Race Differences in Family Experience and Early Sexual Initiation: Dynamic Models of Family Structure and Family Change.

Wu, Lawrence L.; Thomson, Elizabeth

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ERIC Number: EJ634395

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Race Differences in Family Experience and Early Sexual Initiation: Dynamic Models of Family Structure and Family Change.

Wu, Lawrence L.; Thomson, Elizabeth

Journal of Marriage and Family, v63 n3 p682-96 Aug 2001

Examines the effects of family structure on age at first sexual intercourse before marriage for a recent cohort of women. For neither White nor Black women are results consistent with hypotheses positing earlier initiation of sexual activity for women with prolonged exposure to a single-mother or father-absent family. (BF)

Descriptors: Blacks, Family Characteristics, Family Structure, Females, One Parent Family, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Role, Personality Traits, Racial Differences, Sexuality, Whites

Publication Type: Journal Articles

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Language: English

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