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Mother–Child Relations and Adolescent Sexual Attitudes and Behavior

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Maxine Weinstein, Arland Thornton
Demography (1989) 26 (4): 563–577.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061258
Published: 01 November 1989
...-child pairs of white women in the Detroit metropolitan area, we tested this hypothesis, using both mother's and child's attitudes toward premarital sexual intercourse and the child's report of whether he or she had engaged in premarital sexual intercourse. Unlike most previous work in this area, which...
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The influence of the family on premarital sexual attitudes and behavior

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Arland Thornton, Donald Camburn
Demography (1987) 24 (3): 323–340.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061301
Published: 01 August 1987
...Arland Thornton; Donald Camburn 9 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1987 1987 Sexual Experience Sexual Attitude Church Attendance Standardize Regression Coefficient Maternal Employment References Acock , A. C. , &amp; Bengtson , V. L. ( 1980...
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Religiosity and Young Unmarried Women's Sexual and Contraceptive Behavior: New Evidence From a Longitudinal Panel of Young Adult Women

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Isabel H. McLoughlin Brooks, Abigail Weitzman
Demography (2022) 59 (3): 895–920.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-9931820
Published: 01 June 2022
... relationship to these behaviors operates largely through women's reproductive attitudes, anticipated feelings of guilt after sex, and past sexual or contraceptive behaviors. Together, these findings highlight the complex relationship between religiosity and premarital sex and contraceptive use, elucidate key...
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Contextual and ideological dimensions of attitudes toward discretionary abortion

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B. Krishna Singh, Peter J. Leahy
Demography (1978) 15 (3): 381–388.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2060657
Published: 01 August 1978
... are used in the analysis. Findings indicate that educa- tion and attendance at religious services are the two most significant con- textual dimensions and sexual permissiveness and fertility ideology are the two most significant ideological dimensions for explaining attitudes toward discretionary abortion...
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Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence in Dyadic Perspective: Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa

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Julia Behrman, Margaret Frye
Demography (2021) 58 (3): 1143–1170.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-9115955
Published: 01 June 2021
..., and media is more predictive of joint rejection of IPV than are singular exposures of wives or husbands. Finally, we show that distinct combinations of attitudes within couples are associated with differential likelihoods of wives reporting having recently experienced emotional, physical, or sexual IPV...
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Polygyny and reproductive behavior in sub-saharan Africa: A contextual analysis

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Alex Chika Ezeh
Demography (1997) 34 (3): 355–368.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/3038289
Published: 01 August 1997
... through early initiation of sexual/reproductive activity, universal marriage and minimal interruption of marriage, nonuse of contraception within a union, and a positive attitude toward high fertility. 12 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1997 1997 Reproductive Behavior Total...
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Safer If Connected? Mobile Technology and Intimate Partner Violence

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Luca Maria Pesando
Demography (2022) 59 (2): 653–684.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-9774978
Published: 01 April 2022
..., yet men's attitudes can be more resistant to change, thus requiring adequate consideration. 2 Findings reveal that women's ownership of mobile phones is associated with a 9–12% decrease in the likelihood of experiencing emotional, physical, and sexual violence, after controlling for a host...
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Adolescent sexual activity in the family context: The impact of older siblings

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R. Jean Haurin, Frank L. Mott
Demography (1990) 27 (4): 537–557.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061569
Published: 01 November 1990
... Sexual Attitudes and Behavior . Journal of Marriage and the Family , 48 , 503 – 512 . 10.2307/352036 Moore , K. A. , &amp; Burt , M. R. ( 1982 ). Private Crisis, Public Cost: Policy Perspectives on Childbearing . Washington, DC : Urban Institute . Moore, K. A., Peterson, J. L...
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The influence of parents’ marital dissolutions on children’s attitudes toward family formation

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William G. Axinn, Arland Thornton
Demography (1996) 33 (1): 66–81.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061714
Published: 01 February 1996
... History of Parents on the Marital and Cohabitation Experiences of Children . American Journal of Sociology , 96 , 868 – 94 . 10.1086/229611 Thornton A. , &amp; Camburn D. ( 1987 ). The Influence of the Family on Premarital Sexual Attitudes and Behavior . Demography , 24 , 323 – 40...
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The influence of parents’ marital quality on adult children’s attitudes toward marriage and its alternatives: Main and moderating effects

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Mick Cunningham, Arland Thornton
Demography (2006) 43 (4): 659–672.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2006.0031
Published: 01 November 2006
... Attitudes and Early Sexual Activity.” . Journal of Marriage and the Family , 48 , 777 – 82 . 10.2307/352570 Peterson , G.W. , &amp; Rollins , B.C. ( 1987 ). “Parent-Child Socialization.” . In M.B. Sussman , &amp; S.K. Steinmetz (Eds.), Handbook of Marriage and the Family...
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The Antecedents of Teenage Fatherhood

