Almost two-thirds of teenagers who have had sexual intercourse wish they had waited, according to a poll released

by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. 55% of boys and 72% of girls said they wish they had waited longer to have sex. "This poll is just the latest evidence that many teens are taking a more cautious attitude toward having sex," Sally Sachar, deputy director of the campaign, said. Teens cited the following influences as being most influential in their decisions about sex; 37% of teens cited their parents, 30% cited friends, 11 percent naming the media, and 11 percent identifying their religious communities. Teens get their information about sex from a variety of sources, 61 percent from the media, 57% learned from their friends, 55% learned from their parents. In addition, while 78% agreed that teens should not be sexually active, 54 percent say that those teens that are sexually active should have access to birth control. Nearly 25% disagreed, saying that teens should be abstinent and not have access to birth control. (Survey from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, released June 30, 2000). http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/health/36-percent-of-indonesian-teenagerssexually-active-survey/467967. Nearly 40% of Indonesian teenagers have had sex and almost half of them do not use contraception with new partners, international survey that was realized on September 27, 2011. The Clueless or Clued Up: Your Right to be informed about contraception study prepared for World Contraception Day reports that the number of young people having unsafe sex with a new partner increased by 111% in France, 39% in the USA and 19% in Britain in the last three years. In Indonesia, 36% of teenagers surveyed had had sex, with the average age being 17. Some 48% of the teenagers did not use contraception with new partners. No matter where you are in the world, barriers exist which prevent teenagers from receiving trustworthy information about sex and contraception, which is probably why myths and misconceptions remain so widespread even today, a member of the WCD task force, Denise Keller, said in a statement with the results of the study. The survey commissioned by Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals and endorsed by 11 international non-governmental organizations, questioned more than 6,000 young people from 26 countries, on their attitudes towards sex and contraception. The level of unplanned pregnancies among young people is a major global issue, campaigners say, and the rise in unprotected sex in several counties has sparked concern about the quality of sex education available to youngsters. The results show that adolescents either lack good knowledge about sexual behaviors or have not learned the skills to regulate their sexual desires and monitoring their social environment.