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Sexual Intercourse and Pregnancy among African-American Adolescent Girls in High-Poverty Neighborhoods: The Role of Family and Perceived Community Environment. JCPR Working Paper.
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Moore, Mignon R.; Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay – 1999
This study used data from a random sample of African American families living in poor urban communities to examine: how well socialization, supervision, and marital transition hypotheses explained the relationship between family structure and the probability of sexual debut and pregnancy for African American adolescents in disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Community Characteristics, Family Influence
Sexual Intercourse and Pregnancy among African American Girls in High-Poverty Neighborhoods: The Role of Family and Perceived Community Environment.
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Moore, Mignon R.; Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2001
Data are used from African American families in impoverished Chicago neighborhoods to address two questions: How well do modeling, supervision, and marital transition hypotheses explain the relationship between family structure and early sexual debut and pregnancy? Do higher levels of social support from parents and neighborhood adults decrease…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Family, Community Characteristics, Community Role