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Author: Mekawi, Yehia
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Lillard, Dean R. Mekawi, Yehia |
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Information and Safe Sex: Are Better Informed Youth More Likely to Use Contraceptives and Condoms? Presented: Denver CO, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2018 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Age at First Intercourse; Contraception; Gender Differences; Sexual Behavior Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. We investigate whether information delays the age at which a person first has sex and the probability he or she uses contraceptives and condoms. To characterize information we use magazine articles about STIs. We use 1997 National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth (NLSY97) data on individual sexual practices and demographic information that we use to predict each individual's magazine reading. After merging data on articles appearing each year in each magazine, we construct measures of the information each person potentially saw. We also use instrumental variables methods to account for three types of endogenous behavior: 1) people choose magazines, 2) editors decide whether or not to publish, and 3) how long each article will be. We find that men and women change their sexual behavior as information stock and flow changes. Women's use of condoms responds more to information about STIs than men's. With more STI information both initiate sex later. |
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Lillard, Dean R. and Yehia Mekawi. "Information and Safe Sex: Are Better Informed Youth More Likely to Use Contraceptives and Condoms?" Presented: Denver CO, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2018. |