Tim B. Heaton

These trends coupled with some reluctance to discuss sexual issues openly could lead to an increasing discrepancy between official codes of conduct and actual behavior.

The number of LDS marriages intact after 10 years is significant. Most people assume the reason is because Mormons marry young or have too high expectations. However, those Mormons who marry at an older age ‑ defined as any time after 23 ‑ are much more likely to divorce. There is a great deal of pressure on "older" Mormon singles to marry and they might not make good choices.

Seven percent of Mormon women give birth before marriage.

The median age of first birth [for Mormons] was 22, much younger than most other religious groups.

More Mormon women are married than the national average, 69 percent to 52 percent, respectively.

The median age of LDS women at the time of marriage is 20.6 years, younger than all other groups except Baptists and fundamentalist Protestants.