What Community Leaders Are Saying

Our schools survey — "Mental Wellbeing, Digital Life and Pornography: 

Perceptions and Habits of Young People in Watford" — was run in several secondary schools in Hertfordshire between October 2020 and February 2021.

Of the 1,009 SW Herts 14-18-year-olds surveyed...

55% have viewed porn

the average age at which they first viewed porn was 13 years

for 23% of them, their first exposure to porn was coming across it by accident

44% stated they have seen porn more than once, with 13% saying they look at porn daily or several times a day

6% feel that viewing porn has become an addiction / habit

The survey results (of which these are just a small selection) are being used to help Dignify develop appropriate and effective resources for schools to support them in having this important conversation with their students.

We continue to offer the survey. If your secondary school would like more information or is interested in running it, please email letstalk@dignify.org.