Sexuality attitudes and behaviors of self-described very religious urban students in middle school

Data from a survey of 869 students aged 11 to 15 years and attending six ur ban middle schools were analyzed to identify differences in sex attitudes a nd behaviors between self-reported very religious students and their less r eligious peers. The two groups were demographically similar. They differed on only two attitude items, one suggesting that intercourse was a normal pa rt of teenage dating and the other suggesting intercourse was alright if th e two people were in love. The groups did not differ in their estimation of their peers' sexual activity or attitude or in terms of their own intercou rse behavior or future intentions.