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The younger-adolescent and the older-adolescent males differ most in respect to the frequencies with which they engage in sexual activities. Tables 69 and 71 give the data for single and married males respectively..

Table 69. Total sexual outlet, in single males,
as related to age at onset of adolescence
Total Outlet and Age at Adolescence
Age at
Adol.		 Cases Frequencies
Among All Single Males
Total Population Indices,
Total
Populations		 Active Population
Mean
Frequency		 Me-
dian
Freq.		 by
Means
%		 by
Me-
dians
%		 Incid.
%		 Mean
Frequency		 Me-
dian
Freq.
Activity between adol.-15
8-11 395 3.89 ± 0.84 2.98 184 223 99.5 3.91 ± 0.85 3.00
12 1013 3.53 ± 0.11 2.64 167 197 98.6 3.58 ± 0.11 2.68
13 1481 2.90 ± 0.07 2.19 137 163 97.6 2.97 ± 0.08 2.27
14 1175 2.30 ± 0.08 1.51 109 116 91.1 2.53 ± 0.08 1.80
15+ 292 2.11 ± 0.14 1.34 100 100 85.6 2.46 ± 0.15 1.74
Activity between 16-20
8-11 361 3.68 ± 0.18 2.89 149 159 99.7 3.69 ± 0.18 2.90
12 920 3.37 ± 0.11 2.48 137 136 99.8 3.38 ± 0.11 2.49
13 1359 2.86 ± 0.07 2.25 116 124 99.6 2.87 ± 0.07 2.26
14 1128 2.54 ± 0.07 1.89 103 104 99.2 2.56 ± 0.07 1.92
15+ 398 2.46 ± 0.12 1.82 100 100 99.7 2.49 ± 0.12 1.85
Activity between 21-25
8-11 241 3.30 ± 0.22 2.46 143 149 100.0 3.30 ± 0.22 2.46
12 515 3.03 ± 0.14 2.16 132 131 99.8 3.03 ± 0.14 2.16
13 769 2.49 ± 0.08 1.91 108 116 99.7 2.50 ± 0.08 1.92
14 626 2.40 ± 0.11 1.65 104 100 98.9 2.43 ± 0.11 1.69
15+ 257 2.30 ± 0.14 1.66 100 101 98.8 2.33 ± 0.14 1.69
Activity between 26-30
8-11 69 3.84 ± 0.49 2.81 152 178 100.0 3.84 ± 0.49 2.81
12 122 3.07 ± 0.28 1.95 136 123 100.0 3.07 ± 0.28 1.95
13 213 2.72 ± 0.20 2.00 120 127 99.5 2.73 ± 0.20 2.01
14 200 2.26 ± 0.16 1.58 100 100 99.0 2.28 ± 0.16 1.60
15+ 98 2.49 ± 0.27 1.80 110 114 98.0 2.54 ± 0.27 1.84
Activity between 31-35
8-12 82 3.30 ± 0.43 2.08 160 144 100.0 3.30 ± 0.43 2.08
13 86 2.78 ± 0.40 1.81 135 125 98.8 2.81 ± 0.40 1.82
14 97 2.06 ± 0.20 1.45 100 100 100.0 2.06 ± 0.20 1.45

Based on total white male population, including all education levels.
The relative sizes of the frequencies are shown in the boldface columns as indices,
with the lowest frequency in each 5-year period equalling 100 per cent.


Upon examining the record for the single males it will be seen that the boys who became adolescent first (by 11 years of age) have, on an average, about twice as much sexual outlet per week as the older-adolescent boys have during their early teens. If the means for the total populations are compared, the early-adolescent boys have 1.84 times as high frequencies as the slower males. If the medians are compared, the younger-adolescent boys have 2.23 times as much outlet. This is a material difference, and it is a real difference, since the averages for this age period between adolescence and 15 are calculated for the active years only, and not averaged with the pre-adolescent years.

