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ERIC Number: EJ504262
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0147-0353
Sexual Decision-Making among Rural Adolescent Females.
Lock, Sharon E.; Vincent, Murray L.
Health Values: The Journal of Health Behavior, Education & Promotion, v19 n1 p47-58 Jan-Feb 1995
Analysis of data from the South Carolina School/Community Program for Sexual Risk Reduction among Teens looked at the effects of demographic and psychosocial factors on females' decisions to engage in premarital sexual intercourse. Age, family structure, peer influence, commitment to partner, and sexual attitudes directly affected premarital sexual intercourse. (Author/SM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Decision Making, Demography, Early Adolescents, Females, High School Students, Intermediate Grades, Junior High School Students, Rural Women, Secondary Education, Sexuality, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Premarital Sex; Psychosocial Factors; South Carolina