1New KFF/YM Magazine National Survey of Teens on Dating, Intimacy, and Sexual Experiences:
Conducted for the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and,
YM MAGAZINE
By Princeton Survey Research Associates
Topline Results
October 9 - November 3, 1997
Introduction:
Hello, my name is_________ and I'm calling for Princeton Survey Research in Princeton, New Jersey. We interviewed your (mother/father/guardian) and (she/he) said it was okay if we interviewed you, too. We are talking to teenagers about some important issues.
This is a completely confidential interview. No one who knows you, including your parents, will ever be told how you answered these questions.
1. Overall, how would you rate the way things are going for you in your social life right now? Would you say excellent, good, only fair, or poor?
 |
Boys |
 |
Girls |
|
Total |
 |
| Excellent |
30 |
|
30 |
|
30 |
 |
| Good |
59 |
|
58 |
|
59 |
|
| Only fair |
9 |
|
10 |
|
9 |
|
| Poor |
2 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
| Don't know |
* |
|
0 |
|
* |
|
| Refused |
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
Now I'm going to ask you some questions about the "group you hang out with," by this I mean not only your close friends, but also the larger group of friends you spend time with.
2. Is the group you hang out with mostly (boys/girls), mostly (girls/boys), or is it a pretty even mix of boys and girls?
|
Boys |
|
Girls |
|
Total |
|
| Mostly boys |
30 |
|
9 |
|
20 |
|
| Mostly girls |
2 |
|
22 |
|
12 |
|
| Pretty even mix |
67 |
|
68 |
|
68 |
|
| Don't know |
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| Refused |
1 |
|
0 |
|
* |
|
3.Comparing yourself with the other (boys/girls) in the group you hang out with, would you say you . . .
|
Boys |
|
Girls |
|
Total |
|
|
|
| a. Do better in school than they do, worse, or about the same? |
36 |
|
26 |
|
31 |
|
Better |
| 4 |
|
5 |
|
4 |
|
Worse |
| 60 |
|
69 |
|
64 |
|
About the same |
| 1 |
|
* |
|
1 |
|
Don't know |
| 0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
Refused |
|
| b. Have more self-confidence than they do, less, or about the same amount? |
33 |
|
24 |
|
29 |
|
More confidence |
| 4 |
|
8 |
|
6 |
|
Less confidence |
| 62 |
|
68 |
|
64 |
|
About the same |
| 2 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
Don't know |
| 0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
Refused |
|
| c. Know more about sex than they do, less, or about the same amount? |
11 |
|
9 |
|
10 |
|
Know more |
| 6 |
|
11 |
|
8 |
|
Know less |
| 79 |
|
9 |
|
79 |
|
About the same |
| 5 |
|
1 |
|
3 |
|
Don't know |
| 0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
Refused |
|
| d. Have more sexual experience than they do, less, or about the same amount? By sexual experience I mean kissing, making out, fooling around, and possibly, but not necessarily, having intercourse. |
16 |
|
10 |
|
13 |
|
More experience |
| 30 |
|
41 |
|
35 |
|
Less experience |
| 51 |
|
47 |
|
49 |
|
About the same |
| 3 |
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
Don't know |
| * |
|
0 |
|
* |
|
Refused |
|
Some of these next questions are about some pretty personal subjects and I hope you'll try to answer them as honestly as you can. Some questions might not seem to apply to you and your group of friends - but please just answer the best you can.
4. In the group you hang out with, how important is it to have a (girlfriend or boyfriend/ boyfriend or girlfriend) or be going out with someone? Is it . . .
|
Boys |
|
Girls |
|
Total |
|
| Very important |
4 |
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
| Not too important |
20 |
|
22 |
|
21 |
|
| Not important at all |
53 |
|
45 |
|
49 |
|
| Don't know |
* |
|
0 |
|
* |
|
| Refused |
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
