Citation
Burrington, L. A. (2019). Racial differences in sexual activity among affluent adolescents: a relative status approach.
Deviant Behavior. vol. 40 (10) pp. 1226-1244
Abstract
The experiences of black Americans vary widely depending on socioeconomic status (SES), suggesting that a monotonic view of race is inadequate when examining race differences in adolescent risk behavior. This study considers how class and race intersect as determinants of adolescent multiple sexual partnering. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N = 3,538), the study adjudicates among three theoretical perspectives, including a relative status hypothesis that draws on Bourdieu's insights on distinction and Steele's concept of "stereotype threat." Findings support the relative status approach: affluent black adolescents have considerably lower odds of engaging in multiple partnering than comparably advantaged whites, suggesting they adjust their behavior to counter stereotypes of "promiscuous" black adolescents.
URL
https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2018.1477363Keyword(s)
family-structure
Notes
ISI Document Delivery No.: IU5IM Times Cited: 0 Cited Reference Count: 65 Burrington, Lori A. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentUnited States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USANIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) [P01-HD31921]; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human DevelopmentUnited States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USANIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) [R15HD070098-01A1]; Center for Family and Demographic Research, Bowling Green State University from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [R24HD050959] This research uses data from Add Health, a program project directed by Kathleen Mullan Harris and designed by J. Richard Udry, Peter S. Bearman, and Kathleen Mullan Harris at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and funded by grant P01-HD31921 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, with cooperative funding from 23 other federal agencies and foundations. Special acknowledgment is due Ronald R. Rindfuss and Barbara Entwisle for assistance in the original design. Information on how to obtain the Add Health data files is available on the Add Health website (http://www.cpc.unc.edu/addhealth).No direct support was received from grant P01-HD31921 for this analysis. This research was also supported inpart by a grant (R15HD070098-01A1) from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, and by the Center for Family and Demographic Research, Bowling Green State University, which has core funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R24HD050959). The opinions and conclusions expressed herein are solely those of the author(s) and should not be construed as representing the opinions or policy of any agency of the Federal government. 0 Taylor & francis inc Philadelphia 1521-0456
Reference Type
Journal Article
Journal Title
Deviant Behavior
Author(s)
Burrington, L. A.
Year Published
2019
Volume Number
40
Issue Number
10
Pages
1226-1244
DOI
10.1080/01639625.2018.1477363
Reference ID
6678
