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- Title
IV. Multiple Sexual Partners Among Young Adults in High-Risk Cities.
- Authors
Binson, Diane; Dolcini, M. Margaret; Pollack, Lance M.; Catania, Joseph A.
- Abstract
This article focuses on multiple sexual partners among young adults in high risk cities. Young people aged 18-25 are in a unique stage of development, best characterized as a transition period between adolescence and the stages of adulthood involving marriage and parenthood. Today, many young adults delay marriage or a commitment to a long-term monogamous sexual relationship until age 25 or later. In 1987, the median age at first marriage was 23.6 years among women and 25.3 years among men. These statistics reflect the high levels of sexual risk-taking behavior in this population. However, comparatively little is known about the sexual behaviors of young adults that place them at risk for HIV and other STDs. Most of the developmental literature related to young people has been devoted to adolescence and young adult marriage, little of it addresses the period between adolescence and marriage. While surveys of college students provide important data on the sexual behavior of young adults, they tend to be of predominantly white, middle and upper-class youth.
- Subjects
SEX surrogates; YOUNG adults; MARRIAGE; HIV infections; SEXUALLY transmitted diseases; ADULTS
- Publication
Family Planning Perspectives, 1993, Vol 25, Issue 6, p268
- ISSN
0014-7354
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2136144