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Premarital sexual attitudes of unmarried university students: 1968 vs. 1972

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Information on premarital sexual attitudes of unmarried undergraduates was obtained from random samples on the same campus in 1968 and 1972. Students in 1972, compared with those in 1968, reported (1) more permissive attitudes toward premarital sexual behavior (both men and women), (2) fewer differences in attitudes between men and women, and (3) less adherence to the “double standard.” In contrast to earlier research on premarital sexual attitudes, these differences need not be due to the markedly different populations compared, or generalizable only to sociology and psychology students, or indicative of only those who chose to volunteer for study (volunteer bias).

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  1. School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

    Karl E. Bauman Ph.D.

  2. Carolina Population Center of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

    Robert R. Wilson

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This research received support from the Institute for Research in Social Science and the University Research Council, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Bauman, K.E., Wilson, R.R. Premarital sexual attitudes of unmarried university students: 1968 vs. 1972. Arch Sex Behav 5, 29–37 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01542238

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