The objective of this paper is to focus on the methodological
aspect in studying young people's sexuality. Due to the extreme sensitivity
in studying this issue, an eclectic approaches to data gathering which
include survey, in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, media
clippings and daily _,field note is used. Five sexual indices developed from
the 1994/'95 Sexuality and Marriage Values Survey is elaborated and
discussed. The index score produced from the sexual indices for sexual
behavior are categorized into three groups: low, medium and high.
Respondents who have a high score are assumed to be more liberal than
respondents with a low score. The paper also discussed the advantages,
disadvantages and how to make focus group and in-depth interview work in
such a conservative cultural setting. Finally, the paper speculate; in trying
to understanding sexuality referred to by researchers as ?ego-threatening ',
?sensitive', and 'taboo topics' by using the eclectic approaches to data
gathering.
