Finding

 


This finding looks at the relationship between family structure and adolescent sexual activity.

Adolescents living at home with two parents were 20% less likely to have ever had sexual intercourse when compared to adolescents not living at home with two parents.


Sample or Data Description
Data come from Wave I of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). The final sample consists of 3,028 adolescents in grades 7-12.


Source
"Friends’ religiosity and first sex."
Adamczyk, A.,
Felson, J.
Social Science Research Vol. in press, Number . , 2006. Page(s) NA.


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