Teens First Time Sex at Age 19 Years

The average age of adolescents Indonesia first intercourse is 19 years old. According to a survey of sexual behavior of adolescents in Indonesia by the method of direct interview of 663 respondents in five major cities in Indonesia are aged 15-25 years.

A total of 462 respondents had never had sex. Another interesting finding was 31 per cent of young people who have sex are students and 6 percent were junior high students. Where they had sex the first time was at home (72 percent), boarding (74 percent), and hotels (68 percent).

Meanwhile, the group of respondents who had sex, 11 percent claimed to have pregnant teenage daughter. Then 17 percent of respondents admit to having an abortion. Herbal medicine (43 percent) are considered to be the main way to get an abortion, followed by clinics and midwife.

In a survey about sexual perilaky also recorded 80 percent of respondents answered using a condom to prevent pregnancy and 29 percent choose to do coitus interruption.

Tod Callahan, country director of DKT Indonesia, which funded the survey, said the survey results can not be considered to represent the youth of Indonesia.

"But it can be used as a barometer to add information about the behavior of young people and knowledge of safe sex," he explained in a presentation Indonesia Sex Survey 2011 in Jakarta (5 / 12).

Zoya Amirin, sexual psychologist responded to this survey said the findings of this survey could be a reference that should be given sex education in teens and what material they need.

"Sex education is needed so that the biological age of adolescents according to psychosexual development," he explained in the same occasion.

The survey was conducted through in-depth interviews with the respondents. The questions raised include their activities, on whom the respondent talked about the problems of sex, to their knowledge about contraception and sexual health. Interviews were conducted in places where young people congregate, such as malls, theaters, schools, colleges, and many more. The survey was conducted in Jakarta and surrounding areas, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Surabaya and Bali.