Neighborhoods and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Adolescent Sexual Risk Behavior

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1536-1549

  Carlson, Daniel L ^a   McNulty, Thomas L ^b   Bellair, Paul E ^c   Watts, Stephen ^d  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighborhood disadvantage; Number of partners; Racial Ethnic disparity; Sex initiation; Sexual debut; Sexual risk behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK-TAKING; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886989883     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-013-0052-0     Document Type: Article

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