These younger-adolescent boys constitute the most active group of single (unmarried) males in the whole population. In Chapter 7 it was concluded that out of all single males, taken as a group, the sexually most active are the 16-20-year old group; and that among the married males the highest frequencies are also in the 16-20-year period. While boys below 16, taken as a group, do not have frequencies as high as do the boys in their late teens, we now find that the activities of the early-adolescent individuals of this early teen-age group surpass those of the 16-20-year olds.

Table 70. Total outlet,
as related to educational level and age at onset of adolescence
Total Outlet and Age at Adolescence
Age at
Adol.		 Cases Frequencies Among Single Males,
by Educational Level
Total Population Indices,
Total
Populations		 Active Population
Mean
Frequency		 Me-
dian
Freq.		 by
Means
%		 by
Me-
dians
%		 Incid.
%		 Mean
Frequency		 Me-
dian
Freq.
Educ. level 0-8 -- Activity between adol.-15
8-12
13
14
15+		 131
180
270
115		 5.10 ± 0.43
3.34 ± 0.24
2.47 ± 0.21
2.09 ± 0.22		 3.75
2.38
1.25
1.14		 244
160
118
100		 329
196
110
100		 97.7
97.8
87.8
90.4		 5.22 ± 0.44
3.41 ± 0.25
2.82 ± 0.23
2.32 ± 0.24		 3.88
2.45
1.61
1.34
Educ. level 0-8 -- Activity between 16-20
8-12
13
14
15+		 114
165
266
154		 5.54 ± 0.49
3.40 ± 0.22
2.88 ± 0.21
2.45 ± 0.20		 3.85
2.71
1.96
1.74		 226
139
118
100		 221
156
113
100		 100.0
99.4
97.7
97.4		 5.54 ± 0.49
3.42 ± 0.22
2.95 ± 0.21
2.51 ± 0.21		 3.85
2.73
2.03
1.79
Educ. level 0-8 -- Activity between 21-25
8-12
13-14
15+		 46
188
84		 5.34 ± 0.84
3.00 ± 0.27
2.71 ± 0.30		 3.25
2.01
1.86		 197
111
100		 175
108
100		 97.8
97.3
98.8		 5.46 ± 0.85
3.08 ± 0.28
2.74 ± 0.30		 3.30
2.07
1.89
Educ. level 9-12 -- Activity between adol.-15
8-12
13
14
15+		 170
197
213
42		 4.23 ± 0.30
3.63 ± 0.28
2.59 ± 0.19
2.60 ± 0.46		 3.11
2.35
1.78
1.71		 163
140
100
100		 182
137
104
100		 98.8
98.5
91.5
88.1		 4.28  ± 0.30
3.69 ± 0.28
2.83 ± 0.20
2.95 ± 0.49		 3.16
2.40
2.04
1.92
Educ. level 9-12 -- Activity between 16-20
8-12
13
14
15+		 162
196
207
58		 4.23 ± 0.31
3.73 ± 0.26
2.94 ± 0.19
3.21 ± 0.45		 3.25
2.80
2.38
2.34		 144
127
100
109		 139
120
102
100		 99.4
100.0
99.5
100.0		 4.25 ± 0.31
3.73 ± 0.26
2.95 ± 0.19
3.21 ± 0.45		 3.28
2.80
2.40
2.34
Educ. level 9-12 -- Activity between 21-25
8-12
13-14
15+		 63
144
25		 3.87 ± 0.53
2.91 ± 0.25
1.33 ± 0.24		 2.92
2.08
1.00		 291
219
100		 292
208
100		 100.0
98.6
96.0		 3.87 ± 0.53
2.95 ± 0.26
1.38 ±0.25		 2.92
2.13
1.05
Educ. level 13+ -- Activity between adol.-15
8-12
13
14
15+		 893
896
600
114		 3.31 ± 0.10
2.77 ± 0.09
2.18 ± 0.09
1.88 ± 0.21		 2.57
2.27
1.56
1.39		 176
147
116
100		 185
163
112
100		 98.9
97.7
92.0
78.1		 3.35 ± 0.10
2.84 ± 0.09
2.37 ± 0.10
2.41 ± 0.24		 2.60
2.35
1.84
2.00
Educ. level 13+ -- Activity between 16-20
8-12
13
14
15+		 893
896
600
170		 3.00 ± 0.09
2.56 ± 0.07
2.26 ± 0.08
2.25 ± 0.14		 2.34
2.10
1.74
1.86		 133
114
101
100		 134
121
100
107		 99.8
99.8
99.8
99.4		 3.01 ± 0.09
2.56 ± 0.07
2.26 ± 0.08
2.26 ± 0.14		 2.34
2.10
1.75
1.87
Educ. level 13+ -- Activity between 21-25
8-12
13
14
15+		 561
566
393
136		 2.79 ± 0.11
2.25 ± 0.07
2.17 ± 0.10
2.23 ± 0.17		 2.06
1.80
1.56
1.72		 129
104
100
103		 132
115
100
110		 100.0
99.5
100.0
99.3		 2.79 ± 0.11
2.26 ± 0.07
2.17 ± 0.10
2.25 ± 0.17		 2.06
1.81
1.56
1.74
Educ. level 13+ -- Activity between 26-30
8-12
13
14
15+		 176
179
152
48		 3.03 ± 0.24
2.52 ± 0.19
2.27 ± 0.16
2.45 ± 0.41		 2.17
1.87
1.63
1.65		 133
111
100
108		 133
115
100
101		 100.0
99.4
100.0
100.0		 3.03 ± 0.24
2.53 ± 0.19
2.27 ± 0.16
2.45 ± 0.41		 2.17
1.88
1.63
1.65

