New data from the 1988 National Survey of Adolescent Males indicate that 60 percent of
never-married young men ages 15-19 are sexually active. Among 17-19-year-old males …

The purpose of this study was to identify sexual activity among adolescents by grade,
gender, number of partners, and contraceptive use, and to determine the association of …

• Increasing condom use among adolescents is an essential component of a public health
strategy aimed at decreasing rates of sexually transmitted infections and the spread of …

The purpose of this study was to explore the meaning and context of self-reported “condom
failure” among sexually active African American adolescents. Semistructured interviews …

Abstract Among women, African Americans are at the highest risk for contracting the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Unfortunately, the majority of African-American women do not …

Objective. To assess the sexual practices and the social and intrapersonal influences on
sexual practices and intentions which have an impact on the risk for acquired …

The sexual behavior of 186 heterosexual college students in 1979 was compared to that of
215 heterosexual college students in 1989 to determine if there was an increase over the …

Purpose: This paper reports on data from a 1990 US national survey of the sexual behavior
of male and female adolescents aged 12–17. Methods: A household survey using a multi …

This study assessed selected heterosexual male college students' use of condoms, their
reasons for using condoms, and their attitudes toward sexuality and condoms. Three …

Using data collected from a telephone survey of adolescents aged 15 to 19, we studied
predictors of condom attitudes. Analyses were conducted on a sample of 348 sexually active …