Sexual intercourse and the age difference between adolescent females and their romantic partners
Sexual intercourse and the age difference between adolescent females and their romantic partners
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DOI：
10.2307/3097749
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发表时间：
2002-11-01
影响因子：
5.8
通讯作者：
Wiley, DJ
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作者：
Kaestle, CE;Morisky, DE;Wiley, DJ
背景：女性与其伴侣之间的年龄差异可能会影响关系的动态，使女性意外怀孕和性传播疾病的风险增加。然而，我们对恋爱关系如何发展为性交知之甚少，特别是在有年长男性伴侣的青少年女性中。方法：对来自全国青少年健康纵向研究的1,975名女性参与者的数据进行了分析，使用逻辑回归来确定青少年女性和她的恋爱伴侣之间的年龄差异是否是性交的危险因素。与年龄较大的伴侣有关的青少年女性与该伴侣发生性关系的几率高于与同龄伴侣发生性关系的女性，在调整人口统计学协变量后，这种关联的程度在最年轻的女性中最显着-例如，13岁女性与大6岁的伴侣发生性关系的几率是13岁女性与同龄伴侣发生性关系的几率的六倍多（比值比，6.4），而17岁的女性与6岁以上的合作伙伴有大约两倍的性交几率时，与那些谁有一个相同年龄的合作伙伴（2，1），结论：与同龄人相比，年轻的青春期女性与年龄较大的伴侣发生性关系的可能性要大得多，这使她们面临怀孕和性传播疾病的风险。
CONTEXT: The age difference between a female and her partner may influence relationship dynamics in ways that put the female at increased risk of unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. Very little is known, however, about how romantic involvement progresses to intercourse, particularly among adolescent females with older male partners.METHODS: Data from 1,975 female participants in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health were analyzed using logistic regression to determine whether the age difference between an adolescent female and her romantic partner is a risk factor for sexual intercourse.RESULTS: Adolescent females involved with an older partner have higher odds of having intercourse with that partner than females with partners their own age, after adjustment for demographic covariates, The magnitude of this association is most dramatic among the youngest females-for example, the odds of intercourse among 13-year-old females with a partner six years older are more than six times the odds among 13-year-old females with a same-age partner (odds ratio, 6.4), while 17-year-old females with partners six years older have about twice the odds of intercourse when compared with those who have a same-age partner (2, 1),CONCLUSIONS: Young adolescent females with substantially older partners are much more likely than their peers to have sex with their partner, which exposes them to the risks of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.