Question: Are virginity pledges an effective public health strategy to decrease teen pregnancy?
A: Yes, because our church teaches that people should not have sex before marriage.
B: Yes, because having made a pledge, teens are more likely to delay the age of first intercourse.
C: No, there is no difference in age of first intercourse or use of birth control to limit the risk of pregnancy between pledgers and non-pledgers.
D: No, there is no difference in age of first intercourse between pledgers and non-plegers and pledgers are less likely to use birth control when they engage in intercourse than non-pledgers.
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Answer is D - there is no difference in age of first intercourse and pledgers are less likely to use birth control when they engage in intercourse.
ReplyDeleteFor more information click here to access the study published in the January, 2009 issue of Pediatrics.
Woohoo, I got it right! I actually thought it was E, "those who make the pledge engage in intercourse earlier and are less likely to use birth control"
ReplyDeleteThe less likely to use birth control is definitely understandable. It's too bad we can't come to some agreement that a little bit of everything is important in education.
I got it right too!
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ReplyDeleteGood for you both!
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