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What Do Parents In Mississippi Really Think About Sex Education In School?: Results Of A State-Level Survey, Colleen Mckee, Kathleen Ragsdale, Linda H. Southward
What Do Parents In Mississippi Really Think About Sex Education In School?: Results Of A State-Level Survey, Colleen Mckee, Kathleen Ragsdale, Linda H. Southward
Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice
Purpose: Despite broad public support for comprehensive sex education, its implementation remains controversial in the United States, especially in states such as Mississippi that have been identified as politically conservative. This study examined parental opinions regarding the implementation of age-appropriate sex-related education (SRE) (i.e., abstinence-plus education) in Mississippi public schools.
Methods: Data were used from the first state-level survey of a randomized sample of parents (N = 3,600) of public school students in Mississippi. The sample was relatively equally distributed between non-Hispanic whites (52.8%) and African Americans (48.2%). Bivariate and multivariate analyses were conducted to determine parental support for …