Racial differences in age at first sexual intercourse: Residential racial segregation and the black-white disparity among U.S. adolescents

Public Health Reports

Volumn 128, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages 23-32

  Biello, Katie Brooks ^a,b   Ickovics, Jeannette ^c   Niccolai, Linda ^c   Lin, Haiqun ^c   Kershaw, Trace ^c  

^a FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875028835     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549131282s103     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. O'Donnell BL, O'Donnell CR, Stueve A. Early sexual initiation and subsequent sex-related risks among urban minority youth: the Reach for Health Study. Fam Plann Perspect 2001;33:268-275.
2. Coker AL, Richter DL, Valois RF, McKeown RE, Garrison CZ, Vin-cent ML. Correlates and consequences of early initiation of sexual intercourse. J Sch Health 1994;64:372-377.
3. Sandfort TG, Orr M, Hirsch JS, Santelli J. Long-term health correlates of timing of sexual debut: results from a national US study. Am J Public Health 2008;98:155-61.
4. Kaestle CE, Halpern CT, Miller WC, Ford CA. Young age at first sexual intercourse and sexually transmitted infections in adolescents and young adults. Am J Epidemiol 2005;161:774-780.
5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US), National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of STD Prevention. Sexually transmitted disease morbidity for selected STDs by age, gender, and race/ethnicity, United States and Puerto Rico, 1996-2008 [cited 2012 Jan 10]. Available from: URL: http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/help/std-2008-race-age.html
6. Ventura SJ, Mathews TJ, Hamilton BE, Sutton PD, Abma JC. Adolescent pregnancy and childbirth-United States, 1991-2008. MMWR Surveill Summ 2011;60 Suppl:105-108.
7. Hallfors DD, Iritani BJ, Miller WC, Bauer DJ. Sexual and drug behavior patterns and HIV and STD racial disparities: the need for new directions. Am J Public Health 2007;97:125-132.
8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US). Sexually transmitted disease surveillance, 2009. Atlanta: CDC; 2010. Also available from: URL: http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats09/toc.htm [cited 2012 Jan 10].
9. Browning C, Leventhal T, Brooks-Gunn J. Neighborhood context and racial differences in early adolescent sexual activity. Demography 2004;41:697-720.
10. Ethier KA, Orr DP. Behavioral interventions for prevention and control of STDs among adolescents. In: Aral SO, Douglas JM Jr, editors. Behavioral interventions for prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases. New York: Springer Science+Business Media LLC; 2007. p. 277-309.
11. Adimora AA, Schoenbach VJ, Bonas DM, Martinson FE, Donaldson KH, Stancil TR. Concurrent sexual partnerships among women in the United States. Epidemiology 2002;13:320-327.
12. Leichliter JS, Aral SO. Black women in the United States decrease their number of recent sex partners: temporal trends from the National Survey of Family Growth. Sex Transm Dis 2009;36:1-3.
13. Leichliter JS, Chesson HW, Sternberg M, Aral SO. The concentration of sexual behaviours in the USA: a closer examination of subpopulations. Sex Transm Infect 2010;86 Suppl 3:iii 45-51.
14. Aral SO, Adimora AA, Fenton KA. Understanding and responding to disparities in HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in African Americans. Lancet 2008;372:337-340.
15. Iceland J, Weinberg DH, Steinmetz E. U.S. Census Bureau, series CENSR-3, racial and ethnic residential segregation in the United States: 1980-2000. Washington: Government Printing Office (US); 2002.
16. Massey D, Denton NA. Hypersegregation in U.S. metropolitan areas: black and Hispanic segregation along five dimensions. Demography 1989;26:373-91.
17. Massey DS, White MJ, Phua V-C. The dimensions of segregation revisited. Sociol Methods Res 1996;25:172-206.
18. Williams DR, Collins C. Racial residential segregation: a fundamental cause of racial disparities in health. Public Health Rep 2001;116:404-16.
19. Hogben M, Leichliter JS. Social determinants and sexually transmitted disease disparities. Sex Transm Dis 2008;35(12 Suppl):S13-S18.
20. Poundstone KE, Strathdee SA, Celentano DD. The social epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Epidemiol Rev 2004;26:22-35.
21. Acevedo-Garcia D, Lochner KA, Osypuk TL, Subramanian SV. Future directions in residential segregation and health research: a multilevel approach. Am J Public Health 2003;93:215-221.
22. Massey DS. Segregation and violent crime in urban America. In: Anderson E, Massey DS, editors. Problem of the century: racial stratification in the United States. New York: Russell Sage Foundation; 2001. p. 317-344.
23. Acevedo-Garcia D. Residential segregation and the epidemiology of infectious diseases. Soc Sci Med 2000;51:1143-1161.
24. Bell JF, Zimmerman FJ, Almgren GR, Mayer JD, Huebner CE. Birth outcomes among urban African-American women: a multilevel analysis of the role of racial residential segregation. Soc Sci Med 2006;63:3030-45.
