Virginity Pledges

Virginity Pledgers Have Lower STD Rates and Engage in Fewer Risky Sexual Behaviors
by Robert Rector and Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D.
June 14, 2005
Counter to some recent research, this analysis shows that virginity pledges do make a difference. Virginity pledgers have lower STD rates than non-pledgers, and making virginity pledges is associated with a wide range of positive life outcomes.

Teens Who Make Virginity Pledges Have Substantially Improved Life Outcomes
by Robert E. Rector, Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D., and Jennifer A. Marshall
September 21, 2004 (Center for Data Analysis Report #04-07)
Recently released Add Health survey data indicate that adolescents who make a virginity pledge will have fewer sexual partners and are less likely to experience ...

Adolescents Who Take Virginity Pledges Have Lower Rates of Out-of-Wedlock Births
by Kirk A. Johnson
March 30, 2004 (Center for Data Analysis Report #04-04)
Young women who take a virginity pledge are about 40 percent less likely to have a child out of wedlock than similar young women who do not make a pledge.