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Facts about today's teens' technology, social media use and sex

Facts about today's teens' technology, social media use and sex

A 2010 study found that 92% of American children have an online presence before the age of two.

Facts about today's teens' technology, social media use and sex

Teenagers spend up to eleven hours a day staring at one screen or another.

Teenagers spend up to eleven hours a day staring at one screen or another.

The Pew Research Center found that 73% of teenagers between the ages of thirteen and seventeen own smartphones.

The Pew Research Center found that 73% of teenagers between the ages of thirteen and seventeen own smartphones.

Of them, 92% use a mobile device to go online daily, with 24% online “almost constantly.”

Of them, 92% use a mobile device to go online daily, with 24% online “almost constantly.”

Apple is the number one seller of smartphones to teenagers, with a stronger hold than Clearasil or even Nike ever enjoyed.

Apple is the number one seller of smartphones to teenagers, with a stronger hold than Clearasil or even Nike ever enjoyed.

Last fall, 67% of US teenagers owned iPhones and 74% said the next smartphone they purchased would be an iPhone, according to the investment banker Piper Jaffray’s biannual “Taking Stock with Teens” report.

Last fall, 67% of US teenagers owned iPhones and 74% said the next smartphone they purchased would be an iPhone, according to the investment banker Piper Jaffray’s biannual “Taking Stock with Teens” report.

Kids start seeing porn on the internet as young as 6-years-old, while the majority of US teenagers have watched it before their eighteenth birthday.

Kids start seeing porn on the internet as young as 6-years-old, while the majority of US teenagers have watched it before their eighteenth birthday.

Before Tinder's recent policy change, 7% of the social dating app’s 50 million users were estimated to be between the ages of thirteen and seventeen.

Before Tinder

In 2013, the CDC found that about 20 percent of high school girls binge drink.

In 2013, the CDC found that about 20 percent of high school girls binge drink.

And women are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior after just 3 drinks.

And women are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior after just 3 drinks.

Forty-one percent of teenagers who reported having had sex in the last three months surveyed by the CDC in 2015 reported not using a condom the last time they had sex.

Forty-one percent of teenagers who reported having had sex in the last three months surveyed by the CDC in 2015 reported not using a condom the last time they had sex.

Instead, teenagers are increasingly turning to other forms of birth control. Use of the morning-after pill, or "plan b", increased from just 8% in 2002 to 22% between 2011 and 2013.

Instead, teenagers are increasingly turning to other forms of birth control. Use of the morning-after pill, or "plan b", increased from just 8% in 2002 to 22% between 2011 and 2013.

While Facebook remains the most popular social media site overall, Snapchat is the most popular social network among teens.

While Facebook remains the most popular social media site overall, Snapchat is the most popular social network among teens.

Girls share more on social media, especially in visually-oriented spaces like Instagram and Snapchat, than their male counterparts.

Girls share more on social media, especially in visually-oriented spaces like Instagram and Snapchat, than their male counterparts.

Last year, a survey by the Girl Scouts revealed that nearly 74 percent of girls agreed that their female peers tried to make themselves look 'cooler than they are' on social media.

Last year, a survey by the Girl Scouts revealed that nearly 74 percent of girls agreed that their female peers tried to make themselves look

An APA report found that paying constant attention to physical appearance leaves individuals with fewer cognitive resources available for other mental and physical activities.

An APA report found that paying constant attention to physical appearance leaves individuals with fewer cognitive resources available for other mental and physical activities.

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