Facts of Life
PURITY
COMES
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Teen-age girls are less likely to start having sex when their mothers are involved in their lives, have a close relationship with them, and successfully communicate their values on sex to them, according to findings from the largest survey ever conducted with adolescents in the United States.
The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health drew from two analyses of interviews with thousands of mothers and their teens. The findings were reported last September in a monograph by University of Minnesota researchers and in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
Source: National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy / www.teenpregnancy.org.
