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Sheet: Reasons For Abstinence Table48

TABLE 48:  REASONS FOR SEXUAL ABSTINENCE*
Question | Answer Options | 9th Grade Male % | 9th Grade Female % | 11th Grade Male % | 11th Grade Female %
If you do not have sexual intercourse, what factors influence your choice not to? ([NAME] all that apply) | I don't want to have sex | 0.2841878859363075 | 0.6635392876982903 | 0.2286032614200345 | 0.5796258602306872
If you do not have sexual intercourse, what factors influence your choice not to? ([NAME] all that apply) | My partner doesn't want to have sex** | 0.0947755498508291 | 0.07061292512807851 | 0.1191127316924947 | 0.07453717165842784
If you do not have sexual intercourse, what factors influence your choice not to? ([NAME] all that apply) | I have not had a chance to have sex** | 0.3544022757233053 | 0.2241219677797667 | 0.4185151423073027 | 0.2550159930212271
If you do not have sexual intercourse, what factors influence your choice not to? ([NAME] all that apply) | My friends don't have sex | 0.127315617845001 | 0.2139991358558113 | 0.08315608224450521 | 0.1598332848696326
If you do not have sexual intercourse, what factors influence your choice not to? ([NAME] all that apply) | I don't think it's right for a person my age to have sex | 0.5010754180253937 | 0.7348311832602925 | 0.3166210878152537 | 0.5432780847145487
If you do not have sexual intercourse, what factors influence your choice not to? ([NAME] all that apply) | I have chosen to wait until I am married | 0.2856449039061958 | 0.4404049132769582 | 0.2630406158209257 | 0.4180478821362799
If you do not have sexual intercourse, what factors influence your choice not to? ([NAME] all that apply) | My religious or spiritual beliefs | 0.2108513147852633 | 0.2959693846058885 | 0.2298186974577129 | 0.3543665794320054
If you do not have sexual intercourse, what factors influence your choice not to? ([NAME] all that apply) | My parent(s) would object | 0.3883299798792756 | 0.5589778408740201 | 0.3030487187278436 | 0.4719395173015411
If you do not have sexual intercourse, what factors influence your choice not to? ([NAME] all that apply) | What my parents have taught me about sex | 0.172621938527718 | 0.2910931423986173 | 0.1406867213612883 | 0.2582145972666472
If you do not have sexual intercourse, what factors influence your choice not to? ([NAME] all that apply) | What sex education at school has taught me | 0.1853188094081732 | 0.2746744028146411 | 0.1419021573989669 | 0.2314626344867694
If you do not have sexual intercourse, what factors influence your choice not to? ([NAME] all that apply) | Fear of pregnancy | 0.2973010476653021 | 0.6137892722671441 | 0.3064924541679327 | 0.6003683241252302
If you do not have sexual intercourse, what factors influence your choice not to? ([NAME] all that apply) | Fear of sexually transmitted diseases | 0.3333795878720599 | 0.5157089068576014 | 0.2777271346095412 | 0.477949016186876
If you do not have sexual intercourse, what factors influence your choice not to? ([NAME] all that apply) | Other reason(s) | 0.2306251300908902 | 0.2058514906487254 | 0.2571660083054796 | 0.2133372104293884
* 5th and 8th grade surveys did not ask these questions. ** New question in 2013.