Youth Risk-Taking Behavior in Brazil : Drug Use and Teenage Pregnancy

Youth Risk-Taking Behavior in Brazil : Drug Use and Teenage Pregnancy

Using an extensive survey that addresses risk factors faced by the population in the shantytowns (favelas) of Fortaleza, Brazil, the aim of this paper is to study risk-taking behavior by youth, focusing on drug use and teenage pregnancy. The paper...

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Main Authors: Cardoso, Ana Rute, Verner, Dorte
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ADOLESCENT
ADOLESCENT FERTILITY
ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
ADOLESCENT WOMEN
ADULTHOOD
AGED
ALCOHOL
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
ALCOHOL USE
BIRTHS
CHILD LABOR
CONDOM USE
CONTRACEPTIVE USE
CONTRACEPTIVES
CRIME
DECISION MAKING
DECLINE IN FERTILITY
DIVORCE
DROPOUT
DRUG CONSUMPTION
DRUG USE
DRUG USERS
DRUGS
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EPIDEMIC
FAMILY BACKGROUND
FAMILY PLANNING
FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES
FEMALE
FEMALE ADOLESCENTS
FEMALE CONDOM
FEMALES
FERTILITY BEHAVIOR
FERTILITY RATES
FIRST INTERCOURSE
FIRST SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
GENDER
GIRLS
HIV
HIV INFECTION
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS
INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL
INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING
INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES
LABOR MARKET
MALES
MASS MEDIA
MIDDLE EAST
MOTHER
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF CHILDREN PER WOMAN
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POPULATION ASSOCIATION
POPULATION DIVISION
POPULATION RESEARCH
PREGNANCY RATES
PROGRESS
PROMISCUITY
PSYCHOLOGISTS
RADIO
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAM
RISK BEHAVIOR
RISK FACTORS
RISK-TAKING
RISK-TAKING BEHAVIOR
RISKY BEHAVIOR
RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS
SCHOOLS
SELF-ESTEEM
SEXUAL ACTIVITY
SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
SEXUAL BEHAVIORS
SEXUAL INITIATION
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE AMONG ADOLESCENTS
SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP
SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS
SEXUALITY
SEXUALLY ACTIVE
SMOKING
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL CHANGES
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL EXCLUSION
SOCIAL MOBILITY
SOCIAL NORMS
STD
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
SUBSTANCE USE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TEEN
TEEN PREGNANCY
TEEN YEARS
TEENAGE EMPLOYMENT
TEENAGE FERTILITY
TEENAGE MOTHERS
TEENAGE PREGNANCY
TEENAGER
TEENAGERS
TELEVISION
TV
UNSAFE SEX
USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES
USE OF DRUGS
VIOLENCE
VIOLENCE AT HOME
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH
YOUTH SMOKING
YOUTHS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9058934/youth-risk-taking-behavior-brazil-drug-use-teenage-pregnancy
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6560

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9058934/youth-risk-taking-behavior-brazil-drug-use-teenage-pregnancy
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6560

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