Teenage sexual attitudes in China. Academic Article

abstract

• Not much is known about the sexual attitudes of Chinese teenagers. In this article we endeavor to address this void by examining the sexual attitudes of Chinese teenagers with survey data collected in Sichuan Province in 1988. Our analysis has two goals: first, to describe aggregate attitudes toward premarital sexual practices; and second, to identify the principal factors that influence these attitudes. To accomplish the second goal we estimate several regression equations with predictor variables known to influence teen sexual attitudes. Our analysis reveals major differences and similarities between China and the United States and indicates that China's teenagers are somewhat strongly opposed to teen sexual contact, but seem to be more understanding of others who so engage, despite strike laws and public morality forbidding it.

authors

• Poston, Dudley

published proceedings

• Soc Biol

author list (cited authors)

• Kaufman, G., Poston, D. L., Hirschl, T. A., & Stycos, J. M.

citation count

• 8

complete list of authors

• Kaufman, G||Poston, DL||Hirschl, TA||Stycos, JM

publication date

• January 1996

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Biodemography and Social Biology  Journal

keywords

• Adolescent
• Adolescent Behavior
• Attitude
• China
• Data Collection
• Female
• Humans
• Least-Squares Analysis
• Male
• Sexual Behavior

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/19485565.1996.9988920

start page

• 141

end page

• 154

volume

• 43

issue

• 3-4

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1080%2F19485565.1996.9988920

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being