Study finds more risky behavior among teenagers who have sex with both genders

A new study has found that approximately 10 percent of bisexual teenagers in New York City may be more apt to be involved in risky behavior. These findings were discovered following a series of surveys that were completed by students from area high schools, which included more than 7,200 sexually active teenagers, the New York Daily News reports.

The results showed that among male students, 4 percent said they had sex with both genders, while 9 percent of teenage girls reported intercourse with both male and female partners. Researchers also found that 80 percent of teenage boys used a condom the last time they had sex with a female, while only about 63 percent of gay male students reported condom use.

Furthermore, of this population, only 44 percent reported using a condom the last time they had sex, and 35 percent had suffered some type of dating violence.

Susan Blank, assistant city health commissioner, told the newspaper that "it has been shown in the literature that students who have both male and female partners have a lot of health problems." She added that "our public prevention messages really need to look at behavior, not identity."

Last year, an estimated 34 percent of sexually active teenagers in the U.S. did not use a condom the last time they had sex, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.