Compared with Studies Conducted in the Mid-1990s

question 77

Multiple Choice

Compared with studies conducted in the mid-1990s:

• A) the adolescents who choose to engage in sexual intercourse are doing so at an earlier age.
• B) fewer adolescents today are engaging in sexual intercourse.
• C) regional and ethnic variations make it difficult to generalize about an average age for sexual intercourse for American adolescents.
• D) All of the above.

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