Sexual Initiation Patterns of U.S. Sexual Minority Youth: A Latent Class Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Context

The typical understanding of sexual debut as first vaginal intercourse is often irrelevant to sexual minority youth. Better understanding of sexual initiation patterns among these youth is necessary to inform efforts to safeguard their sexual and reproductive health.

Methods

Early sexual experiences were examined among 1,628 female and 526 male sexual minority participants in Waves 1 (1994-1995) and 4 (2008) of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Latent class analyses identified initiation patterns distinguished by the timing, sequence and spacing of first experiences of sexual behaviors. Multinomial logistic regression analyses assessed correlates of various patterns.

Results

Initiation classes for females were categorized as typica

SUBMITTER: Goldberg SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6668721 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature