The association of sexual risk behaviors and problem drug behaviors in high school students

The Journal of Adolescent Health : Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
L A ShrierR H DuRant

Abstract

To examine the associations among early age of onset of sexual intercourse and drug use, lifetime and current problem drug behaviors, and sexual risk behaviors. The 1993 Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Survey was administered to a sample of 3,054 students from randomly selected high schools and classrooms; 36% (1,078) consistently reported having had sexual intercourse. Three indicators of sexual risk behaviors were assessed: (1) number of lifetime sexual partners, (2) number of recent partners, and (3) condom nonuse at last intercourse. Three sets of independent variables were analyzed: (1) age of onset of sexual intercourse and drug use, (2) lifetime drug use, and (3) recent drug use. Years of sexual intercourse, early age of onset of marijuana and cocaine use, lifetime frequency of marijuana, crack/freebase cocaine and alcohol use, and black race accounted for moderate amounts of the variation in the number of lifetime sexual partners. Years of sexual intercourse, early age of onset of marijuana use and cocaine use, lifetime frequency of crack/freebase and marijuana use, and recent use of cocaine, alcohol, and cigarettes accounted for smaller but significant amounts of the variation in the number of recent partners. Studen...Continue Reading

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