Relationships and technology: Sexting - YCWW Phase IV

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Relationships and technology: Sexting - YCWW Phase IV

17 Mar 2023

LGBTQ+ youth (50%, compared to 33% of heterosexual youth), white youth (41%, compared to 33% of racialized youth), and youth with a disability (45%, compared to 30% of youth without a disability) are more likely to report receiving a sext within the context of a romantic relationship. [...] Figure 4: Received a Sext that was Forwarded Figure 4: Received a Sext that was Forwarded Yes 16% No 84% Older youth (20% of 14 to 17-year-olds, compared to 11% of 12 to 13-year-olds), racialized youth (23%, compared to 15% of white youth), LGBTQ+ youth (25%, compared to 16% of Figure 5: Forwarding Sexts heterosexual youth), and youth with a disability (30%, compared to 12% of youth without a disa. [...] Figure 5: Forwarding Sexts Figure 5: Forwarding Sexts No 71% Yes 29% Boys (36%, compared to 26% of girls), younger youth (33% of 12 to 13-year-olds, compared to 28% of 14 to 17-year-olds), racialized youth (36%, compared to 26% of white youth), and youth with a disability (42%, compared to 19% of youth without a disability) are all more likely to report that they have forwarded a sext they receive. [...] For example: • youth who have sent a sext are more likely to receive a sext and vice versa; • youth who have sent a sext are more likely to forward a sext and vice versa; and • youth who have received sexts forwarded by someone other than the original sender are more likely to send and forward sexts. [...] Girls are also slightly more likely to want to learn more about how to handle Collective resilience is the relationships online (10%, compared to 8% of boys), as are ability of a community racialized youth (12%, compared to 8% of white youth), or group of people to youth with a disability (15%, compared to 7% of youth collectively respond to or recover from changing without a disability), and LGBT.
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