Adolescent Health (Research)
"Age of Initiating Selected Health-Risk Behaviors among High School Students in the United States."
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 27th, 1997
According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Journal of Adolescent Health, "Purpose: To estimate and compare the age of initiation of alcohol use, cigarette smoking, sexual intercourse, and marijuana use among female and male students in U.S. high schools. Methods: Using data from the 1991 and 1993 national school-based Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, life-table analysis was used to create hypothetical cohorts to estimate age of initiation of selected health-risk behaviors. The sample size was 12,272 in 1991 and 16,296 in 1993, with an overall response rate of 68% in 1991 and 70% in 1993. Results: Male students initiate each of these behaviors...
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