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This finding looks at the relationship between abstinence education and youths' sexual behavior.

Compared with peers in a control group and those in safe-sex and comprehensive sex education programs, youths in an abstinence education intervention were less likely to become sexually active within a subsequent two-year period and, if sexually active, were less likely to have had intercourse within the three months preceding a two-year follow-up survey.

Sample or Data Description
662 African American students in grades 6 and 7.

Source
"Efficacy of a Theory-Based Abstinence-Only Intervention Over 24 Months"
Jemmott, John B.
Jemmott, Loretta S. and Fong, Geoffrey T.
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Vol. 164, Number 2. February, 2010. Page(s) 152-159.

FindingID: 9495