Problem: The article, "Why People Are Having No Sex," from Psychology Today,
Examines recent social scientific research that shows a significant decline in self-reported sexual activity among young people. Given that young people are more likely to engage in risky, thrill-seeking behavior, many researchers are looking for an explanation for this surprising trend. Look at some of the possible explanations (hypotheses) put forward by researchers mentioned in the article.
Which explanation(s) do you find most convincing?
What kind of data might we need to make sure that we are identifying causation and not simply a correlation? In other words, what would an ideal research project to explain this trend look like?