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  Journal for the Scientific Study of ReligionVolume 45 Issue 3, Pages 407 - 417 Published Online: 11 Aug 2006 © 2009 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Published on behalf of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
Abstract | References | Full Text: PDF (Size: 142K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  Religiosity and Premarital Sex in Adulthood Copyright 2006 The Society of the Scientific Study of Religion ABSTRACTA growing body of literature finds an inverse association between religiosity and several types of deviant behavior. Although studies of adolescent sexuality form a large part of this literature, it is not clear that their results necessarily pertain to adults. This study examines the relationship between religiosity and the number of sexual partners among never-married adults in pooled samples of the General Social Survey. The major findings indicate that religiosity reduces the number of partners and does so partly because of moral disapproval of premarital sex. Additional analyses address whether the inverse association between religiosity and number of partners varies across gender and race categories. Final remarks address the theoretical importance of the findings and outline areas for further research. | 
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