25. Albarracin D, Kumkale G, Johnson BT. Influences of social power and normative support on condom use decisions: a research synthesis. AIDS Care 2004;16:700-723.
26. Carvajal SC, Parcel GS, Banspach SW, Basen-Engquist K, Coyle KK, Kirby D, et al. Psychosocial predictors of delay of first sexual intercourse by adolescents. Health Psychol 1999;18:443-452.
27. El-Bassel N, Caldeira NA, Ruglass LM, Gilbert L. Addressing the unique needs of African American women in HIV prevention. Am J Public Health 2009;99:996-1001.
28. Osypuk TL, Acevedo-Garcia D. Are racial disparities in preterm birth larger in hypersegregated areas? Am J Epidemiol 2008;167:1295-1304.
29. Subramanian SV, Acevedo-Garcia D, Osypuk TL. Racial residential segregation and geographic heterogeneity in black/white disparity in poor self-rated health in the US: a multilevel statistical analysis. Soc Sci Med 2005;60:1667-1679.
30. Acevedo-Garcia D. Zip Code-level risk factors for tuberculosis: neighborhood environment and residential segregation in New Jersey, 1985-1992. Am J Public Health 2001;91:734-741.
31. Grady SC. Racial disparities in low birthweight and the contribution of residential segregation: a multilevel analysis. Soc Sci Med 2006;63:3013-3029.
32. Bell JF, Zimmerman FJ, Mayer JD, Almgren GR, Huebner CE. Associations between residential segregation and smoking during pregnancy among urban African-American women. J Urban Health 2007;84:372-388.
33. Cooper HL, Friedman SR, Tempalski B, Friedman R. Residential segregation and injection drug use prevalence among black adults in US metropolitan areas. Am J Public Health 2007;97:344-352.
34. Lopez R. Black-white residential segregation and physical activity. Ethn Dis 2006;16:495-502.
35. Biello KB, Kershaw T, Nelson R, Hogben M, Ickovics J, Niccolai L. Residential racial segregation and rates of gonorrhea in the United States, 2003-2007. Am J Public Health 2012;102:1370-1377.
36. Biello KB, Niccolai L, Kershaw TS, Lin H, Ickovics J. Residential racial segregation and racial differences in sexual behaviours: an 11-year longitudinal study of sexual risk of adolescents transitioning to adulthood. J Epidemiol Community Health 2012 Jul 3. [Epub ahead of print]
37. The Ohio State University, Center for Human Resource Research. NLSY97 user's guide: a guide to the rounds 1-5 data, National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997. Prepared for the U.S. Department of Labor. Columbus (OH): The Ohio State University, Center for Human Resource Research; 2003.
38. Cavazos-Rehg PA, Krauss MJ, Spitznagel EL, Schootman M, Bucholz KK, Peipert JF, et al. Age of sexual debut among US adolescents. Contraception 2009;80:158-162.
39. Massey DS, Denton NA. The dimensions of residential segregation. Social Forces 1988;67:281-315.
40. Feldmeyer B. The effects of racial/ethnic segregation on Latino and black homicide. Sociol Q 2010;51:600-23.
41. Wilkes R, Iceland J. Hypersegregation in the twenty-first century. Demography 2004;41:23-36.
42. Krieger N, Chen J, Waterman P, Rehkopf DH, Subramanian SV. Race/ethnicity, gender, and monitoring socioeconomic gradients in health: a comparison of area-based socioeconomic measures-the Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project. Am J Public Health 2003;93:1655-1671.
43. Little RJA, Rubin DB. Statistical analysis with missing data. 2nd ed. Hoboken (NJ): John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2002.
44. StataCorp LP. Stata®: Release 11. College Station (TX): StataCorp LP; 2009.
45. Cubbin C, Santelli J, Brindis C, Braveman P. Neighborhood context and sexual behaviors among adolescents: findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Perspect Sex Reprod Health 2005;37:125-34.
46. Copeland-Linder N, Lambert SF, Chen YF, Ialongo NS. Contextual stress and health risk behaviors among African American adolescents. J Youth Adolesc 2011;40:158-73.
47. Shihadeh ES, Maume MO. Segregation and crime. Homicide Studies 1997;1:254-80.
48. Massey DS, Denton NA. American apartheid: segregation and the making of the underclass. Cambridge (MA): Harvard University Press; 1993.
49. White K, Borrell LN. Racial/ethnic residential segregation: framing the context of health risk and health disparities. Health Place 2011;17:438-448.
50. Pachter LM, Coll CG. Racism and child health: a review of the literature and future directions. J Dev Behav Pediatr 2009;30:255-263.
51. Wiehe SE, Aalsma MC, Liu GC, Fortenberry JD. Gender differences in the association between perceived discrimination and adolescent smoking. Am J Public Health 2010;100:510-516.
52. Kramer MR, Hogue CR. Is segregation bad for your health? Epidemiol Rev 2009;31:178-194.
53. Jackson SA, Anderson RT, Johnson NJ, Sorlie PD. The relation of residential segregation to all-cause mortality: a study in black and white. Am J Public Health 2000;90:615-617.
54. Winkleby M, Cubbin C, Ahn D. Effect of cross-level interaction between individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status on adult mortality rates. Am J Public Health 2006;96:2145-2153.
55. Rugh JS, Massey DS. Racial segregation and the American foreclosure crisis. Am Sociol Rev 2010;75:629-651.