ERIC Number: EJ1264129
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Nov
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0044-118X
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: N/A
Adult and Community Influence on Sexual Experience among First-, Second-, and Third-Generation Immigrant Youth
Coleman-Minahan, Kate; Gutierrez, Yurico; Bull, Sheana
Youth & Society, v52 n8 p1377-1394 Nov 2020
Adult and community support may protect against sexual experience among immigrant youth, but it remains unknown whether this support confers protection equally across immigrant generations. Drawing on data from 852 race/ethnically diverse low-income youth recruited from Boys & Girls Clubs, we used mixed effect logistic regression models to examine associations between adult and community support and sexual experience and tested interactions to examine whether adult or community support influenced sexual experience differently across immigrant generations. As adult support increased, the odds of sexual experience decreased. However, adult support increased the odds of sexual experience for first-generation youth and decreased the odds in the second and third generations. Greater community support reduced the odds of sexual experience across all immigrant generations. Thus, adult support may not confer equal protection across all immigrant generations, suggesting youth of different immigrant generations have different needs.
Descriptors: Immigrants, Sexuality, Generational Differences, Youth, Low Income Groups, Adults, Influences, Interaction, Probability, Social Capital, Community Role, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Parent Background, Educational Attainment, Family Structure, Language Usage
SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS), Office of Adolescent Health
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Colorado (Denver)
Grant or Contract Numbers: TP2AH000016
Author Affiliations: N/A