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This study utilized an axiomatic approach to develop a middle-range theory of premarital sexual intercourse. A review of relevant empirical research resulted in a propositional inventory which was used in developing 22 testable propositions about premarital sexual intercourse among females. Using an unanalyzed data base of 336 never-married coeds in a southern state college and in a southern medical complex, 15 propositions were either statistically significant or in the stated direction. Through the use of reference group and exchange theory, six dcrived propositions were developed by the process of induction.
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