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Sex'n the hood: the interrelationships among neighborhood characteristics, parental behavior, peer networks, and adolescent transition to first sex

Wilbon, Matisa Danielle
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1110379896

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2005, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Sociology.
Researchers have recently been examining the relationship between neighborhood characteristics and adolescent sexual behavior. Although there has been some support for this effect, the mechanisms through which neighborhood characteristics affect teenage sexual behavior still need to be explored. Using a social disorganization framework, I examine whether and how parent relationships and peer networks mediate the relationships between neighborhood structure and juvenile sex. In addition, I examine whether or not neighborhood characteristics condition parental practices and peer networks, to ultimately affect adolescent coitus. Finally, I examine the differential role of neighborhood characteristics, parental behaviors, and peer factors on transition to first sex for younger and older youth to assess which factors impact their decisions to engage in sex. To investigate these questions, I examine White, Black, and Latino youth ages 13 to 18 (N=4,738) using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Findings suggest that mother’s support, adolescent popularity, and minor peer delinquency diminish the impact of ethnic heterogeneity on transition to first sex. Neighborhood structure is also shown to moderate the effect of parents’ interaction with their child’s friends’ parents on early engagement in coitus. Finally, the results indicate that while peer behavior influences teenage sex among younger youth, neighborhood disadvantage, mother’s support and peer delinquency impact transition to first sex among older youth.
Ruth Peterson (Advisor)
134 p.
adolescents; neighborhoods; sexual behavior; parental behaviors; peer networks

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  • Wilbon, M. D. (2005). Sex'n the hood: the interrelationships among neighborhood characteristics, parental behavior, peer networks, and adolescent transition to first sex [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1110379896

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wilbon, Matisa. Sex'n the hood: the interrelationships among neighborhood characteristics, parental behavior, peer networks, and adolescent transition to first sex. 2005. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1110379896.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wilbon, Matisa. "Sex'n the hood: the interrelationships among neighborhood characteristics, parental behavior, peer networks, and adolescent transition to first sex." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1110379896

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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