Adolescents' Contraceptive Use with School-Discordant Partners: Exploring Individual- and Relationship-Level Characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Heterosexual adolescents are less likely to use contraceptives when their partners are of different backgrounds or social circles. It is unclear why risky behaviors are more common within these relationships, and characteristics associated with school-discordant partners-that is, partners who do not attend the adolescent's school-are particularly understudied.

Methods

Characteristics of romantic relationships and contraceptive use were examined among 1,043 female and 961 male respondents in Waves 1 (1994-1995) and 2 (1996) of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Generalized linear regression and structural equation models identified individual- and relationship-level characteristics that were associated with school-discordant relationships a

SUBMITTER: Strully K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6820849 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature