More Americans aged 35 and younger, especially those who are religious, are reportedly choosing to have less sex than those of their age in past generations.
The Christian Headlines said the 2021 General Society Survey showed that the number of young Americans refraining from sex have increased from 8% to 21% from 2008 to 2021. The findings of the said research were featured in the Institute for Family Studies (IFS) brief.
Maria Baer, Brad Wilcox, Deseret News
Dillon Burroughs, The Christian Post
Allison Lax, New York Post
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