The mean frequencies of total outlet for the late teen-age boys, taken as a whole group, are 3.2 per week. The mean frequencies for the early-adolescent boys during the period between 11 and 15 average 3.9 per week. If this early-adolescent population is broken down into three educational levels (Table 70), the mean frequencies become 5.1 per week among the boys who never go beyond eighth grade in school, 4.2 per week for the boys who go into high school but not beyond, and 3.3 per week for the boys who will ultimately go to college. For each educational level, the maximum frequencies for the early-adolescent boys are in the earliest age period (except for the grade school group, where there is a slight increase in rate in the next two age periods; but the samples on these grade school boys are too small to be accepted as final). This location of the peak of sexual activity in the earlier adolescent years is scientifically most interesting, and it may have considerable social significance. The data emphasize the importance of a breakdown by age of onset of adolescence, in any final analysis of the problems of sexual behavior.

Not only do these earlier-developing boys have four years head start, and not only do they have higher rates of activity in those initial years, but they continue to have higher rates throughout the subsequent age periods. In the fifteen years that lie between ages 16 and 30, the younger-developing boys have about half again as much outlet as the later-developing boys. There is still a discernible difference in the age group 31 to 35, which is 20 to 25 years after the time of onset of adolescence! Considering the multiplicity of other factors that may modify the frequencies of sexual activity, it is surprising to find such a long-time correlation with the age of onset of adolescence. In spite of their early start, and in spite of their much higher expenditure of energy in sexual activity, these early-maturing males remain more active than those who were delayed in their adolescence.

