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Author: Ikramullah, Erum N.
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Ikramullah, Erum N. Manlove, Jennifer S. Cui, Carol Moore, Kristin Anderson |
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Parents Matter: The Role of Parents in Teens' Decisions About Sex Publication #2009-45, Child Trends Research Brief, Child Trends, Inc, November 2009. Also: http://www.childtrends.org/Files//Child_Trends-2009_11_11_RB_Parents&TeenSex.pdf Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Child Trends, Inc. Keyword(s): Adolescent Sexual Activity; Age at First Intercourse; Gender Differences; Parent-Child Interaction; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Parental Influences; Parenting Skills/Styles; Risk-Taking Overview. Adolescents are influenced by a variety of social factors and institutions. Prior research confirms what many of us know instinctively: that parents can be one of the strongest influences in adolescents' lives. For example, higher levels of parental involvement in their adolescents' lives are linked with lower levels of delinquency, violent behavior, high-school dropout, and drug abuse, as well as with higher levels of educational attainment. In this Research Brief, we look specifically at whether parental involvement in adolescence reduces the chances of teens being sexually active at a young age. Compelling reasons exist for exploring this topic. Early adolescent sexual experience is linked with a variety of risky outcomes, including acquiring a sexually transmitted infection (STI) and having an unintended pregnancy.5,6 Because of the significant role that parents can potentially play in influencing their teens to delay having sex—thus reducing the risk of negative reproductive health outcomes—it is important to understand whether and how multiple dimensions of parental involvement are associated with the timing of teens' first sexual experience. To further this understanding, Child Trends analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth—1997 cohort to explore how parenting practices that occur before adolescents become sexually experienced are associated with the probability of sexual experience by age 16. This Research Brief reports our key findings. We found that multiple measures of parental involvement and engagement are associated with delayed sex among teens. These measures include positive parent-adolescent relationship quality, high parental awareness and monitoring, and family dinner routines. Specifically, our analyses showed that adolescent girls who reported higher quality relationships with their mothers and fathers, and adolescent boys who reported that they ate dinner with their families every day were less likely to have sexual intercourse at an early age. The same held true for both adolescent girls and adolescent boys who reported that their parents kept close tabs on whom they were with when not at home. |
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Ikramullah, Erum N., Jennifer S. Manlove, Carol Cui and Kristin Anderson Moore. "Parents Matter: The Role of Parents in Teens' Decisions About Sex." Publication #2009-45, Child Trends Research Brief, Child Trends, Inc, November 2009. |
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Manlove, Jennifer S. Logan, Cassandra Moore, Kristin Anderson Ikramullah, Erum N. |
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Pathways from Family Religiosity to Adolescent Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 40,2 (June 2008): 105-117. Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1363/4010508/abstract Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Alan Guttmacher Institute Keyword(s): Adolescent Sexual Activity; Age at First Intercourse; Contraception; Parent-Child Interaction; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations; Religious Influences Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. CONTEXT: Few studies with nationally representative longitudinal data have examined whether and how family religiosity is associated with adolescent sexual and contraceptive behavior. METHODS: Data from the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth were used to examine associations between a multidimensional measure of family religiosity assessed during early adolescence and reproductive health outcomes (sexual activity, number of partners and consistent contraceptive use) at age 17. Pathways through which family religiosity is associated with these outcomes were identified using structural equation models. RESULTS: Family religiosity was negatively associated with adolescent sexual activity, both directly (beta, −0.14) and indirectly (−0.02). The indirect association was mediated by family cohesion (as reflected in parental monitoring among the entire sample and among males, and in parent-teenager relationship quality and family routine activities among females) and negative peer behaviors. Greater family religiosity was indirectly associated with having fewer sexual partners (−0.03) and with using contraceptives consistently (0.02); these relationships were mediated through later age at first sex, more positive peer environments and higher levels of parental monitoring and awareness. However, among sexually active males (but not females), family religiosity was directly and negatively associated with contraceptive consistency (−0.11). CONCLUSION: Cohesive family environments and positive peer networks contribute to reduced levels of risky sexual behavior among adolescents from religious families. Parents who monitor their children's activities and peer environments, engage their families in regular activities and foster strong parent-child relationships can help reduce risky sexual behavior, regardless of family religiosity. Parental involvement in prevention programs may help reduce rates of teenage pregnancy and STDs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Manlove, Jennifer S., Cassandra Logan, Kristin Anderson Moore and Erum N. Ikramullah. "Pathways from Family Religiosity to Adolescent Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use." Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 40,2 (June 2008): 105-117.
