Coercive First Intercourse and Unintended First Births

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corrine M. Williams ◽  
Kate M. Brett ◽  
Joyce C. Abma
Keyword(s):  
Live Birth ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Risky Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Representative Data ◽  
First Intercourse ◽  
Family Growth ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Victims Of Violence

Since research has shown that victims of violence are more likely to be involved in subsequent risky sexual behaviors, we hypothesized that coercive first intercourse would be associated with unintended first births. Using nationally representative data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth, we analyzed female respondents aged 18–44 years who reported a live birth (n = 4,136). Coercion was classified as none/minimal, mild, or significant based on self-report. In 2002, 13.7% of U.S. women aged 18–44 who had at least one live birth experienced mild coercion and 9.8% experienced significant coercion at first intercourse. Compared with women who experienced no coercion, the odds of reporting an unintended first birth was greater for women who experienced mild (OR: 1.9, 95% CI: 1.4–2.6) or significant coercion (OR: 2.3, 95% CI: 1.6–3.4).

scholarly journals Food Insecurity and Risk Indicators for Sexually Transmitted Infection Among Sexually Active Persons Aged 15-44, National Survey of Family Growth, 2011-2017

2020 ◽  
Vol 135 (2) ◽  
pp. 270-281
Author(s):  
Penny S. Loosier ◽  
Laura Haderxhanaj ◽  
Oscar Beltran ◽  
Matthew Hogben
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Risk Indicators ◽  
Risk Indicator ◽  
Supplemental Nutrition ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
The Past ◽  
Family Growth

Objectives: Food insecurity is linked to poor sexual health outcomes, especially among persons engaged in sexual behaviors that are associated with the risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We examined this link using nationally representative data. Methods: We used data on adolescents and adults aged 15-44 who reported sexual activity in the past year from 6 years (September 2011–September 2017) of cross-sectional, weighted public-use data from the National Survey of Family Growth. We compared data on persons who did and did not report food insecurity, accounting for demographic characteristics, markers of poverty, and past-year STI risk indicators (ie, engaged in 1 of 4 high-risk activities or diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea). Results: Respondents who reported at least 1 past-year STI risk indicator were significantly more likely to report food insecurity (females: adjusted risk ratio [ARR] = 1.63; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.35-1.97; P < .001; males: ARR = 1.46; 95% CI, 1.16-1.85) than respondents who did not report food insecurity. This finding was independent of the association between food insecurity and markers of poverty (≤100% federal poverty level [females: ARR = 1.46; 95% CI, 1.23-1.72; P < .001; males: ARR = 1.81; 95% CI, 1.49-2.20; P < .001]; if the respondent or someone in the household had received Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in the past year [females: ARR = 3.37; 95% CI, 2.81-4.02; P < .001; males: ARR = 3.27; 95% CI, 2.76-3.87; P < .001]). Sex with opposite- and same-sex partners in the past year was significantly associated with food insecurity (females: ARR = 1.44; 95% CI, 1.11-1.85; P = .01; males: ARR = 1.99; 95% CI, 1.15-3.42; P = .02). Conclusions: Food insecurity should be considered a social determinant of health independent of poverty, and its effect on persons at highest risk for STIs, including HIV, should be considered when planning interventions designed to decrease engagement in higher-risk sexual behaviors.

Young Adults Victimized as Children or Adolescents: Relationships Between Perpetrator Patterns, Poly-Victimization, and Mental Health Problems

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 2335-2357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Åsa Källström ◽  
Karin Hellfeldt ◽  
Kathryn H. Howell ◽  
Laura E. Miller-Graff ◽  
Sandra A. Graham-Bermann
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Dysfunctional Family ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Victims Of Violence ◽  
Forms Of Violence

Child and adolescent victims of violence are often exposed to more than one kind of physical, sexual, or emotional maltreatment. Both individually and cumulatively, such victimizations have significant ramifications on mental health. Yet little is known about the relationships in which these different kinds of victimizations occur and how the relationship between the victim and perpetrators may influence later mental health. This retrospective, self-report study of a nationally representative sample of 2,500 young adults in Sweden examines associations between different types of victimization (including poly-victimization), the victim’s relationship to the perpetrator, and how these factors are related to current mental health. Results indicate differential patterns of abuse based on the perpetrator; parents were most likely to use physical aggression, whereas siblings typically perpetrated property crimes and partners committed sexual assault. Peers were the most likely perpetrator of both physical and verbal victimizations and also most often committed poly-victimization by subjecting youth to multiple forms of violence. While males were more likely to be victimized by peers, females were more likely to be victimized by parents, siblings, and partners. Significant positive relations were found for the amount of victimization by peers and mental health problems among both males and females. In addition, for females, higher amounts of youth victimization by parents and partners related to higher levels of mental health problems during young adulthood. Taken together, these results suggest that peer victimization presents the greatest risk for males, whereas dysfunctional family relationships are most detrimental to victimized females.

Partners’ Educational Pairings and Fertility Intentions in the United States: Evidence from 2015–2017 National Survey of Family Growth

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 299-309
Author(s):  
Danielle Xiaodan Morales
Keyword(s):  
National Survey ◽  
Estimating Equation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Fertility Intentions ◽  
Generalized Estimating Equation ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Family Growth ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Relationship

In light of the ongoing educational shift from favoring men to favoring women, this study contributes to the literature on fertility by investigating the relationship between educational pairings and fertility intentions. To test two competing hypotheses, nationally representative data from the latest wave (2015–2017) of the National Survey of Family Growth were used, and four generalized estimating equation models were estimated. Results indicate that women’s intentions for additional children were influenced by educational pairings. Specifically, when highly educated women had a highly educated partner, their fertility intentions were higher than lower-educated women, but this difference disappeared if those women were in hypogamous relationships; when lower-educated women had lower- or medium-educated partners, their intentions for additional children were significantly lower than highly educated women, but the difference disappeared when she had a highly educated partner. Findings from this study provide new insights into fertility intentions by taking into account both partners’ education.

scholarly journals Changes in the Use of Contraception at First Intercourse: A Comparison of the National Survey of Family Growth 1995 and 2006–2010 Databases

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 777-783
Author(s):  
Pooja R. Patel ◽  
Jinhyung Lee ◽  
Jacqueline Hirth ◽  
Abbey B. Berenson ◽  
Peggy B. Smith
Keyword(s):  
National Survey ◽  
First Intercourse ◽  
Family Growth
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