SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Spanning Tree, Isomorphism, Paul Dimaggio
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Hooking up replaced going steady and friends with benefits replayed boyfriends. Sexual mores of tents put them at higher risks of contracting stis. Over 50% of 15-year-olds reported having sex. 1/3 have engaged in sexual activity that is not sex. Most teens with stis are unaware that they are infected. Safe-sex programs or others to reduce the sti rate. Jefferson high school: 63% of couples only had sex with each other. Sleeping with more than one person at a time increases rate of transmission. Four models for spreading stis: core infection model infected people are all connected to this core group. Infection circulates through the circle but also connected to others: bridge between disjointed populations an infected group and an uninfected group connected by one person. Represents the way aids transmission occurs in africa: spanning tree no key focal point to stop the spread of infection. A main line and branches that develop off of that line.
