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Youth Risk-Taking Behavior in Brazil : Drug Use and Teenage Pregnancy / Cardoso, Ana Rute
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Cardoso, Ana Rute
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adolescent Health.
- Drug Use.
- Health Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Population Policies.
- Reproductive health.
- Risk behavior.
- Risk factors.
- Self-esteem.
- Sexual behavior.
- Social Development.
- Teenage Pregnancy.
- Violence.
- Youth.
- Local Subjects:
- Adolescent Health.
- Drug Use.
- Health Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Population Policies.
- Reproductive health.
- Risk behavior.
- Risk factors.
- Self-esteem.
- Sexual behavior.
- Social Development.
- Teenage Pregnancy.
- Violence.
- Youth.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (17 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2008
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- 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 analyzes the impact of factors such as exposure to mass media, the existence of support networks, self-esteem, and the occurrence of violence at home and in the neighborhood, on the probability of risk-taking behavior. A bivariate probit model is estimated. The findings indicate that reliance on support networks and exposure to mass media are associated with a lower probability of either type of risk behavior. Living in a violent home increases drug consumption. Race does not have a significant impact on either type of behavior.
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