Patterns in Sexual Behavior and the Spread of HIV Infection
DeLamater, John, and Kristen MohsWorking paper no. 1992-16
DeLamater, John, and Kristen MohsWorking paper no. 1992-16
DeLamater, John, David Wagstaff, and Kayt Klein HavensWorking paper no. 1994-26
Gilmore, Sonia, John DeLamater, and David WagstaffWorking paper no. 1995-04 Abstract This research was designed to illuminate the cognitive and emotional bases of the sexual decisions made by young black men. We hypothesized that the black male’s understanding and expression of his sexuality reflects a socially constructed interpretation of who he is. More specifically, we …
Wu, Lawrence, and Elizabeth ThomsonWorking paper no. 1995-26 Abstract In this paper, we examine effects of family structure on age at entry into first sexual intercourse prior to marriage for recent cohorts of women. Previous research on the link age between family structure and sexual initiation has employed relatively crude measures of family structure, typically …
Wu, Lawrence L., Andrew J. Cherlin, and Larry Bumpass Working paper no. 1996-25 Abstract In this paper, we argue that entry into first sexual intercourse is a key process mediating the effects of family structure on premarital childbearing. We explicate three ways in which onset of sexual activity can mediate effects of family structure on …
DeLamater, John, David Wagstaff, and Kayt Klein Havens Working paper no. 1998-03 Abstract A culturally appropriate, theoretically-based videotape was developed in collaboration with local African American producers to promote condom use among 15- to 19-year-old black males seeking treatment at a municipal STD clinic. The videotape’s immediate, short- (30 day), and long-term (6 month) impacts …
Velyvis, Kristen Working paper no. 1998-26 Abstract This study looks at the sexual networks of migrant women from the Serere ethnic group in Senegal, West Africa. These women were identified as likely to be at risk of high rates of sexual networking (having relations with multiple sex partners), a high risk practice for HIV infection, …
Wu, Lawrence, Steven P. Martin, and Daniel A. Long Working paper no. 1999-08 Abstract This paper evaluates the data quality of two demographic variables in light of hypotheses on respondent recall from the literature on survey methodology. An emerging consensus in this literature is that recall of the timing of an event declines with duration …
Martin, Steven P., and Lawrence Wu Working paper no. 1999-10 Abstract In this study we estimate error rates in two event calendars in the 1995 NSFG – a five year contraceptive use calendar and a five-year sexual nonintercourse calendar. We superimpose each event calendar over respondents’ birth histories and count implausible combinations of fertility events, …
Meier, Ann Working paper no. 2001-02 Abstract Using two waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, this study examines two sets of relationships between attitudes, religiosity and first sex among adolescents. First, I estimate the effects of religiosity and attitudes about sex on the likelihood of engaging in first sex. Then, I estimate …