Sex and Delinquency
Posted on March 13th, 2007 by catalyst into the Things Dougie wouldn't do categoryMy friend Pete sends in this study showing a correlation between sex and delinquency.
A national study of more than 7,000 youth found that adolescents who had sex early showed a 20 percent increase in delinquent acts one year later compared to those whose first sexual experience occurred at the average age for their school.
In contrast, those teens who waited longer than average to have sex had delinquency rates 50 percent lower a year later compared to average teens. And those trends continued up to six years.
The study defines delinquency:
To determine rates of delinquency, students in the survey were asked how often in the past year they participated in a variety of delinquent acts, including painting graffiti, deliberately damaging property, stealing, or selling drugs.
So, sex leads to grafitti. Who knew?
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