Abstract
Objective: To examine the association between patterns of out-of-school care over time and the initiation of sex among young adolescents living in low-income urban families. Design: A prospective cohort study (using a 16-month follow-up) examining the predictive value of changes in out-of-school-care arrangements on early sex initiation. Setting and Participants: By using a multistage stratified area probability sampling strategy, we selected 494 subjects aged 11 to 13 years living in low-income central city neighborhoods who did not report having had sexual intercourse by time 1. Main Outcome Measure: Adolescent report of having had sexual intercourse by time 2. Results: Bivariate results suggested that being at home with an adult during out-of-school hours was related to less sex initiation than self-care, care at another person's home, and attendance at an organized/supervised activity. Adjusting for demographic attributes, parental monitoring, parental curfews, and family routines, remaining in out-of-home care or self-care was associated with a 2.5 times (95% confidence interval, 1.3-5.1 times) increase in the likelihood of initiating sexual intercourse when compared with being at home with an adult at both assessment times. Conclusion: Policies and programs that enable young adolescents to spend their out-of-school hours at home with an adult may help reduce the risk of early sex initiation among youth in low-income urban areas.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 68-73 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine |
| Volume | 159 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2005 |
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Effects of out-of-school care on sex initiation among young adolescents in low-income central city neighborhoods. / Roche, Kathleen M.; Ellen, Jonathan; Astone, Nan Marie.
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T1 - Effects of out-of-school care on sex initiation among young adolescents in low-income central city neighborhoods
AU - Roche, Kathleen M.
AU - Ellen, Jonathan
AU - Astone, Nan Marie
PY - 2005/1
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N2 - Objective: To examine the association between patterns of out-of-school care over time and the initiation of sex among young adolescents living in low-income urban families. Design: A prospective cohort study (using a 16-month follow-up) examining the predictive value of changes in out-of-school-care arrangements on early sex initiation. Setting and Participants: By using a multistage stratified area probability sampling strategy, we selected 494 subjects aged 11 to 13 years living in low-income central city neighborhoods who did not report having had sexual intercourse by time 1. Main Outcome Measure: Adolescent report of having had sexual intercourse by time 2. Results: Bivariate results suggested that being at home with an adult during out-of-school hours was related to less sex initiation than self-care, care at another person's home, and attendance at an organized/supervised activity. Adjusting for demographic attributes, parental monitoring, parental curfews, and family routines, remaining in out-of-home care or self-care was associated with a 2.5 times (95% confidence interval, 1.3-5.1 times) increase in the likelihood of initiating sexual intercourse when compared with being at home with an adult at both assessment times. Conclusion: Policies and programs that enable young adolescents to spend their out-of-school hours at home with an adult may help reduce the risk of early sex initiation among youth in low-income urban areas.
AB - Objective: To examine the association between patterns of out-of-school care over time and the initiation of sex among young adolescents living in low-income urban families. Design: A prospective cohort study (using a 16-month follow-up) examining the predictive value of changes in out-of-school-care arrangements on early sex initiation. Setting and Participants: By using a multistage stratified area probability sampling strategy, we selected 494 subjects aged 11 to 13 years living in low-income central city neighborhoods who did not report having had sexual intercourse by time 1. Main Outcome Measure: Adolescent report of having had sexual intercourse by time 2. Results: Bivariate results suggested that being at home with an adult during out-of-school hours was related to less sex initiation than self-care, care at another person's home, and attendance at an organized/supervised activity. Adjusting for demographic attributes, parental monitoring, parental curfews, and family routines, remaining in out-of-home care or self-care was associated with a 2.5 times (95% confidence interval, 1.3-5.1 times) increase in the likelihood of initiating sexual intercourse when compared with being at home with an adult at both assessment times. Conclusion: Policies and programs that enable young adolescents to spend their out-of-school hours at home with an adult may help reduce the risk of early sex initiation among youth in low-income urban areas.
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JO - JAMA Pediatrics
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