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This paper was designed to examine drinking, smoking, sex behavior and the effected factors on sexual behavior among unmarried young adults in Korea. Data from a survey of 3,942 respondents of ages 15-24 in three strata (high school students, college students, and employed persons) are used. Seventy-three percent have experienced alcohol drinking, 30% have experienced smoking, and 17% have experienced sexual intercourse. Young women are much less likely to have experienced these behaviors than young men. The gender difference is notably smaller among high school students than among other youth. Multiple risk-taking behavior is common both among men and women. Logistic regression shows that young unmarried men and women who have an unmarried friend who is sexually active, who have experienced drinking, who have experienced smoking, and who have lived away from parental home are more likely to be sexually active than other unmarried young adults.
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