The survey, which was conducted by the NHS Information Centre and questioned 8,420 adults aged 16-69, found that 27 per cent of female respondents in the 16-24 age group had underage sex – a greater proportion than women in any previous generation covered by the survey.
The finding contrasted with young men in the same age band, of whom 22 per cent reported having sex when they were younger than 16.
The findings come from the Health Survey for England, published each year, and suggests sexual behaviour has changed over the generations, with the percentage of women who reported they first had sex below the age of 16 increasing over generations.
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