Data from the 2002 survey indicate that by age 20, 77% of respondents had had sex, 75% had had premarital sex, and 12% had married; by age 44, 95% of respondents (94% of women, 96% of men, and 97% of those who had ever had sex) had had premarital sex. Even among those who abstained until at least age 20, 81% had had premarital sex by age 44. Among cohorts of women turning 15 between 1964 and 1993, at least 91% had had premarital sex by age 30. Among those turning 15 between 1954 and 1963, 82% had had premarital sex by age 30, and 88% had done so by age 44.
Conclusions. Almost all Americans have sex before marrying. These findings argue for education and interventions that provide the skills and information people need to protect themselves from unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases once they become sexually active, regardless of marital status.
— Lawrence B. Finer, PhD
Research Division, The Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY
Trends in Premarital Sex in the United States, 1954–2003
Public Health Reports / January–February 2007 / Volume 122
Here are all my nominations:
Here's my whole list so far:
Best Blog :
BlogActive
http://blogactive.com
If it had not been for Michael Rogers' work on Mark Foley, I honestly believe Democrats would not have won Congress.
Best Blog -- Pro Division:
Think Progress
http://thinkprogress.org
Best Blog Community:
My Left Wing
http://myleftwing.com
Democrats.com
http://democrats.com
Best Writing:
Bag News Notes
http://www.bagnewsnotes.com
Best Post:
Best Series:
As the Patriot Acts,
Tara Parks for culturekitchen.com
Best Single Issue Blog:
Ex-Gay Watch
http://exgaywatch.com
AfterDowningStreet.org
http://afterdowningstreet.org
Progressive Islam
http://progressiveislam.org
Best Group Blog:
culturekitchen
http://culturekitchen.com
Most Humorous Blog:
Angry Black Bitch
http://angryblackbitch.blogspot.com/
Most Humorous Post:
Should I use blackface in my blog? by ebog jonson
http://www.ebogjonson.com/archives/2006/09/should_i_use_bl.php
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition:
Fetch Me My Axe
http://fetchmemyaxe.blogspot.com/
Racialicious
http://www.racialicious.com/
The Unapologetical Mexican
http://www.theunapologeticmexican.org/elgrito/
Kai Ching
http://zuky.net
Dark Sun
http://sunrunner.wordpress.com/
Best Consonant Level Blog:
Mole's Progressive Democrat
http://moleprogressive.blogspot.com
Kid Okland
http://kidoaklandblog.blogspot.com
Best Expert Blog:
FrameShop, by Jeffrey Feldman
http://frameshopisopen.com
Best New Blog:
The Silence of our Friends
http://the-silence-of-our-friends.blogspot.com/
Best Human Equality Blog:
Women Of Color blog
http://BrownFemiPower.com
Pandagon
http://pandagon.net
Best Coverage of State or Local Issues:
The Daily Gotham
http://dailygotham.com
Best Commenter:
BelleDame222