TY  - JOUR
AU  - Averett,Susan
AU  - Corman,Hope
AU  - Reichman,Nancy
TI  - Effects of Overweight on Risky Sexual Behavior of Adolescent Girls
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 16172
PY  - 2010
Y2  - July 2010
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w16172
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w16172.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Susan Averett
Simon Center
Dept. of Economics
Lafayette College
Easton, PA 18042
E-Mail: AVERETTS@LAFAYETTE.EDU

Hope Corman
Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Tel: 609/895-5559
Fax: 609/896-5387
E-Mail: corman@rider.edu

Nancy Reichman
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
University of Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey
97 Paterson St., Room 435
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
E-Mail: reichmne@umdnj.edu
AB  - We use data from The National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health to estimate effects of adolescent girls' overweight on their propensity to engage in risky sexual behavior. We estimate single equation, two-stage, and sibling fixed-effects models and find that overweight or obese teenage girls are more likely than their recommended-weight peers to engage in certain types of risky sexual behavior but not others. The results from this study underscore the importance of using multifaceted and contemporary measures of risky sexual behavior and have implications for the health and well-being of adolescent girls.
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