This statistic shows the sexting behavior of teenagers in Flanders in 2016, by gender and receiver. In 2016, 63.6 percent of the girls reported to have sent sexual pictures to their boyfriends/girlfriends, and 50 percent of the boys replied to have sent sexual pictures to their girlfriends/boyfriends.
teenagers who engaged in sexting during the last 2 months
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Apestaartjaren is a survey that is published every two years. For the version of 2016, 11 secondary schools in Flanders were contacted to fill in the online survey.
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "To whom did you send sexual pictures of yourself? (Naar welke personen verstuurde je de seksueel getinte foto(s) van jezelf?)"
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Mediaraven vzw, & LINC vzw, & Research group for Media and ICT (MICT). (May 12, 2016). Who did you send sexual pictures of yourself to? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/550164/sexting-behavior-teenagers-in-flanders-by-gender-and-receiver/
Mediaraven vzw, und LINC vzw, und Research group for Media and ICT (MICT). "Who did you send sexual pictures of yourself to?." Chart. May 12, 2016. Statista. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/550164/sexting-behavior-teenagers-in-flanders-by-gender-and-receiver/
Mediaraven vzw, LINC vzw, Research group for Media and ICT (MICT). (2016). Who did you send sexual pictures of yourself to?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/550164/sexting-behavior-teenagers-in-flanders-by-gender-and-receiver/
Mediaraven vzw, and LINC vzw, and Research group for Media and ICT (MICT). "Who Did You Send Sexual Pictures of Yourself To?." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 May 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/550164/sexting-behavior-teenagers-in-flanders-by-gender-and-receiver/
Mediaraven vzw & LINC vzw & Research group for Media and ICT (MICT), Who did you send sexual pictures of yourself to? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/550164/sexting-behavior-teenagers-in-flanders-by-gender-and-receiver/ (last visited November 22, 2024)
Who did you send sexual pictures of yourself to? [Graph], Mediaraven vzw, & LINC vzw, & Research group for Media and ICT (MICT), May 12, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/550164/sexting-behavior-teenagers-in-flanders-by-gender-and-receiver/
