7-10
(n=205)

11-13
(n=214)

Age difference

Item abbreviated1

1 2-5 1 2-5

p4

Ask parents questions about sex

50.7 49.3 44.5 55.5

Explore body and genitals

44.2 55.8 58.3 41.7

0.003

Talk about sex

61.4 38.6 51.0 49.0

0.041

Ask questions about their genitals3

61.3 38.7 74.4 25.6

Use of sex-words

70.8 29.2 68.9 31.1

Touch genitals at home

55.7 44.3 75.6 24.4

<0.001

Part one´s legs

75.2 24.8 94.8 5.2

<0.001

Touch mother´s or other women´s breasts.

76.4 23.6 94.3 5.7

<0.001

Want to watch sex on TV2

91.0 9.0 93.7 6.3

Dress like the opposite sex

94.6 5.4 96.2 3.8

Masturbate by using their hand3

93.8 6.2 90.6 9.4

Pretend that dolls are having sex

94.1 5.9 98.1 1.9

0.034

Rub against people or objects

97.0 3.0 98.1 1.9

Touch genitals in public2

93.5 6.5 99.2 0.8

0.016

Try to kiss other children with the tongue

99.2 0.8

100

0

Show genitals for adults

97.5 2.5 98.6 1.4

Try to kiss adults with the tongue

98.5 1.5

100

0

Show genitals to other children

96.6 3.4 98.6 1.4

Touch other children’s genitals

97.0 3.0 99.5 0.5

0.050

Imitate intercourse with children

97.5 2.5 99.1 0.9

Search for clinging body contact

98.0 2.0 98.6 1.4

Want to be the opposite sex

99.0 1.0 99.5 0.5

Masturbate in public2

98.3

1.7

100

0

Sexually harassed other children3

96.0 4.0 92.3 7.7

More interested in sex than children of the same age2

100

0

98.4 1.6

Put an object in vagina or anus2

100

0

100

0

Ask others to have sexual activity

100

0

100

0

Oral contact with other children’s genitals

100

0

100

0

Other sexual behaviour

94.7

5.3 95.7 4.3

Notes:
1 1: never, 2: less than once a month, 3: 1-3 times a month, 4: at least once a week, 5: often/daily
2 First half of the sample, group 1 (boys n = 127 and girls n = 124)
3 Second half of the sample, group 2 (boys n = 83 and girls n = 84)
4 Mann- Whitney U-test, figures in bold are significances ≤ 0.01, as the level of significance decided on for compensate for false discovery rate
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Table 3: Sexual behaviours among 7- 10 and 11-13 year old children according to their parents.