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Title: 1 in 5 Teenages Has Sex Before 15, Study Finds
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Lewin, Tamar |
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1 in 5 Teenages Has Sex Before 15, Study Finds New York Times, May 20, 2003 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: New York Times Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (AddHealth); National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG); Sexual Activity; Sexual Experiences/Virginity Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. A report released by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy indicates that about 20 percent of adolescents have had sexual intercourse before their 15th birthday -- and one in seven of the sexually experienced 14-year-old girls has been pregnant. The data in the report comes from three federally financed surveys of young people -- the National Survey of Family Growth, the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth --and four smaller data sets. |
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Lewin, Tamar. "1 in 5 Teenages Has Sex Before 15, Study Finds." New York Times, May 20, 2003. |