TEENAGE SEXUAL ATTITUDES IN CHINA

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 P rovince in 1988. Our analysis has two gears: first, to describe aggreg ate attitudes toward premarital sexual practices; and second, to ident ify the principal factors that influence these attitudes. To accomplis h the second goal we estimate several regression equations with predic tor variables known to influence teen sexual attitudes. Our analysis r eveals major differences and similarities between China and the United States and indicates that China's teenagers are somewhat strongly opp osed to teen sexual contact, but seem to be more understanding of othe rs who so engage, despite strict laws and public morality forbidding i t.