Chapter 11

Question 1

Premarital Sexual Behavior

Answer 1

a. Overall, today’s adolescents are having sex earlier than their grandparents but not their parents.
b. Since the average of marriage is now in the mid-20s, few Americans are waiting until they marry to have sex
c. 66-70% of 18 to 19 year olds have had sex
d. 30% of 15 to 17 year olds have had sex
e. 7% of 13 year olds have had sex

Question 2

Premarital Sexual Behavior

Correlation: Age

Answer 2

i. The older they are, the more likely adolescents are to have had premarital sexual intercourse.

Question 3

Premarital Sexual Behavior

Correlation: Race/ethnicity

Answer 3

ii. Other things being equal, African Americans report a higher incidence of premarital sex than do Caucasian Americans.

Question 4

Premarital Sexual Behavior

Correlation: Religion

Answer 4

iii. A large number of adolescents who indicate they are abstinent claim to be so due to religious reasons.

Question 5

Premarital Sexual Behavior

Correlation: Boyfriend or girlfriend

Answer 5

i. Adolescents who report having a boyfriend or girlfriend are more likely to have premarital sexual intercourse than those who do not

Question 6

Premarital Sexual Behavior

Correlation: Young age at 1st intercourse

Answer 6

ii. Those you are younger at first intercourse tend to engage in more sexual behavior later in adolescence.

Question 7

Premarital Sexual Behavior

Correlation: Age at puberty

Answer 7

i. The earlier puberty is reached, the earlier first intercourse occurs.

Question 8

Premarital Sexual Behavior

Correlation: Parental behaviors and relationships

Answer 8

i. Parents who have warm, close relationships with their adolescent children have offspring who remain abstinent, delay intercourse, and have fewer sexual partners.
ii. Parents who regulate and monitor their children’s behavior, such as setting rules and enforcing curfews, are less likely to have sexually active teens.
iii. Parents who speak clearly to their children about sexual values have children who delay intercourse and have fewer sexual partners

Question 9

Premarital Sexual Behavior

Correlation: Peer standards

Answer 9

i. Adolescent peers provide more positive, affirming messages about sexual activity than do parents.

Question 10

Premarital Sexual Behavior

Correlation: Siblings

Answer 10

i. There is a link between an older sibling’s sexual behavior and the younger sibling’s sexual behavior

Question 11

Premarital Sexual Behavior

Correlation: Gender

Answer 11

ii. Girls are more likely than boys to link sex and love.
iii. Males more likely to masturbate
iv. Males more accepted for engaging in sexual behaviors than females

Question 12

Premarital Sexual Behavior

Correlation: Problem Behaviors

Answer 12

ii. Delinquency, drug use, and promiscuity are correlated with premarital sexual intercourse

Question 13

Premarital Sexual Behavior

Correlation: Educational expectations

Answer 13

iii. The higher adolescents’ educational expectations, the less likely they are to have premarital sexual intercourse

Question 14

Premarital Sexual Behavior

Correlation: SES

Answer 14

iv. There is a higher incidence of early sexual intercourse among youths of low socioeconomic status

Question 15

Other factors associated with adolescent sexuality

Answer 15

o Contraceptives

1. Condom is the most common use
2. Pill second most common use
3. Withdrawal method third most common use

Question 16

Sexually Transmitted diseases

Answer 16

1. Girls more likely to get STD if partner has STD
2. Girls more likely to be asymptomatic
3. Chlamydia common in adolescents
4. Lead to infertility, death, and cancers