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Casper, Lynne M. Hogan, Dennis P. |
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Family Networks in Prenatal and Postnatal Health Social Biology 37,1-2 (Spring-Summer 1990): 84-101 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Society for the Study of Social Biology Keyword(s): Birth Outcomes; Child Health; Children, Health Care; Family Structure; Household Composition; Maternal Employment; Mothers; Pre-natal Care/Exposure; Pre/post Natal Health Care; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes; Support Networks Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper examined the effects of kin access on prenatal health practices, birth outcome, and postnatal health practice for infants born to black and white mothers (aged 21-28 yrs) in the U.S. in 1984-86. Data were compiled from (1) the NLSY, (2) the Children of the NLSY, and (3) special kin access data files. There was no evidence supporting the notion that kin access positively affected the prenatal and postnatal health practices of young mothers. Young mothers who resided with their mothers or other adult kin, and those who are in close proximity to them, were no more likely to seek prenatal care during the first trimester or to avoid smoking or drinking during pregnancy. [APA] |
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Casper, Lynne M. and Dennis P. Hogan. "Family Networks in Prenatal and Postnatal Health." Social Biology 37,1-2 (Spring-Summer 1990): 84-101.
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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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Rowe, David C. Rodgers, Joseph Lee |
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A Social Contagion Model of Adolescent Sexual Behavior: Explaining Race Differences Social Biology 41,1-2 (Spring-Summer 1994): 1-18 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Society for the Study of Social Biology Keyword(s): Behavior; Methods/Methodology; Modeling; Parental Influences; Racial Differences; Religion; Religious Influences; Self-Esteem; Sexual Activity; Sexual Experiences/Virginity Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Purely psychosocial explanations of the fact that black US adolescents consistently report an earlier age of first intercourse than their white counterparts have been less than successful. Proposed here is an epidemic model that combines social contagion (a psychosocial process) & pubertal maturation (a biological process). This model permits social contacts among adolescents of the same age & also among younger & older adolescents. Applied to data from the 1979-1984 National Longitudinal Studies of Youth (N = 7,410 whites & 3,174 blacks at last interview), the model statistically fits the actual growth curve of sexuality well for whites; its fit is not as good for blacks. From computer simulation analyses, it is concluded that pubertal maturation may be more important in accounting for the racial difference in the onset of sexual intercourse than previously thought. 7 Tables, 48 References. Adapted from the source document |
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Rowe, David C. and Joseph Lee Rodgers. "A Social Contagion Model of Adolescent Sexual Behavior: Explaining Race Differences." Social Biology 41,1-2 (Spring-Summer 1994): 1-18.
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