ArticleDemography2022
Religiosity and Young Unmarried Women's Sexual and Contraceptive Behavior: New Evidence From a Longitudinal Panel of Young Adult Women.
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- Demographic and health impacts of women's bodily autonomy: switching prescription requirements for emergency contraceptives.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between Religiosity and Religious Attitudes with Contraceptive İntentions and Pregnancy Avoidance Behaviours Among Married Muslim Women in Türkiye.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- Social-psychological determinants of hormonal contraceptive use intentions among adolescent girls in the Bono East Region of Ghana.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Associations of sexual behavioral aspects and sexual scripts among college students: A cross-sectional study.International journal of reproductive biomedicine · 2022Article
- Prevalence of oncogenic human papillomavirus in pregnant adolescents, association with colpocytological changes, risk factors and obstetric outcomes.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2022Article
- Attitudes and Behavior Feedback Loops for Young Women's Premarital Sex.Socius : sociological research for a dynamic worldArticle
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Abstract
Drawing on weekly panel data from the Relationship Dynamics and Social Life study, we investigate the relationship between religiosity and young Christian women's premarital intercourse, hormonal contraceptive use, and condom use for a period of up to 2.5 years. Mediation analyses reveal what explains the relationship between baseline religiosity and young women's subsequent reproductive behaviors, with consideration for their normative environments, moral order and learned competencies, attitudes, and anticipated guilt after sex. Results indicate that the more religious a young woman is, the less likely she is to have intercourse and to use hormonal contraception in a given week. However, when having intercourse and not using a hormonal method, the more religious a young woman is, the more likely she is to use condoms. Religiosity's relationship to these behaviors operates largely through women's reproductive attitudes, anticipated feelings of guilt after sex, and past sexual or contraceptive behaviors. Together, these findings highlight the complex relationship between religiosity and premarital sex and contraceptive use, elucidate key pathways through which religiosity operates, and draw attention to the often overlooked role of sexual emotions.
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