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The National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy: With One Voice 2007 America's Adults and Teens Sound Off About Teen Pregnancy, An Annual National Survey by Bill Albert, February,2007.

Survey results indicate that teens continue to take a more cautious attitude toward casual sex than perhaps media headlines would have us believe.  For example:

• Although 47% of teens say parents most influence their decisions about sex, only 34% of parents of teens believe parents are most influential.
• Only 18% of teens - compared to 41% of parents of teens - say friends most influence teens' decisions about sex.
• The proportion of teens who say parents most influence their decisions about sex increased from 37% in 2004 to 47% in this survey.
• The proportion of teens who say they have had a helpful conversation with their parents about delaying sex and avoiding teen pregnancy increased from 63% in 2004 to 71% in this survey.

Abstinence and Contraception

• Most adults (93%) and teens (90%) believe that providing young people with a strong abstinence message is important.
• A majority of adults (73%) and teens (56%) also continue to believe that young people need more information about abstinence and contraception rather than either/or.

Gender Differences

• Most teens (62%) and adults (75%) believe that teen boys often receive the message that they are "expected to have sex."
• Teens (59%) and adults (74%) also believe that teen girls often receive the message that "attracting boys and looking sexy is one of the most important things they can do."