Elias Vicky L, Fullerton Andrew S, Simpson Joseph M
a Department of Sociology , Texas A&M University-San Antonio.
J Sex Res. 2015;52(2):129-39. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2013.798610. Epub 2013 Sep 2.
Attitudes toward premarital sex in the United States have changed considerably since the 1970s. However, it is unclear whether these changes are due to cohort replacement, broader changes within cohorts, or a combination of the two processes. We examined within- and between-cohort changes in attitudes toward premarital sex in the United States from 1975 to 2008 using hierarchical age-period-cohort models based on data from the General Social Survey. We used a religious plausibility structure framework to examine several possible mechanisms for within- and between-cohort variation in premarital sex attitudes over time, including changes in religious participation, marital patterns, and family structure. The results provided mixed support for our hypotheses. Attitudes toward premarital sex became more permissive over time in the United States in part because of the process of cohort replacement, but the level of permissiveness peaked with the baby boomer cohorts. This cohort effect is due in part to differences in rates of religious service attendance and educational attainment. However, the overall increase in permissive attitudes toward premarital sex is also due to period effects that are not captured by the measures included in our analyses.
自20世纪70年代以来，美国对婚前性行为的态度发生了相当大的变化。然而，尚不清楚这些变化是由于代际更替、同一代人内部更广泛的变化，还是这两个过程的结合。我们使用基于综合社会调查数据的分层年龄-时期-队列模型，研究了1975年至2008年美国对婚前性行为态度的代内和代际变化。我们使用宗教似然结构框架来研究随着时间推移，婚前性行为态度在代内和代际变化的几种可能机制，包括宗教参与、婚姻模式和家庭结构的变化。结果对我们的假设提供了好坏参半的支持。随着时间的推移，美国对婚前性行为的态度变得更加宽容，部分原因是代际更替过程，但宽容程度在婴儿潮一代达到顶峰。这种队列效应部分归因于宗教仪式出席率和教育程度的差异。然而，对婚前性行为宽容态度的总体增加也归因于我们分析中所包含的测量方法未捕捉到的时期效应。
