Citation
Waddell, G. R. (2012). Gender and the influence of peer alcohol consumption on adolescent sexual activity.
Economic Inquiry. vol. 50 (1) pp. 248-263
Abstract
I consider the alcohol consumption of opposite-gender peers as explanatory to adolescent sexual intercourse and demonstrate that female sexual activity is higher where there is higher alcohol consumption among male peers. This relationship is robust to school fixed effects, cannot be explained by broader cohort effects or general antisocial behaviors in male peer groups, and is distinctly different from any influence of the alcohol consumption of female peers which is shown to have no influence on female sexual activity. There is no evidence that male sexual activity responds to female peer alcohol consumption.
URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1465-7295.2011.00374.xKeyword(s)
Alcohol
Reference Type
Journal Article
Journal Title
Economic Inquiry
Author(s)
Waddell, G. R.
Year Published
2012
Volume Number
50
Issue Number
1
Pages
248-263
DOI
10.1111/j.1465-7295.2011.00374.x
Reference ID
1626
