72 % of Indian youth have sex without protection

As many as 72 percent of sexually active young people in India have had sex with new partners without any protection, reported the Press Trust of India quoting an international survey as saying Monday. At least 40 percent of the youth polled in India say they had problems accessing contraceptives when they needed, while 36 percent said they knew a close friend or family member who has had an unplanned pregnancy, said the report. Also, nearly a one-third got wrong information about contraception from friends, according to the survey, which was conducted in April-May this year and focused on the issue of unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections by 11 international NGOs. This was the third such survey, the people covered were in the age bracket 15-35.