The study shows that one in every three youth aged 15 to 24 years old has engaged in premarital ***, the number increasing by more than 14 percent from almost 20 years ago, when the second YAFS was conducted. This translates to about 6.2 million youth who have engaged in ***ual intercourse before marriage, according to UPPI’s Maria Paz Marquez.
She noted also a narrowing gap in the number of males and females who have engaged in premarital ***: 35.5 percent of males and 28.7 percent of females in 2013, from 26.1 percent of males and 10.2 percent of females in 1994.