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The stats quoted in the article are of course misleading...I should know better by now, journalists rarely understand these studies well, or if they do they don't convey it well.
http://www.iserp.columbia.edu/people/downloads/after_the_promise.pdf
ETA: the target group studied was a 3rd wave of a national longitudinal study of adolescent health. The 3rd wave was for 18-24 year olds, but earlier interviews were held with the same people. See the article for details.
The stats quoted in the article are of course misleading...I should know better by now, journalists rarely understand these studies well, or if they do they don't convey it well.
Although pledgers tend to have sex later than nonpledgers and tend to get married earlier than nonpledgers, most pledgers do not wait to get married before having first sex. If we consider just those respondents who have had sex, 88% of the pledgers have sex (here again, vaginal intercourse) before they get married, whereas 99% of the nonpledgers have sex before marriage. Inconsistent pledgers 94%) are in between, as expected. Of all respondents, not conditioning on having had sex, the pattern is roughly similar. Specifically, 61% of all pledgers, 90% of all nonpledgers, and 79% of all inconsistent pledgers have sex before marriage or interview date.
http://www.iserp.columbia.edu/people/downloads/after_the_promise.pdf
ETA: the target group studied was a 3rd wave of a national longitudinal study of adolescent health. The 3rd wave was for 18-24 year olds, but earlier interviews were held with the same people. See the article for details.
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