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The authors would like to thank China Family Planning Association, China Youth Network and Research Center for Public Health of Tsinghua University for their continued support of our work.
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The study was supported by 2018–2019 "Youth Development and Youth Work" Project from China Youth League Central (No.18TQF14). The funders had no role in the design of this study, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or interpretation of data and preparation of the letter.
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Liang, H., Hu, Z. Predictors and Consequences of Early Sexual Debut among 43,251 University Students in China. Arch Sex Behav 50, 2789–2792 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02169-4
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