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Manlove, Jennifer S. Scott, Mindy E. Ikramullah, Erum N. |
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Factors Associated with the Transition to Multiple Partner Fertility among Young Unmarried Parents Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, March 31-April 2, 2011 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Age at First Birth; Cohabitation; Coresidence; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Fertility; Fertility, Multiple Partners; Parents, Single; Sexual Activity; Substance Use Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper uses recent nationally representative, longitudinal data to examine correlates of multiple-partner fertility among a recent cohort of young unmarried parents. We used data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997, Rounds 1 – 11 (1997 – 2007), to examine the transition to multiple-partner fertility among 893 fathers and 1,331 mothers ages 14-27 who were unmarried at first birth. Using discrete time event history analyses, we found high rates of multiple-partner fertility among these disadvantaged parents. Multivariate results suggest that, among unmarried mothers, several individual factors (employment/enrollment, gang involvement, substance use, arrest history), as well as characteristics of the union and birth (cohabitation status, age at first birth, child's age, subsequent children with first partner), and first birth partner (partner age and employment/enrollment status) are associated with multiple-partner fertility. Fewer factors are significant for unmarried fathers (not cohabiting at first birth, lower parental education and gang involvement in adolescence). |
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Manlove, Jennifer S., Mindy E. Scott and Erum N. Ikramullah. "Factors Associated with the Transition to Multiple Partner Fertility among Young Unmarried Parents." Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, March 31-April 2, 2011. |
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Manlove, Jennifer S. Scott, Mindy E. Ikramullah, Erum N. Perper, Kate Lilja, Emily |
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Relationship Context and the Transition to a Nonmarital Birth Presented: Washington, DC, Bureau of Labor Statistics Conference Center, NLSY97 Tenth Anniversary Conference, May 29-30, 2008. Also: http://harrisschool.uchicago.edu/Research/conferences/NLSYConf/pdf/Manlove_et_al_NonMarital_Birth.pdf Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor Keyword(s): Childbearing, Premarital/Nonmarital; Cohabitation; Contraception; Fertility; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes; Sexual Activity The key hypothesis for this paper is that decision-making about nonmarital childbearing and its proximate determinants (including sexual activity, contraceptive use and pregnancy) is often made within the context of relationships. In fact, some researchers state that nonmarital childbearing, including childbearing within cohabiting relationships, is best studied with information about both partners (Seltzer, 2000). However, the majority of research on nonmarital childbearing focuses on family, individual, community, and social policy factors associated with the transition to a nonmarital birth. … This study expands previous research by using nationally representative longitudinal data to examine the association between relationship and partner characteristics, as well as individuals' sexual, marital and fertility histories, and the transition to a nonmarital birth for males and females. |
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Manlove, Jennifer S., Mindy E. Scott, Erum N. Ikramullah, Kate Perper and Emily Lilja. "Relationship Context and the Transition to a Nonmarital Birth." Presented: Washington, DC, Bureau of Labor Statistics Conference Center, NLSY97 Tenth Anniversary Conference, May 29-30, 2008. |
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Manlove, Jennifer S. Terry-Humen, Elizabeth Ikramullah, Erum N. |
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Conceptualizing Healthy Sexual Relationships: The Role of Parent-Teen Relationships and Peer Relationships in Teens' Choice of First Sexual Partners Presented: New York, NY, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, March 29-31, 2007. Also: http://paa2007.princeton.edu/abstractViewer.aspx?submissionId=71573 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Family Environment; Family Structure; Gender; Parenting Skills/Styles; Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations; Sexual Experiences/Virginity Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The initiation of heterosexual romantic relationships represents a key developmental task of adolescence, and research suggests that two aspects of healthy sexual relationships are having a steady, romantic relationship and having a similar-age partner. This paper uses longitudinal data from Rounds 1–8 of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 cohort, to assess the role of positive family and peer environments in the development of healthy sexual relationships among males and females. Using person-round files, we will explore the role of parenting (including parent-teen relationships, parental monitoring and awareness, and family routines), family structure and stability, and peer environments (including the presence of positive peers or negative peers) in delaying sexual initiation, and – among sexually experienced teens – with more positive relationship characteristics, including having a first sexual relationship that is romantic (vs. casual) and with a similar-aged (vs. older or younger) partner. |
