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Virginity pledgers are just as likely as matched nonpledgers to report premarital intercourse.

Publication: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
Publication Date: 01-MAR-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Virginity pledgers are just as likely as matched nonpledgers to report premarital intercourse.(DIGESTS)

Article Excerpt
Youth who took a virginity pledge reported a similar level of sexual intercourse to that of closely matched nonpledging youth in a longitudinal study that assessed outcomes five years after pledging. (1) Three-fourths of both pledgers and nonpledgers had had intercourse by the five-year follow-up, and the mean age at first sex for both groups was 21. Smaller proportions of pledgers than of nonpledgers said that in the past year, they had always used a condom (24% vs. 34%) and always used some birth control method (46% vs. 52%), and had used a method at last sex (67% vs. 72%). Furthermore, 82% of pledgers denied having ever taken a pledge.

The study used data from the National Longitudinal Study...

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