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Title: Adolescent Sexual Activity in the Family Context: The Impact of Older Siblings
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Haurin, R. Jean Mott, Frank L. |
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Adolescent Sexual Activity in the Family Context: The Impact of Older Siblings Demography 27,4 (November 1990): 537-557. Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/e283316w36q50577/ Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Age at First Intercourse; Family Resources; Pairs (also see Siblings); Racial Differences; Sexual Activity; Sexual Behavior; Sexual Experiences/Virginity; Siblings Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Using approximately 2,000 sibling pairs from the NLSY, this study examines the influence of an older sibling's age at first sexual intercourse upon the sexual initiation of a younger sibling. Hypotheses about differences by gender- composition of the pair are tested using a framework derived from social comparison theory and a two-stage failure-time model. Results provide evidence of a direct, but modest sized older sibling effect for white, but not black youth. This effect is approximately equal in magnitude for same- and opposite-sex siblings. Little support is offered for the greater salience and association of sexual activity for brother-brother as compared to sister-sister pairs. |
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Haurin, R. Jean and Frank L. Mott. "Adolescent Sexual Activity in the Family Context: The Impact of Older Siblings." Demography 27,4 (November 1990): 537-557.
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