According to a survey on the sex life in China released in 2019, over one-fifth of the young adult respondents waited more than six months before having their first-time sex with their lover. In comparison, around 11.4 percent of the respondents said that they had sex for the first time before entering into a relationship. In that survey, over half of the respondents revealed that they did not take any safety measures when having sex for the first time.
Share of young adult respondents who waited before losing their virginity in China as of July 2019, by relationship duration
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Tencent, & Okamoto. (August 7, 2019). Share of young adult respondents who waited before losing their virginity in China as of July 2019, by relationship duration [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 04, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102733/china-how-long-young-people-wait-to-have-their-first-time-sex-after-knowing-each-other/
Tencent, und Okamoto. "Share of young adult respondents who waited before losing their virginity in China as of July 2019, by relationship duration." Chart. August 7, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102733/china-how-long-young-people-wait-to-have-their-first-time-sex-after-knowing-each-other/
Tencent, Okamoto. (2019). Share of young adult respondents who waited before losing their virginity in China as of July 2019, by relationship duration. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102733/china-how-long-young-people-wait-to-have-their-first-time-sex-after-knowing-each-other/
Tencent, and Okamoto. "Share of Young Adult Respondents Who Waited before Losing Their Virginity in China as of July 2019, by Relationship Duration." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Aug 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102733/china-how-long-young-people-wait-to-have-their-first-time-sex-after-knowing-each-other/
Tencent & Okamoto, Share of young adult respondents who waited before losing their virginity in China as of July 2019, by relationship duration Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102733/china-how-long-young-people-wait-to-have-their-first-time-sex-after-knowing-each-other/ (last visited December 04, 2023)
Share of young adult respondents who waited before losing their virginity in China as of July 2019, by relationship duration [Graph], Tencent, & Okamoto, August 7, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102733/china-how-long-young-people-wait-to-have-their-first-time-sex-after-knowing-each-other/