1.0 Introduction

1.1 Background

Teens nowadays are prone to pre-marital sex.Premarital sex refers to consensual sexual intercourse between unmarried heterosexual human. Premarital sex usually happens when a teen couple gets too emotional and the sexual drive increases. When this happens, they tend to have sex which leads to many problems. Firstly, The birth of illegal babies and illegal babies dumping. Secondly, a noticeable impact is a steep rise in school dropouts among teens. This problem has been occurring when a young couple is not under the supervision of an adult or either the relationship of the couple is set as a secret. This is a global problem and need to be solved as fast as possible. If not, The consequences is very high as these teens are suppose to be the future leaders. We definitely do not want them to be school dropouts or leaders with no moral values. Thus, a research and a survey should be done to gather valuable information regarding this issue in order to come out with an effective solution.


1.2 Problem Statement

To conduct a research to study the level of awareness among students regarding the seriousness of premarital sex. This in hand will also help us to find out whether it is regarded as a problem among UMP students.

1.3 Research Objective

  • To find out the awareness level among UMP students and the level of seriousness on premarital sex
  • To understand the factor thag causes premarital sex to occur among students/ youths

1.4 Research Questions

The research questions are focused on trying to indentify the awareness among UMP students about this particular problem.

!) Are UMP students aware that premarital sex is a problem?
2) What are the effects of premarital sex towards students/youths?
3) How do the students try to keep themselvels from being caught in this problem?