Teens and AIDS: An Endangered Generation

Abstract:
[ARCHIVED] A nationwide survey of academically successful and high achieving high school seniors indicates that as many as two million American teenagers are defying warnings about exposure to AIDS and continue to engage in high risk sexual activity. The national AIDS Survey of High Achievers, which examined attitudes and sexual practices of 1,150 seniors listed in "Who’s Who Among American High School Students," found that 38 percent of the sexually active students currently do not use a condom every time they have intercourse, and 42 percent say they will engage in intercourse even if a condom is not available.

Publication: Who's Who Among American High School Students


Date Published: 5/20/1992

Pages: 9

Location Code: 7055