Trial reportJournal of adolescence2010
Does early sexual debut reduce teenagers' participation in tertiary education? Evidence from the SHARE longitudinal study.
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- Sexual behaviour among Kenyan adolescents enrolled in an efficacy trial of a smartphone game to prevent HIV: a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data.SAHARA J : journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance · 2024Trial
- Exposure to sexually explicit media in early adolescence is related to risky sexual behavior in emerging adulthood.PloS one · 2020Trial
- Parental sexual health development support for emerging adolescents in western upstate New York: a qualitative interpretive description study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Spatial distribution and determinants of Early sexual initiation in Ethiopia.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Impact of individual and environmental factors on academic performance of pregnant adolescent.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Early Sexual Debut and the Associated Factors among School Going Adolescents in Selected Schools in Kenya.The East African health research journal · 2023Article
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- Early sexual debut and associated factors among students in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of public health research · 2020Article
- Partnered Intimate Activities in Early Adolescence-Findings From the UK Millennium Cohort Study.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2019Article
- Socio-Demographic, Health and Lifestyle Factors Influencing Age of Sexual Initiation among Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Early sexual debut: prevalence and risk factors among secondary school students in Ido-ekiti, Ekiti state, South-West Nigeria.African health sciences · 2017Article
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- The Sooner, the Worse? Association between Earlier Age of Sexual Initiation and Worse Adolescent Health and Well-being Outcomes.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
- The Age of Initiation of Drug Use and Sexual Behavior May Influence Subsequent HIV Risk Behavior: A Systematic Review.ISRN AIDS · 2013Review
- A study on pregnant adolescents residing in a government home: common characteristics and their views on the pregnancy.Malaysian family physician : the official journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia · 2012Article
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Abstract
Negative effects of early sexual debut on academic outcomes can extend beyond secondary school, although concurrent changes in other psychosocial risk factors have not been investigated. Data from three waves of a longitudinal survey of Scottish teenagers were used to examine associations between early sexual debut (first heterosexual intercourse) and both expectations for (N=5,061) and participation in (N=2,130) tertiary education at college or university. Early debut was associated with reduced tertiary education, after adjusting for academic performance and wave 1 confounders relating to social background, attitudes and behaviours. Pregnancy/partner pregnancy did not explain all of this finding, as many sexually experienced teenagers opted out of tertiary education after leaving school early for other reasons. Changes in other psychosocial risk factors between waves 1 and 2 mediated much of the association found. Early sexual experience may predict disengagement from tertiary education, although further research is needed to explore causal pathways.
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