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Kugler KC, Vasilenko SA, Butera NM, et al. Long-term consequences of early sexual initiation on young adult health: A causal inference approach. J Early Adolesc. 2015;37(5):662-676doi: 10.1177/0272431615620666.
Kugler, K. C., Vasilenko, S. A., Butera, N. M., & Coffman, D. L. (2017). Long-term consequences of early sexual initiation on young adult health: A causal inference approach. The Journal of early adolescence, 37(5), 662-676. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431615620666
Kugler, Kari C, et al. "Long-term consequences of early sexual initiation on young adult health: A causal inference approach." The Journal of early adolescence vol. 37,5 (2017): 662-676. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431615620666
Kugler KC, Vasilenko SA, Butera NM, Coffman DL. Long-term consequences of early sexual initiation on young adult health: A causal inference approach. J Early Adolesc. 2017 May;37(5):662-676. doi: 10.1177/0272431615620666. Epub 2015 Dec 09. PMID: 28529400; PMCID: PMC5435379.
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J Early Adolesc. 2017 May;37(5):662-676. doi: 10.1177/0272431615620666. Epub 2015 Dec 09.

Long-term consequences of early sexual initiation on young adult health: A causal inference approach.

The Journal of early adolescence

Kari C Kugler, Sara A Vasilenko, Nicole M Butera, Donna L Coffman

Affiliations

  1. The Methodology Center, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.
  2. The Biostatistics Department, The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
  3. The College of Health and Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.

PMID: 28529400 PMCID: PMC5435379 DOI: 10.1177/0272431615620666

Abstract

Although early sexual initiation has been linked to negative outcomes, it is unknown whether these effects are causal. In this study, we use propensity score methods to estimate the causal effect of early sexual initiation on young adult sexual risk behaviors and health outcomes using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. We found that early sexual initiation predicted having 2 or more partners (for both males and females) and having a sexually transmitted infection in the past year (females only) but did not predict depressive symptoms in the past week (for either gender). These results underscore the importance of continued programmatic efforts to delay age of sexual initiation, particularly for females.

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