Our Results

Our most recent compilation of results revealed some good news for the Northeast Tennessee/Southwest Virginia region:  we are making progress!  Consider the following points:

• The percentage of our long-term students during the school year 2008-09 who indicated that they plan to save sex for marriage was 73%.  The percentage of students in the control group who made the same indication was 41%.
• For our first-time students, the percentages of those agreeing to save sex for marriage grew by 11%.
• The number of our high school students who learned during our instruction that it can be dangerous to their health to have sex outside of marriage grew by 42%.
• Since our program's inception, around 1,000 students have changed their minds and decided to save sex for marriage.
• The teen pregnancy rate is 1.12% for Northeast Tennessee, compared to 1.39% statewide.
• Among our prior-year students, 79% (middle school) and 68% (high school) indicated one year or more later their plans to save sex for marriage.
• Higher increases for positive responses about sexual choices are being seen in males as compared to females.

 

I W8 is a program of Rise Up!  •  PO Box 4426, Johnson City, TN 37602 
Phone: 423.610.1242  •   Email: info@RiseUpForKids.com