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Manlove, Jennifer S., Elizabeth Terry-Humen and Erum N. Ikramullah. "Conceptualizing Healthy Sexual Relationships: The Role of Parent-Teen Relationships and Peer Relationships in Teens' Choice of First Sexual Partners." Presented: New York, NY, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, March 29-31, 2007. |
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Manlove, Jennifer S. Terry-Humen, Elizabeth Ikramullah, Erum N. |
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The Role of Parent Religiosity in Teens' Transitions to Sex and Contraception Journal of Adolescent Health 39,4 (October 2006): 578-587. Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1054139X06001029 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Contraception; Family Environment; Family Models; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Religious Influences; Sexual Behavior Purpose: To examine whether multiple dimensions of parent and family religiosity--including parental religious attendance, denomination, beliefs, and family religious activities--are associated with the timing of sexual initiation or contraceptive use at first sex. Methods: We analyze a sample of sexually inexperienced adolescents aged 12-14 years in the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY97) to test the association between multiple dimensions of parent and family religiosity and the transition to first sexual experience and contraceptive use at first sex during the teen years. We assess the association between parent and family religiosity and the timing of adolescent sexual experience using multivariate event history models, and examine contraceptive use outcomes using logistic regressions. All analyses are conducted separately by gender and race/ethnicity. Results: More frequent parental religious attendance is associated with a delayed timing of first sex among all sub-populations except among black adolescents. Engaging in family religious activities on a daily basis is associated with delayed sexual initiation among male, female, and white teens. Results for contraceptive use differ, however. Only strong parental religious beliefs and more frequent participation in family religious activities are associated with contraceptive use at first sex, in a negative direction, among males. Conclusion: More frequent parental religious attendance and family religious activities are related to later timing of sexual initiation, highlighting an important dimension of family environments that can help improve reproductive health outcomes for children. However, stronger family religiosity does not translate into improved contraceptive use. (PsycINFO Database Record © 2006 APA, all rights reserved) |
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Manlove, Jennifer S., Elizabeth Terry-Humen and Erum N. Ikramullah. "The Role of Parent Religiosity in Teens' Transitions to Sex and Contraception ." Journal of Adolescent Health 39,4 (October 2006): 578-587.
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Manlove, Jennifer S. Wildsmith, Elizabeth Ikramullah, Erum N. Terry-Humen, Elizabeth Schelar, Erin |
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Family Environments and the Relationship Context of First Adolescent Sex: Correlates of First Sex in a Casual versus Steady Relationship Social Science Research 41,4 (July 2012): 861-875. Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X12000336 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Adolescent Sexual Activity; Family Environment; Family Structure; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Sexual Experiences/Virginity Limited research has examined how family environments are associated with the relationship context of first sex, an important indicator of reproductive health risk. We use data from the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to assess the association between the family environment – parent-parent relationships, parent-adolescent relationships, and family structure - and relationship context of first heterosexual sexual intercourse, distinguishing between the transition to first sex in serious and casual relationships. Twenty-five percent of females and 43 percent of males who had sex by age 18 did so in a casual relationship. All dimensions of the family environment were linked to the relationship context of first sex. Notably, higher parental monitoring was associated with a reduced risk of transitioning to first sex in a casual relationship versus no sex, and greater family routines were associated with a reduced risk of transitioning to sex in a steady relationship versus having no sex, for males and females. A strong maternal-adolescent relationship was associated with a reduced risk of first sex in a casual relationship but only for males. Additionally, in two-parent families, a strong father-adolescent relationship was associated with reduced risk of transitioning to casual sex, but only for females. Pregnancy and STI prevention programs should work with parents to foster positive parent-adolescent relationships, to become aware of their adolescents’ activities and to recognize that parents are important models for adolescent relationship behaviors. |
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Manlove, Jennifer S., Elizabeth Wildsmith, Erum N. Ikramullah, Elizabeth Terry-Humen and Erin Schelar. "Family Environments and the Relationship Context of First Adolescent Sex: Correlates of First Sex in a Casual versus Steady Relationship." Social Science Research 41,4 (July 2012): 861-875.
