title: Do differences in relationship and partner attributes explain disparities in sexually transmitted disease among young white and black women?
abstract: Using data from 1695 respondents aged 15 to 24 years to the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth, we examined black/white differences in marital history and sex with older, casual, and nonmonogamous partners, as well as the associations of these differences with self-reported bacterial sexually transmitted disease (STD) history. Although characteristics of sexual partners and relationships often differed by race, this did not explain racial disparities in STDs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. nharawa@dhs.co.la.ca.us
authors.forename: Nina T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Harawa
authors.forename: Sander
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Greenland
authors.forename: Susan D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Cochran
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Visscher
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012307:Risk Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*