Adolescent sexual attitudes and behavior: are they consistent?

摘要: Relationships between sexual attitudes and behavior among adolescents were studied in data collected by self-administered questionnaires from approximately 3,500 junior senior high school students attending four inner-city schools during 1981-1982. An analysis of the results sex, race age found that 83 percent sexually experienced cite a best for first intercourse is older than at which they themselves event, 43 them report coitus their current age. In addition, 88 young women who have had baby say to birth became mothers. Thirty-nine 32 men believe premarital sex wrong. Among those are virgins, proportions much higher. However, even intercourse, 25 both sexes before marriage Women desire stronger relationships having do men, claim relationship with last partner. Very few teenagers neither partner responsible pregnancy prevention, tends be viewed as joint responsibility. Those see it shared responsibility slightly more likely assign one or other used method considerably contraception partner's responsibility.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)