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Manlove, Jennifer S. Wildsmith, Elizabeth Welti, Kate Scott, Mindy E. Ikramullah, Erum N. |
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Relationship Characteristics and the Relationship Context of Nonmarital First Births Among Young Adult Women Social Science Quarterly 93,2 (June 2012): 506-520. Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-6237.2012.00853.x/abstract Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Wiley Online Keyword(s): Childbearing; Childbearing, Premarital/Nonmarital; Cohabitation; Ethnic Differences; Racial Differences Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Objectives: The objectives of this study were to examine whether and how characteristics of the relationship dyad are linked to nonmarital childbearing among young adult women, additionally distinguishing between cohabiting and nonunion births. Methods: We used the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 Cohort and discrete time-event history methods to examine these objectives. Results: Our analyses found that similarities and differences between women and their most recent sexual partner in educational attainment, disengagement from work or school, race/ethnicity, and age were linked to the risk and context of nonmarital childbearing. For example, partner disengagement (from school and work) was associated with increased odds of a nonmarital birth regardless of whether the woman herself was disengaged. Additionally, having a partner of a different race/ethnicity was associated with nonmarital childbearing for whites, but not for blacks and Hispanics. Conclusions: We conclude that relationship characteristics are an important dimension of the lives of young adults that influence their odds of having a birth outside of marriage. |
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Manlove, Jennifer S., Elizabeth Wildsmith, Kate Welti, Mindy E. Scott and Erum N. Ikramullah. "Relationship Characteristics and the Relationship Context of Nonmarital First Births Among Young Adult Women." Social Science Quarterly 93,2 (June 2012): 506-520.
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McDonald, Jill A. Manlove, Jennifer S. Ikramullah, Erum N. |
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Immigration Measures and Reproductive Health Among Hispanic Youth: Findings from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997-2003 Journal of Adolescent Health 44,1 (January 2009): 14-24. Also: http://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X%2808%2900341-8/abstract Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Childbearing; Contraception; Hispanic Youth; Immigrants; Pregnancy, Adolescent; Sexual Activity PURPOSE: To explore relationships between immigration measures and risk of reproductive and sexual events among U.S. Hispanic adolescents. METHODS: We examined generation status, language in the home and country of origin in relation to sexual activity, contraception, and childbearing among 1614 Hispanic adolescents, using nationally representative 1997-2003 longitudinal data. Multivariable analyses controlled for potentially confounding variables. Tests for effect modification by gender and Mexican origin were conducted. RESULTS: Fewer first generation adolescents transitioned to sexual intercourse before age 18 (odds ratio [OR]=.80, 95% confidence interval [CI]=.66-.98) and fewer first and second generation sexually active teens used contraceptives consistently at age 17 (OR=.32, 95% CI=.17-.60 and OR=.50, 95% CI=.31-.80, respectively) than third-generation teens. Language was similarly associated with the transition to sexual intercourse and contraceptive practices. Versus teens of Mexican origin, teens of Puerto Rican origin and origins other than Cuba and Central/South America had greater odds of becoming sexually active; youth of all origins except Central/South America had fewer multiple live births (OR=.14-.31). Gender modified the effects of generation on consistent use of contraceptives and condoms at age 17. Gender also modified the effect of country of origin on transitioning to sexual intercourse before age 18 years. CONCLUSIONS: Results expand on previous observations that generation, language, and country of origin are predictors of reproductive and sexual risks for Hispanic adolescents. These immigration measures may therefore be useful in targeting community and clinical preventive services. |
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McDonald, Jill A., Jennifer S. Manlove and Erum N. Ikramullah. "Immigration Measures and Reproductive Health Among Hispanic Youth: Findings from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997-2003." Journal of Adolescent Health 44,1 (January 2009): 14-24.
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