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Levin, Martin L. Xu, Xiaohe Bartkowski, John |
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Seasonality of Sexual Debut: The "Summer Vacation Theory" Reconsidered Presented: New Orleans, LA, Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, April 2000 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Southern Sociological Society Keyword(s): National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (AddHealth); Seasonality; Sexual Activity; Sexual Behavior; Sexual Experiences/Virginity Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Previous studies on seasonality of sexual debut have suggested that the summer months are a period of time during which many adolescents are likely to lose their virginity (Rogers, et al, 1990; Barak, et al, 1997). To account for this seasonal pattern of sexual debut among youngsters, researchers have argued that the underlying mechanisms such as summer camps, popular sport activities, & other types of outdoor activities provided ample opportunities for adolescents to initiate & experience their first sexual encounters. Here, a three-step analytical strategy is utilized to reexamine & challenge this "summer vacation theory." Two-wave data from the multiwave National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) are used to replicate the seasonal patterns of sexual debut reported previously by Rogers et al, supplemented by the more recent, two-wave data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (NLSAH) to cross-validate seasonality of sexual debut among adolescents by exploring possible gender, age, & regional variations. By employing smoothing & other statistical techniques such as regression analysis, the seasonality of sexual debut is reconceptualized, & alternative explanations are developed. |
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Levin, Martin L., Xiaohe Xu and John Bartkowski. "Seasonality of Sexual Debut: The "Summer Vacation Theory" Reconsidered." Presented: New Orleans, LA, Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, April 2000. |