Original ArticlesThe sexual practices of Asian and Pacific Islander high school students
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Sample
We conducted a survey on sexual behaviors and sexual risk with students in grades 9–12 in a Los Angeles County school district in April 1992. The district serves a community that is racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse. The district has two public high schools: a general school with about 2500 students and an alternative school with about 125 students considered at high risk for dropping out. Students in English as a Second Language classes and in intensive special education
Demographics
One hundred eighty-six adolescents described themselves as Asian and Pacific Islander. Table 1 shows their characteristics. There were no gender differences between Asians and Pacific Islanders and other race/ethnicities. However, Asians and Pacific Islanders were more likely to live with two parents and had higher educational expectations than students from each of the other race/ethnicities. There were also some differences for grade and for parental education.
Forty-two percent of the Asian
Discussion
As has been shown previously among high school students 27 [and among middle school students 33, junior high school students 30, 31, college students 38, 39, and 16–25-year-olds 40], we found that Asian and Pacific Islander adolescents are less likely to engage in vaginal intercourse than students in other racial/ethnic groups. We also found that Asian and Pacific Islander high school students do not appear to be substituting one type of genital sexual activity for another, but rather are
Acknowledgements
The authors are indebted to the students, parents, school and district personnel, and school board members who contributed to this study; to Linda G. Martin, Ph.D., and David Takeuchi, Ph.D., for their comments on drafts of this article; and to Reena S. Kaul, M.P.H., and Francis C. Ramos, B.A., for research assistance. Support for this study was provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Los Angeles, California, and the American Foundation for AIDS Research, Los Angeles,
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