The influence of older classmates on adolescent sexual behavior in Cape Town, South Africa

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dc.creatorLam, David
dc.creatorMarteleto, Letitia
dc.creatorRanchhod, Vimal
dc.date2014-06-09T12:30:44Z
dc.date2014-06-09T12:30:44Z
dc.date2013
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:06:38Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:06:38Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionThis study examines the influence of exposure to older within-grade peers on sexual behavior among students in urban South Africa. Data are drawn from the Cape Area Panel Study, a longitudinal survey of young people conducted in metropolitan Cape Town from 2002 to 2006. The combination of early sexual debut, high rates of school enrollment into the late teens, and grade repetition create an environment in which young people who progress through school ahead of many in their cohort interact with classmates who may be several years older. We construct a measure of cumulative exposure to classmates who are at least two years older and show that such exposure is statistically significantly associated with early sexual initiation among adolescent girls. This exposure also increases the age difference between these girls and their first sexual partner, and helps explain a significant proportion of the earlier sexual debut of African girls, compared with colored and white girls in Cape Town.
dc.identifierLam, D., Marteleto, L. and Ranchhod, V. (2013). The influence of older classmates on adolescent sexual behavior in Cape Town, South Africa, Studies in Family Planning, 44(2): 147-167.
dc.identifierhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23720000
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/715
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Cape Town KW - South Africa KW - Sexual behaviour KW - CAPS KW - School performance KW - Grade repetition KW - Sexual partners LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - The influence of older classmates on adolescent sexual behavior in Cape Town, South Africa TI - The influence of older classmates on adolescent sexual behavior in Cape Town, South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/715 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/715
dc.languageen
dc.publisherStudies in Family Planning
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectCape Town
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectSexual behaviour
dc.subjectCAPS
dc.subjectSchool performance
dc.subjectGrade repetition
dc.subjectSexual partners
dc.titleThe influence of older classmates on adolescent sexual behavior in Cape Town, South Africa
dc.typeJournal Article
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceArticleen_ZA
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