Taryn Dinkelman|David Lam|Murray Leibbrandt
Household and community income, economic shocks and risky sexual behavior of young adults: evidence from the Cape Area Panel Study 2002 and 2005
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|University of Cape Town
describe recent trends adolescent sexual behavior cape town south africa determine whether household community poverty negative economic shocks predict risky sexual behaviormatched survey data 2993 african coloured youth cape area panel study 2002 2005sexual debut multiple sexual partners past year condom use last sex measured 2002 2005we tested changes time reported sexual behavior estimate multivariate probit models measure association 2002 individual household community characteristics 2005 sexual behaviorthere statistically significant increase condom use decrease incidence multiple sexual partners 2002 2005 young women aged 1722 years young women households 10 higher income 053 less likely debut sexually 2005 young men communities 10 higher poverty rate 5 less likely report condom use last sex negative economic shocks associated 004 increase probability multiple partnerships young women education positively correlated sexual debut young women multiple partnerships sexestrends sexual behavior 2002 2005 indicate significant shifts towards safer practices little evidence relationship negative economic shocks household community poverty risky behavior hypothesize unexpected positive relationship education sexual debut may driven peer effects schools substantial age mixing