Moderating effects of gender on alcohol use: implications for condom use at first intercourse.

J Sch Health

UCLA School of Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, 90095-1772, USA.

Published: March 2006

This study examined whether the effects of level of alcohol consumption on condom use at first sex depend on adolescents' gender, utilizing data from Wave I of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Compared to girls who did not consume any alcohol, inebriated girls were significantly less likely to use a condom at first intercourse (odds ratio = 0.41, p

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