By the numbers
10% the percentage of secondary schools that do not implement any form of sex education at all
40% the percentage of schools that are implementing sex education "very effectively"
17% the percentage of young men who had sex for the first time before they were 17 years of age
22% the percentage of young women who had sex for the first time before they were 17 years of age
82% the percentage of schools that feel the overcrowded curriculum is a barrier to fully implementing sex education
71% the percentage of schools that say the discomfort of teachers is a major barrier to implementing sex education
73% the percentage of young men who do not know the correct time limit for using emergency contraception
37% the percentage of young women who do not know the correct time limit for using emergency contraception
Source: Relationships and Sexuality Education in the Context of Social, Personal and Health Education (2007) and the Irish Study of Sexual Health and Relationships (2006)
