Studies suggest that sexting is more common than many parents might realize or want to admit. More than half the undergraduate students who took part in an anonymous online survey said they sent sexually suggestive texts when they were teenagers. Nearly 30 percent said they included photos in their sexts, and an astonishing 61 percent did not know that sending nude photos via text could be considered child pornography. Another study, this one by UTMB, found that while students who admitted sexting were 32 percent more likely to report having sex the next year, sexting by teenagers was not linked to risky sexual behavior over time. The study found that teens who sexted were not more likely to have multiple sexual partners, use drugs or alcohol before sex or not use birth control. The news also appears in The Malaysian Digest, One Nation News and Valley News Live.