Prevalence and correlates of exchanging sex for drugs or money among adolescents in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23344387 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jessica M Edwards (Pacific Institute For Research and Evaluation, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 354-358 |
| Publication date | 2006-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sexually Transmitted Infections (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-4973 • E-ISSN: 1472-3263 |
| Publisher | BMJ (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1136/sti.2006.020693 |
| PMID | 16901917 |
| PMCID | PMC2563846 |
| OpenAlex | W1964656212 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 54 |
| References cited | 9 |
OBJECTIVE: This study examined the prevalence and correlates of exchanging sex for drugs or money among a nationally representative sample of 13,294 adolescents in the United States. METHODS: Data are from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, waves I and II. The lifetime prevalence of exchanging sex was estimated and a cross sectional analysis of sociodemographic and behavioural correlates was conducted. Unadjusted odds ratios were obtained. RESULTS: 3.5% of adolescents had ever exchanged sex for drugs or money. Two thirds of these youths were boys. The odds of having exchanged sex were higher for youths who had used drugs, had run away from home, were depressed, and had engaged in various sexual risk behaviours. 15% of boys and 20% of girls who had exchanged sex reported they had ever been told they have HIV or another sexually transmitted infection (STI). CONCLUSIONS: Adolescents with a history of exchanging sex have engaged in other high risk behaviours and may experience poor health outcomes, including depression and HIV/STIs. These findings should help inform strategies to prevent this high risk sexual behaviour and its potential consequences.
Adolescent health · Condom · Cross-sectional study · Depression (economics) · Environmental health · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Logistic regression · Odds · Odds ratio · Population · Psychiatry · Reproductive health · Sex work · Syphilis · Unsafe Sex · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Medicine · Sex work and related issues
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