ArticleJournal of women's health (2002)2011
Age of partner at first adolescent intercourse and adult sexual risk behavior among women.
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- "I'm Trusting You with My Body": A Qualitative Examination of the Role of Trust in Safer Sexual Decision-Making Among Black Women.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Age-disparate relationships at first sex and reproductive autonomy, empowerment, and sexual violence among adolescent girls and young women in Rwanda.SSM - population health · 2024Article
- Parent, partner and individual contexts of very early first sex experiences among young men and their links to subsequent reproductive health outcomes.Culture, health & sexuality · 2021Article
- Determinants of unintended pregnancies among currently married women in Uganda.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2020Article
- Sexually Transmitted Infections and Associated Factors in Southeast Spain: A Retrospective Study from 2000 to 2014.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Negative feelings about the timing of first sexual intercourse: findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study.International journal of public health · 2019Article
- Moving Beyond Age: An Exploratory Qualitative Study on the Context of Young African American Men and Women's Sexual Debut.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2018Article
- [Sexuality Risk Factors among People with Suspect of Sexually Transmitted Disease].Revista espanola de salud publica · 2017Observational
- Influence of sexual sensation-seeking on factors associated with risky sexual behaviour among African-American female adolescents.Sexual health · 2014Article
- What's age got to do with it? Partner age difference, power, intimate partner violence, and sexual risk in urban adolescents.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundAdolescent females who have early sexual experiences with older male partners report high rates of sexual risk behavior during adolescence, but little is known about whether these early sexual experiences are associated with adult sexual risk behavior. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether having first consensual sex with an older partner was associated with sexual risk behavior in adulthood.
methodsParticipants were 292 women (66% African American, mean age = 26 years) attending a public sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic who reported having voluntary vaginal sex before age 18. Participants completed a computerized survey assessing child/adolescent sexual experiences and current adult sexual risk behavior.
resultsParticipants were, on average, 14.6 years at first vaginal intercourse; their partners were, on average, 17.5 years. After controlling for covariates, a greater partner age difference at first intercourse was associated with more episodes of unprotected sex with a steady partner and a greater proportion of episodes of unprotected sex with a steady partner in the past 3 months.
conclusionsHaving an older first sex partner during adolescence was associated with sexual risk behavior in adulthood. Early sexual experiences may be important life events that influence subsequent sexual behavior. Sexual health interventions need to target female adolescents before they initiate sexual intercourse to reduce risk for STDs and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
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