Growth Trajectories of Sexual Risk Behavior in Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Stevenson Fergus, PhD, MPH,
Marc A. Zimmerman, PhD and
Cleopatra H. Caldwell, PhD
Stevenson Fergus is with the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario. Marc A. Zimmerman and Cleopatra H. Caldwell are with the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor.
FIGURE 1—Growth in sexual risk behavior by race/ethnicity and gender during adolescence and young adulthood: Flint, Mich, 19942002.
Notes. Study participants were interviewed starting in 1994 every year for 4 years (corresponding to participants high school years), followed by a 1-year gap, and then every year for 4 additional years, for a total of 8 waves of data. Scores were standardized across all waves.