Eighth grade students at public schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, are being requested to fill out a survey that asks them how many different people they’ve had sex with and what means of contraception they used.
Set up as a multiple-choice questionnaire, the survey asks students to disclose how old they were when they first had sex, whether or not they’ve had oral sex, and how many people they’ve had sexual intercourse with over the last three months and in their entire lives.
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The survey, which ABC affiliate WJLA reported, will be administered to eighth, 10th, and 12th graders, contains 173 questions on numerous topics, ranging from sexual activity, drug use, and participation in after-school activities.
A separate survey for sixth graders contains no references to sexual activity but does ask several questions regarding drug, alcohol, and tobacco use. Both surveys are entirely voluntary to take, and responses are anonymous.
The “Fairfax County Youth Survey” is not new, and neither are the questions about student sexual activity. The 2019-2020 edition of the survey revealed that just over 17% of public-school students in Fairfax County in the three grades surveyed had sexual intercourse, while 19% had had oral sex.
That year’s survey also revealed that, of the students who had engaged in sexual intercourse, the average age for first-time sexual intercourse was 15. Male students across all grades were more likely to have had sex than female students.
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The vast majority of Fairfax County students surveyed that year had not had sex, in line with previous surveys.