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Sandra L. Hanson, Donna Ruane Morrison, Alan L. Ginsburg
Demography (1989) 26 (4): 579–596.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061259
Published: 01 November 1989
.... D. , &amp; Wallace , C. M. ( 1986 ). Parental discipline and control attempts in relation to adolescent sexual attitudes and behavior . Journal of Marriage and the Family , 48 , 503 – 512 . 10.2307/352036 Moore , K. A. , &amp; Burt , M. R. ( 1982 ). Private Crisis...
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Intergenerational patterns of teenage fertility

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Joan R. Kahn, Kay E. Anderson
Demography (1992) 29 (1): 39–57.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061362
Published: 01 February 1992
... on Second Generation Fertility.” . Population and Environment , 3 ( 1 ), 51 – 72 . 10.1007/BF01253070 Thornton , Arland , &amp; Camburn , Donald ( 1987 ). “The Influence of the Family on Premarital Sexual Attitudes and Behavior.” . Demography , 24 ( 3 ), 323 – 40 . 10.2307/2061301...
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American Family Building Strategies in 1900: Stopping or Spacing

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Stewart E. Tolnay, Avery M. Guest
Demography (1984) 21 (1): 9–18.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061023
Published: 01 February 1984
... University Press . Mosher Clelia Duel ( 1980 ). The Mosher Survey: Sexual Attitudes of 45 Victorian Women . New York : The Arno Press . Perloff Harvey S. , Dunn Edgar S. , Lampard Eric E. , &amp; Muth Richard F. ( 1960 ). Regions, Resources, and Economic Growth . Lincoln...
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Premarital pregnancies and out-of-wedlock births in denmark, 1950–65

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Sidney Goldstein
Demography (1967) 4 (2): 925–936.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2060329
Published: 01 June 1967
... attitudes and values with respect to pre- marital sexual activity and the conception of children out of wedlock. Buth of these are more acceptable under Danish sex norms, in part because they are often linked more directly to relationships based on love and oriented toward rnarriage Trends in the relation...
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Black-White Differences in Sex and Contraceptive Use Among Young Women

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Yasamin Kusunoki, Jennifer S. Barber, Elizabeth J. Ela, Amelia Bucek
Demography (2016) 53 (5): 1399–1428.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-016-0507-5
Published: 13 September 2016
..., they have more negative attitudes about sex (Barber et al. 2015 ; Martinez et al. 2011 ), which may indicate they feel pressured by their circumstances into early and/or unprotected sex. Black young people are at a much higher risk of acquiring a sexually transmitted infection (STI) than their white...
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Rural-to-Urban Migration and Sexual Debut in Thailand

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Philip Anglewicz, Mark VanLandingham, Dusita Phuengsamran
Demography (2014) 51 (5): 1955–1976.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-014-0323-8
Published: 22 August 2014
..., respondents were then asked to answer a separate self-administered module on sexual attitudes and behavior. For these self-completed questionnaires, the interviewer reminded the respondents that they could omit the entire module or any question on it that they did not wish to answer. Those who agreed...
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Sexual Mixing in Shanghai: Are Heterosexual Contact Patterns Compatible With an HIV/AIDS Epidemic?

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M. Giovanna Merli, James Moody, Joshua Mendelsohn, Robin Gauthier
Demography (2015) 52 (3): 919–942.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-015-0383-4
Published: 23 April 2015
... attributed to recent, profound changes in sexual attitudes and behaviors that have accompanied China’s rapid pace of social and economic change (Farrer 2002 ; Sigley and Jeffreys 1999 ) and to the growth of the commercial sex industry in the past several decades (Lu et al. 2008 ; Zhang et al. 2008...
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If All We Knew About Women Was What We Read in Demography , What Would We Know?

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Susan Cotts Watkins
Demography (1993) 30 (4): 551–577.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061806
Published: 01 November 1993
..., Arland. 1991. Reading History Sideways: A Critical Evaluation of Western Family History and Theory. Unpublished manuscript. Thornton Arland , &amp; Camburn Donald ( 1987 ). The Influence of the Family on Premarital Sexual Attitudes and Behavior . Demography , 24 , 323 – 40 . 10.2307...
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Neighborhood context and racial differences in early adolescent sexual activity

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Christopher R. Browning, Tama Leventhal, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Demography (2004) 41 (4): 697–720.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2004.0029
Published: 01 November 2004
.... , Smith E. , &amp; Hardy J.B. ( 1984 ). “Adolescent Sexual Attitudes and Behavior: Are They Consistent?” . Family Planning Perspectives , 16 , 181 – 85 . 10.2307/2134899 Neighborhood, Race, and Adolescent Sexual Activity 697 Demography, Volume 41-Number 4, November 2004: 697 720 697 R...
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Do siblings’ fertility decisions influence each other?

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Torkild Hovde Lyngstad, Alexia Prskawetz
Demography (2010) 47 (4): 923–934.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03213733
Published: 01 November 2010
... attitudes and norms of the younger children in the family, attitudes and norms that are thought to be key for younger siblings actual sexual behavior (East 1998:66). The idea is partly based on the social learning theory proposed by Bandura (1977), in which he proposed three requirements for people...
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