Table 36. Sexual activity among middle school students by gender, race/ethnicity, grade, and middle school, in percent
		Ever Had Sexual Intercourse				Had First Sexual Intercourse Before Age 11 Years				Had First Sexual Intercourse with ≥ 3 Persons During Their Life				Ever Had Oral Sex
		Female	Male	Total		Female	Male	Total		Female	Male	Total		Female	Male	Total
Galveston*
	Race/ethnicity
	White	10.3	23.9	17.2		22.2	30.0	27.8		2.6	10.5	6.3		12.2	19.2	16.1
	Black	24.2	47.8	37.4		12.5	27.3	23.9		7.7	23.7	16.6		9.5	29.9	20.8
	Hispanic	16.0	31.4	23.0		22.4	25.0	23.8		4.5	13.9	9.0		6.1	15.8	10.9
	All other	14.3	38.7	25.3		26.3	34.3	32.1		7.1	23.3	15.0		9.4	33.9	20.3
	Grade
	6	12.4	22.4	17.5		20.0	38.1	32.0		5.4	11.4	8.4		9.3	10.9	10.3
	7	14.8	34.7	24.8		20.5	23.1	23.5		4.6	13.7	9.6		7.4	19.6	14.1
	8	21.6	48.8	35.1		18.8	23.7	21.7		5.8	24.9	17.1		9.8	37.3	23.5
	Middle School
	Austin	21.1	42.3	32.1		15.0	29.5	25.6		7.4	24.1	16.4		5.1	26.4	16.9
	Central	16.7	35.4	26.1		12.3	31.1	26.4		4.8	15.8	10.5		9.1	18.6	14.2
	Crenshaw	12.0	24.0	17.3										12.0	16.7	13.7
	Weis	14.2	32.1	23.2		30.0	23.4	24.5		4.8	14.8	9.6		10.2	24.7	17.5
	2007 Total*	16.4	35.2	25.9		19.3	27.8	25.2		5.2	16.8	11.0		8.8	22.7	15.8
	Dallas ISD,TX*	26.7	50.5	38.5		2.4	13.0	7.6		6.7	22.4	14.4
*Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance survey. Galveston 2007, and Dallas ISD, Texas 2003.
White = non-Hispanic white,   Hispanic = any race, Black = non-Hispanic black, All other = non-Hispanic
Numbers too small to report or not available