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Predictors of heterosexual anal sex for at-risk adolescents in the United States

Predictors of heterosexual anal sex for at-risk adolescents in the United States. Marguerita Lightfoot, Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS). Demographic (N=300). * p<.05 ** p<.01 *** p<.0001.

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Predictors of heterosexual anal sex for at-risk adolescents in the United States

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  1. Predictors of heterosexual anal sex for at-risk adolescents in the United States Marguerita Lightfoot, Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS)

  2. Demographic (N=300) * p<.05 ** p<.01 *** p<.0001

  3. Mean sexual and condom use behaviors by gender

  4. Sexual Behavior: Sexual Risks * p<.05 ** p<.01 *** p<.0001

  5. Main Findings • AI was more prevalent among the youngest adolescents (ages 14 – 15) and decreased with age • Heterosexual AI was most likely in Latino males between the ages of 14-15 and who had been incarcerated. • AI was significantly less likely among African Americans. • Youth who practiced AI were more likely to engage in other sexual risk, such as greater number of partners, greater numbers of sex encounters and more unprotected sex. • Females used condoms more consistently than males with vaginal sex but less consistently than males with AI.

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