Forum Newsfront

October, 1974

Teen SexWashington, D.C.--About 30 percent of unmarried American girls from the ages of 15 to 19 have had sexual intercourse and about one third of those have been pregnant at least once, according to a study by two Johns Hopkins University sociologists. Professors Melvin Zelnik and John F. Kantner base their estimates on data collected three years ago among a random sample of 46 11 girls as part of a continuing study of adolescent sexuality in the U. S. Their latest findings, reported in Family...