Study: Early Sex Leads to Higher Divorce Rate for Women

Study: Early Sex Leads to Higher Divorce Rate for Women | CitizenLink: A University of Iowa study has found that women who have sex as teenagers are more likely to divorce, especially if the experience was unwanted or if they had mixed feelings about it. Published in the April issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family, the analysis found that 31 percent of women who had sex for the first time as teens divorced within five years of getting married, and 47 percent divorced within 10 years. The divorce rate for women who delayed sex until adulthood was far lower: 15 percent at five years, and 27 percent at 10 years.