Government reports early success for abstinence education programs. From: Economic Opportunity Report | Date: July 25, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Business Publishers, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Abstinence education programs appear to be achieving some measure of success among their youngest enrollees, as a new interim government report shows elementary and middle school students in such programs are more receptive to the no-sex message and have more negative attitudes toward teen sex.

The study found "limited evidence," however, that these students are more willing to remain abstinent as unmarried teenagers.

"Youth reported a stronger perception of t...

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