Table 71. Total sexual outlet in married males,
as related to age at onset of adolescence
Total Outlet and Age of Adolescence
Age at
Adol. 		Cases Frequencies Among All Married Males
Total Population Indices,
Total
Populations		 Active Population
Mean
Frequency		 Me-
dian
Freq.		 by
Means
%		 by
Me-
dians
%		 Incid.
%		 Mean
Frequency		 Me
dian
Freq.
Activity between 16-20
8-11 23 7.27 ± 1.31 6.00 220 240 100.0 7.27 ± 1.31 6.00
12 65 5.21 ± 0.64 3.42 158 137 100.0 5.21 ± 0.64 3.42
13 85 4.87 ± 0.52 3.57 147 143 100.0 4.87 ± 0.52 3.57
14 102 4.01 ± 0.39 2.97 121 119 100.0 4.01 ± 0.39 2.97
15+ 31 3.30 ± 0.44 2.50 100 100 100.0 3.30 ± 0.44 2.50
Activity between 21-25
8-11 70 4.93 ± 0.63 3.41 151 133 100.0 4.93 ± 0.63 3.41
12 183 4.48 ± 0.30 3.37 137 131 100.0 4.48 ± 0.30 3.37
13 245 3.94 ± 0.26 3.05 121 119 100.0 3.94 ± 0.26 3.05
14 278 3.55 ± 0.21 2.67 109 104 100.0 3.55 ± 0.21 2.67
15+ 99 3.26 ± 0.25 2.57 100 100 100.0 3.26 ± 0.25 2.57
Activity between 26-30
8-11 82 4.32 ± 0.52 3.09 147 134 100.0 4.32 ± 0.52 3.09
12 168 3.68 ± 0.27 2.86 125 124 100.0 3.68 ± 0.27 2.86
13 258 3.26 ± 0.19 2.59 111 112 100.0 3.26 ± 0.19 2.59
14 276 2.93 ± 0.15 2.37 100 103 99.3 2.95 ± 0.15 2.38
15+ 97 3.42 ± 0.37 2.31 116 100 100.0 3.42 ± 0.37 2.31
Activity between 31-35
8-11 46 3.02 ± 0.34 2.38 112 114 100.0 3.02 ± 0.34 2.38
12 114 3.21 ± 0.30 2.53 120 121 100.0 3.21 ± 0.30 2.53
13 193 2.97 ± 0.20 2.29 111 109 100.0 2.97 ± 0.20 2.29
14 223 2.68 ± 0.17 2.09 100 100 100.0 2.68 ± 0.17 2.09
15+ 85 3.14 ± 0.33 2.20 117 105 100.0 3.14 ± 0.33 2.20
Activity between 36-40
12 143 2.87 ± 0.25 2.17 121 115 99.3 2.89 ± 0.25 2.18
13 152 2.76 ±  0.21 2.21 116 117 100.0 2.76 ± 0.21 2.21
14 199 2.37 ± 0.16 1.89 100 100 100.0 2.37 ± 0.16 1.89
15+ 70 2.53 ± 0.26 1.98 107 105 100.0 2.53 ± 0.26 1.98
Activity between 41-45
13 84 2.45 ± 0.26 1.95 121 119 100.0 2.45 ± 0.26 1.95
14 123 2.03 ± 0.20 1.64 100 100 100.0 2.03 ± 0.20 1.64
Activity between 46-50
13 52 2.22 ± 0.33 1.63 112 121 100.0 2.22 ± 0.33 1.63
14 92 1.99 ± 0.25 1.35 100 100 98.9 2.02 ± 0.25 1.38

Based on total married population, including all educational levels.


In the histories of married males, the age of onset of adolescence proves to be as significant as in the histories of single males (Table 71, Figure 90). This is astounding! It might have been expected that the frequency of sexual activity for a married male would depend, to at least some degree, upon the wife’s interest and willingness to engage in marital intercourse; and certainly individual histories provide abundant examples of marital partners having to adjust their rates in accordance with each other’s wishes. Nevertheless, during the 16- to 20-year period, the outlets of the married males who were adolescent at an early age are about twice as high as the outlets of the males who were not adolescent until a later age — and this is exactly the difference that would have been found if they had remained unmarried. The effect persists throughout the lives of the married males, as far as data are available. While the differential between the groups decreases with advancing age, the rates of the younger-maturing group in the 46- to 50-year old period are still about 20 per cent higher than the rates of the slower-maturing group. Thirty-five years after the onset of adolescence, there is still a discernible effect, which persists in spite of marriage and in spite of all of the other events that affect sexual frequencies!

Figure 90. Relation of age at onset of adolescence to frequency of total outlet

Based on the total population.
Relative lengths of bars show mean
and median (selections in yellow frame) frequencies for each adolescent group.
Single males in the bottom row; married males in the top row.
Effects shown as continuing up to 30 years after onset of adolescence.


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