title: True love waits: do Southern Baptists? Premarital sexual behavior among newly married Southern Baptist Sunday school students.
abstract: This study measures premarital sex prevalence, sources of sex education, and support for secular sex education among 151 newly married young adults surveyed at 9 Texas Southern Baptist churches. More than 70% of respondents reported having had premarital vaginal or oral sex, but more than 80% regretted premarital sex. The proportion of premarital sex exceeded 80% in 6 of 9 churches, among men and women married after age 25 and women married before age 21. School sex education was the only source of information about sexually transmitted infections for 57% of respondents, and 65% supported secular sex education despite church opposition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioral and Community Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD 20742, USA. jerosenb@umd.edu
authors.forename: Janet E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Rosenbaum
authors.forename: Byron
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weathersbee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D008297:Male; D033303:Protestantism / Q000523:psychology*; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012071:Religion and Sex; D012736:Sex Education; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas; D055815:Young Adult