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More teens have underage sex

Monday 29 November 1999 00:02 GMT
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More teens have underage sex

GIRLS ARE growing up faster and having sex at an earlier age, according to new research by Edinburgh University. It found that 37.5 per cent of the 15-year-old girls it surveyed this year had had sexual intercourse, compared to 26.5 per cent in 1990.

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