Citation

Norris AE, Ford K, Shyr Y, Schork MA. J. Acquir. Immune. Defic. Syndr. Hum. Retrovirol. 1996; 11(3): 288-300.

Affiliation

School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8603265

Abstract

Data from a probability sample survey of 1435 low-income Black and Hispanic youth living in households in Detroit, Michigan, revealed the importance of type of sexual partner to condom use. 81.9% of respondents were sexually active. Hispanic men and women were more likely to report oral intercourse than Black men and women; Hispanic men were most likely to have practiced anal sex. Black men reported the highest number of lifetime sexual partners. Oral and anal intercourse occurred more often with a married/live-in partner than a well-known or casual partner. Use of the Generalized Estimating Equation method indicated that Black men showed the most consistency in their sexual and contraceptive behaviors across categories of sexual partners. The proportion of young adults using condoms consistently ranged from 20% with a married/live-in partner to 45% with a well-known partner. Use of other birth control methods was most likely with a married/live-in partner, while non-use of any method was most common with casual partners. Blacks were more likely than Hispanics to report condom ever-use, but less likely to have used other methods or have had unprotected sex. When pairwise comparisons for gender-ethnic subgroups were conducted, the likelihood of condom ever-use and unprotected sex did not vary among Black men with type of partner. Overall, these findings raise concerns that the behaviors of urban, low-income Black and Hispanic youth are placing them at high risk of human immunodeficiency virus and other sexually transmitted diseases.

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