National Survey of Adolescent Males, Old Cohort, Waves 1-3, 1988, 1990-91, 1995

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National Survey of Adolescent Males, Old Cohort, Waves 1-3, 1988, 1990-91, 1995

Investigators: Freya L. Sonenstein, Joseph H. Pleck, Leighton Ku and Charles F. Turner

Publication Date: March 23, 2016

National Survey of Adolescent Males, Old Cohort, Waves 1-3, 1988, 1990-91, 1995

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The 1988 National Survey of Adolescent Males is a nationally representative household survey of never-married males who were 15 to 19 years old in 1988, when they were sampled. The study's primary objective was to determine adolescent males' behaviors, education and knowledge concerning human sexuality, contraception, and sexually transmitted diseases. The survey followed young men from adolescence, the period of initiation of sexual activity and other risk behaviors, into the beginning of young adulthood, a time when sexual activity is often at its highest. The 1988 sample was a nationally representative multistage stratified probability sample, drawn by the Institute for Survey Research (ISR), Temple University. Black and Hispanic males were oversampled. The original weights were created, based on probability of selection, non-response and poststratification to the 1987 Current Population Survey. In 1990-91, ISR attempted to reinterview the original sample. In 1995, Research Triangle Institute (RTI) attempted to reinterview the 1988 sample again. Among the topics covered by the survey are demographic background, sexual and contraceptive history and attitudes, knowledge and attitudes about sexually transmitted diseases,work history, pregnancy and childbearing history, and child support and childrearing practices.

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