The effects of race/ethnicity, income, and family structure on adolescent risk behaviors.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVES:The study examined the unique and combined contributions of race/ethnicity, income, and family structure to adolescent cigarette smoking, alcohol use, involvement with violence, suicidal thoughts or attempts, and sexual intercourse. METHODS:Analyses were based on the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. A nationally representative sample of 7th to 12th graders participated in in-home interviews, as did a resident parent for 85.6% of the adolescent subjects. The final sample included 10,803 White, Black, and Hispanic 7th to 12th graders. RESULTS:White adolescents were more likely to smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, and attempt suicide in the younger years than were Black and Hispanic youths. Black youths were more likely to have had sexual intercourse; both Black and Hispanic youths were more likely than White teens to engage in violence. Controlling for gender, race/ethnicity, income, and family structure together explained no more than 10% of the variance in each of the 5 risk behaviors among younger adolescents and no more than 7% among older youths. CONCLUSIONS:Findings suggest that when taken together, race/ethnicity, income, and family structure provide only limited understanding of adolescent risk behaviors.

journal_name

Am J Public Health

authors

Blum RW,Beuhring T,Shew ML,Bearinger LH,Sieving RE,Resnick MD

doi

10.2105/ajph.90.12.1879

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-12-01 00:00:00

pages

1879-84

issue

12

eissn

0090-0036

issn

1541-0048

journal_volume

90

pub_type

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