Females
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Males
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No sexual contact
|
28.6
|
27.2
|
Any opposite-sex contact
|
70.1
|
71.7
|
Any opposite-sex contact: vaginal intercourse
|
65.1
|
62.9
|
Any opposite-sex contact: gave or received oral sex
|
62.6
|
64.0
|
Any opposite-sex contact: anal sex
|
20.2
|
20.9
|
Any same-sex behavior
|
13.4
|
4.0
|
* Percentage engaging in behavior at least once
|
Source: Chandra, A., Mosher, W. D., Copen, C., & Sionean, C. (2011). Sexual behavior, sexual attraction, and sexual identity in the United States: Data from the 2006–2008 national survey of family growth (National Health Statistics Reports: Number 36). Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics.
We saw earlier that higher degrees of religiosity are strongly associated with greater disapproval of premarital sex. Does this mean that religiosity should also be associated with a lower likelihood of actually engaging in premarital sex? The answer is clearly yes, as many studies of adolescents find that those who are more religious are more likely to still be virgins and, if they have had sex, more likely to have had fewer sexual partners (Regenerus, 2007).[4] Survey data on adults yield a similar finding: Among all never-married adults in the GSS, those who are more religious are also more likely to have had fewer sexual partners (Barkan, 2006). [5] We see evidence of this relationship in Table 9.3 "Self-Rated Religiosity and Number of Sexual Partners in Past Five Years among Never-Married Adults Ages 18–39 (%)", which shows that among never-married adults ages 18–39, those who are very religious are more likely to have had no sexual partners in the past five years and, if they have had any partners, to have had fewer partners. Although it is hypothetically possible that not having sexual partners leads someone to become more religious, it is much more likely that being very religious reduces the number of sexual partners that never-married adults have.
Table 9.3 Self-Rated Religiosity and Number of Sexual Partners in Past Five Years among Never-Married Adults Ages 18–39 (%)
Number of sexual partners
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Very religious
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Moderately religious
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Slightly religious or not at all religious
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0
|
31.1
|
7.6
|
9.2
|
1
|
29.5
|
29.6
|
21.6
|
2 or more
|
39.4
|
62.8
|
69.2
|
Source: Data from General Social Surveys. (2006–2010). Retrieved fromhttp://sda.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/hsda?harcsda+gss10.
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