Do differences in relationship and partner attributes explain disparities in sexually transmitted disease among young white and black women?
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.
Harawa
Nina T
NT
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. nharawa@dhs.co.la.ca.us
Greenland
Sander
S
Cochran
Susan D
SD
Cunningham
William E
WE
Visscher
Barbara
B
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*