       Document 0317
 DOCN  M9460317
 TI    Sexual risk behavior and condom use among street youth in Hollywood.
 DT    9408
 AU    Anderson JE; Freese TE; Pennbridge JN; Behavioral Studies Section,
       Centers for Disease Control and; Prevention, Atlanta.
 SO    Fam Plann Perspect. 1994 Jan-Feb;26(1):22-5. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/94229228
 AB    A study of 610 street youth aged 13-23 who attended drop-in centers in
       Hollywood, Calif., reveals that 96% are sexually experienced. One-half
       of the young men and one-third of the young women have engaged in sex
       for food, money, shelter, drugs or other items needed. Twenty-five
       percent of the men and 15% of the women have injected drugs at some time
       in their life. Some 45% of the men and 30% of the women used condoms at
       last intercourse. A logistic regression analysis found that among men,
       those who have completed 10th grade or higher are nearly three times as
       likely to use condoms as are those who have less education. Young men
       who have been tested for the human immunodeficiency virus are nearly
       twice as likely to use condoms as are those who have not been tested.
       Among women, condom use declines with age, and young women who have
       engaged in sex for food, money or lodging are more likely to use condoms
       than those who have not.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/  TRANSMISSION
       Adolescence  Adult  *Condoms  Female  Health Surveys  Human  Knowledge,
       Attitudes, Practice  Los Angeles/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Male  *Sex Behavior
       *Urban Population  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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