Prevalence of Early Sexual Debut among Young Adolescents in Ten States of the United States

• Main Authors: Sadandaula R. Muheriwa-Matemba (Author), Elizabeth Anson (Author), Holly A. McGregor (Author), Chen Zhang (Author), Natasha Crooks (Author), Natalie M. LeBlanc (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Sexual debut among young adolescents is under-investigated. In this quantitative descriptive study, we examined the 2019 Middle School Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) data of 66,366 young adolescents aged 10-14 from 10 states to determine the prevalence of early sexual debut among young adolescent...