Malaysians losing virginity before marriage

Most Malaysians lose their virginity by the time they turn 22, a year before most of them get married.
"It appears that Malaysians overall are having sex before marriage," said Universiti Putra Malaysia’s Associate Prof Dr Lekhraj Rampal, who led the study last year on the behavioural risks that could lead to HIV infection.
The study, which polled 75 per cent (14,121) of the 18,805 respondents who were or had been sexually active, also found that by age 15, 8.4 per cent of respondents had sex for the first time.
From ages of 16 to 18, 34 per cent of the respondents had their first sexual experience.
"The initial feeling was that many Malaysians would not want to discuss their sexual history but people are quite open about it," Dr Rampal said.
The study also revealed that 22 per cent had either sought the company of prostitutes or had non-regular partners, including one-night stands in the 12 months before answering the study’s questionnaire.
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