| Sexual activity, knowledge and contraceptive usage by gender among university students in Turkey. | |
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PMID: 20874085 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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OBJECTIVE: To assess sexual activity and contraceptive knowledge and practice by gender among university students. METHODS: Descriptive and cross-sectional study conducted at Ege University, Turkey, with 1000 volunteering students. Data collection was stopped when 500 students of each gender had participated. RESULTS: Of the surveyed students, 50.3% (27.4% female, 73.2% male) reported having had sexual intercourse; the mean age at first sexual intercourse was 18.4 years for girls and 16.9 years for boys. We found that 44.5% of female and 30.6% of male students failed to use contraception at their first coitus, whereas 2.2% of female and 13.7% of male students failed to do so at their most recent intercourse. The rate of condom usage for students' first sexual encounter was 50.1% (35.8% female, 55.5% male) and was 67.8% (70.1% female, 66.9% male) at their most recent intercourse. Abortion was mentioned by 43.9% of female and 39.2% of male students as a method of preventing pregnancy after unprotected coitus. CONCLUSION: Male Turkish students had started sexual relations at a younger age but had less often unprotected first sex than female students. |
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Hatice Bal Yilmaz; Oya Kavlak; Senay Unsal Atan |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-09-27 |
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Title: The European journal of contraception & reproductive health care : the official journal of the European Society of Contraception Volume: 15 ISSN: 1473-0782 ISO Abbreviation: Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care Publication Date: 2010 Dec |
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Created Date: 2010-11-24 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9712127 Medline TA: Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 433-40 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Paediatric Nursing, Ege University School of Nursing, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey. hatice.bal.yilmaz@ege.edu.tr |
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