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Age dating began
 Percentage of girls reporting
intercourse by graduation
 Percentage of boys reporting
intercourse by graduation
12
 90%
 71%
13
 53%
 100%
14
 49%
 72%
15
 37%
 48%
16
 18%
 16%
17
 13%
 21%
The Younger the Dating, The Sooner The Sexual Activity
From the Journal of Adolescent Research 1986; 1(3): 361-371
Authors: Brent C. Miller, J. Kelly McCoy and Terrance D. Olson
  • "Early dating, especially early steady dating, was related to permissive attitudes and to premarital
    sexual experience among both male and female."
  • Of ninth graders in steady dating relationships, 70% of boys and 60% of girls say they've had sex.