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01-09-2014 | Empirical Research

Neighborhoods and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Adolescent Sexual Risk Behavior

Auteurs: Daniel L. Carlson, Thomas L. McNulty, Paul E. Bellair, Stephen Watts

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 9/2014

Abstract

Understanding the determinants of racial/ethnic disparities in adolescent sexual risk behavior is important given its links to the differential risk of teen pregnancy, childbearing, and sexually transmitted infections. This article tests a contextual model that emphasizes the concentration of neighborhood disadvantage in shaping racial/ethnic disparities in sexual risk behavior. We focus on two risk behaviors that are prevalent among Black and Hispanic youth: the initiation of sexual activity in adolescence and the number of sex partners. Using data from the 1997 National Longitudinal Study of Youth (N = 6,985; 48 % female; 57 % non-Hispanic White) evidence indicates that neighborhood disadvantage—measured by concentrated poverty, unemployment rates, and the proportion of female-headed households—partially explains Black and Hispanic disparities from Whites in the odds of adolescent sexual debut, although the prevalence of female-headed households in neighborhoods appears to be the main driver in this domain. Likewise, accounting for neighborhood disadvantage reduces the Black-White and Hispanic-White disparity in the number of sexual partners, although less so relative to sexual debut. We discuss theoretical and practical implications of these findings.

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Titel: Neighborhoods and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Adolescent Sexual Risk Behavior
Auteurs: Daniel L. Carlson
Thomas L. McNulty
Paul E. Bellair
Stephen Watts
Publicatiedatum: 01-09-2014
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 9/2014
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-013-0052-0

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