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Determine how the timing and history of alcohol and drug use relate to condom nonuse and having multiple sexual partners among unmarried young people.

September 1, 2001Family Planning Perspectives

Timing of Alcohol and Other Drug Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors among Unmarried Adolescents and Young Adults

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JSJohn SantelliColumbia University LRLeah RobinCenters for Disease Control and Prevention NBNancy D. BrenerCenters for Disease Control and Prevention

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Cross-sectional survey reveals distinct timing effects of substance use on condom nonuse versus multiple partners in unmarried youth, suggesting separate behavioral mechanisms.

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Determine how the timing and history of alcohol and drug use relate to condom nonuse and having multiple sexual partners among unmarried young people.
Analyzed cross-sectional data from N=7,441 unmarried individuals aged 14–22 in the 1992 Youth Risk Behavior Survey household supplement.
Evaluated substance use at last intercourse, recent use (past 30 days), lifetime substance count, and age at alcohol initiation using multivariate regression models.
Assessed primary outcomes of condom nonuse at last coitus and reporting more than one sexual partner within the past three months.
Condom nonuse was strongly associated with higher lifetime substance use and earlier age of alcohol initiation, but showed no association with substance use at last intercourse or recent use after controlling for lifetime use.
Recent substance use and use at last intercourse both strongly increased the likelihood of having more than one partner in the past three months across both sexes.
Lifetime substance use was associated with having multiple recent partners among females only.

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Santelli et al. (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a71e223ac440176ef2a659e https://doi.org/10.2307/2673782

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Cross-sectional survey reveals distinct timing effects of substance use on condom nonuse versus multiple partners in unmarried youth, suggesting separate behavioral mechanisms.

Timing of Alcohol and Other Drug Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors among Unmarried Adolescents and Young Adults

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Timing of Alcohol and Other Drug Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors among Unmarried Adolescents and Young Adults

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