ABSTRACT
Premarital Sex is a sexual intercourse engaged by persons who are
not married - a commonly issue nowadays but still a very sensitive topic.
According to the data collated by the Philippines Statistic Authority (PSA, 2016)
one third of Filipinos who has the age of 15-24 years old have engaged to
premarital sex. The data collated showed that 35.5 percent of young male
Filipinos and 28.7 percent of young females have engaged in premarital sex.
The Quantitative Descriptive design was used in the study. The researchers
used stratified sampling technique. The respondents of the study involve the
Grade 12 STEM students in Olivarez College Tagaytay. The research
instrument that the researchers used is a self-made questionnaire. The
researchers made use of the frequency percentage and weighted mean as
statistical treatment. The present study is based on the selected students of
Olivarez College Tagaytay. On the basis of primary data collection, it's being
proved that most of the respondents are in the age of 18, most of the
respondents are female, and most of the respondents are in the section Orion.
The researchers concluded that showing love and respect will lead to a better
relationship. Most of the respondents are lack of guidance by their parents. The
level of awareness of the selected students is aware. The researchers
concluded that the level of awareness of the students are not enough and they
need to gain more knowledge about premarital sex. The researchers
recommend more knowledge about the consequences to happen when you engaged into premarital sex. This can be possible through the parents, school administrators and teachers by discussing and addressing the
result of this study and educate them to gain more knowledge towards
premarital sex.