Family Facts: Social Science Research on Family, Society & Religion
| Adolescents
who pledged to remain abstinent were significantly less likely to
become sexually active than peers who did not pledge, according to
2001 study published in American Journal of Sociology. After controlling for factors such as family background, religiosity, and physical maturity, children who pledged to abstain from sexual activity were 34 percent less likely to begin sexual activity two years after the initial survey than non-pledgers. In addition, children whose parents disapproved of sexual activity were more likely to maintain their pledge throughout high school. Read this finding The Heritage Foundation's familyfacts.org catalogs social science findings on the family, society and religion gleaned from peer-reviewed journals, books and government surveys. Serving policymakers, journalists, scholars and the general public, familyfacts.org makes social science research easily accessible to the non-specialist. |
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 Teenage girls who abstained from sexual activity were less likely to become depressed...(more) Increased abstinence among teens was associated with a reduction in out-of-wedlock teenage pregnancies in the early 1990s...(more) Family Research Experts:
Pat Fagan William H. G. FitzGerald Research Fellow in Family and Cultural Issues Christine Kim Policy Analyst, Domestic Policy Studies Jennifer Marshall Director, Domestic Policy Studies For Interviews call Media Relations at (202) 675-1761 |
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Events:Religious Practice and Civic Life: What the Research Says October 4, 2007 |