According to research, sex education
a. delays the age at which young people first engage in sexual intercourse.
b. increases the risk that a young person will engage in sexual intercourse at an early age.
c. has no effect on the age at which young people first engage in sexual intercourse.
d. tends to undermine the parents' ability to encourage sexual responsibility in their children.
ANSWER: a
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