Finding

 


This finding looks at the relationship between maternal attitudes toward sex and adolescent sexual activity.

The more sexually liberal adolescents perceive their mothers to be, the more sexual partners they are likely to have had.


Sample or Data Description
Data is from the Add Health Survey Wave I (1995) --7,908 mother/adolescent child dyads.


Source
"Do Mothers' Opinions Matter in Teen' Sexual Activity?"
Fingerson, Laura
Journal of Family Issues Vol. 26, Number . , 2005. Page(s) 947-974.


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