2,019 teenagers ages 15 to 19, who responded to a survey during a 2002 national study.
The study did not examine which types of classes gave the best results.
Researchers say that giving teens the knowledge on sex, gives them the power to make better decisions.
The study is published in the January issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health
