Academic goals, achievement and age at first sexual intercourse: Longitudinal, bidirectional influences.(Statistical Data Included)

Adolescence | December 22, 2001| | Copyright

Approximately 22% of females and 27% of males have had intercourse by age 15, and about 76% and 85%, respectively, by age 19 (Alan Guttmacher Institute, 1998). Many factors have been linked to the early onset of sexual activity among adolescents, such as peer influences, level of educational achievement, community characteristics, gender, race, and parental influences (Brewster, 1994; Furstenberg, Morgan, Moore, & Peterson, 1987; Miller, Norton, Curtis, Hill, Schvaneveldt, & Young, 1997). There are also many consequences; early sexual activity has been linked to a wide range ...

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