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Author: Harris, David F.
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Rodgers, Joseph Lee Harris, David F. Vickers, Karen Bradley |
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Seasonality of First Coitus in the U.S. Social Biology 39 (Spring-Summer 1992): 1-14. Also: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1514113 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Society for the Study of Social Biology Keyword(s): Age at First Intercourse; Household Composition; Seasonality; Sexual Activity; Sexual Experiences/Virginity; Transition, School to Work Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Recent attention to causes of seasonality of births leads to an interest in seasonality patterns in the antecedents to birth, including gestational length, conception, and coital activity. In this paper we study the beginning of the process: first intercourse among adolescents and young adults. Analysis of a small and local dataset is suggestive that loss of virginity is particularly likely during the summer. A test of this "Summer Vacation Theory" using a large national dataset supports the generality of the phenomenon. Further, a prediction that seasonality patterns will change during the transition from high school to work and college is tested and supported. The existence of both biological and psycho-social mechanisms is suggested. Policy implications are reviewed. |
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Rodgers, Joseph Lee, David F. Harris and Karen Bradley Vickers. "Seasonality of First Coitus in the U.S." Social Biology 39 (Spring-Summer 1992): 1-14.
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Rodgers, Joseph Lee Rowe, David C. Harris, David F. |
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Older Sibling Influence on Adolescent Sexuality: Inferring Process Models from Family Composition Patterns Presented: Toronto, Canada, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, 1990 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Adolescent Fertility; Household Composition; Sexual Activity; Siblings Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. |
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Rodgers, Joseph Lee, David C. Rowe and David F. Harris. "Older Sibling Influence on Adolescent Sexuality: Inferring Process Models from Family Composition Patterns." Presented: Toronto, Canada, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, 1990. |
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Rodgers, Joseph Lee Rowe, David C. Harris, David F. |
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Sibling Differences in Adolescent Sexual Behavior: Inferring Process Models from Family Composition Patterns Journal of Marriage and Family 54,1 (February 1992): 142-152. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/353282 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: National Council on Family Relations Keyword(s): Hispanics; Household Composition; Sexual Activity; Siblings To account for previous research findings that younger siblings are sexually active at an earlier age than older siblings, the hypothesis is tested that older siblings influence younger siblings to be sexually active. Opportunity & modeling influence processes are examined, using national survey data collected in 1979 from 3,336 families with siblings, but are not demonstrated to be strong predictors. An alternate maturation hypothesis is supported by findings that younger siblings physically mature earlier, but it is argued that this biological explanation does not account for variations in Hispanic populations. Other psychosocial explanations are discussed. 2 Tables, 34 References. C. McSherry (Copyright 1997, Sociological Abstracts, Inc., all rights reserved.) |
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Rodgers, Joseph Lee, David C. Rowe and David F. Harris. "Sibling Differences in Adolescent Sexual Behavior: Inferring Process Models from Family Composition Patterns." Journal of Marriage and Family 54,1 (February 1992): 142-152.
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