Young women's degree of control over first intercourse: an exploratory analysis.
Fam Plann Perspect
; 30(1): 12-8, 1998.
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ABSTRACT
PIP: The degree of control that young women exert over first intercourse was investigated through the use of data from the 1995 US National Survey of Family Growth. All 2933 sexually active respondents, 15-24 years of age at the time of the survey, were asked to rate the wantedness of their first coitus on a scale of 1 to 10 and were queried as to whether the experience was voluntary. Overall, 91% of the respondents indicated that their first intercourse was voluntary. 76% of women 13 years or younger at first intercourse, compared with 90% of those 19-24 years old, characterized their first intercourse as voluntary. 24% of women who rated their first intercourse as voluntary selected a low value (1-4) on the wantedness scale, however. 36% of women whose first partner was 7 or more years older, compared with 17% of those with a first partner of the same age or younger, selected a low (1-4) wantedness value. 39% of women who rated the wantedness of first intercourse as 1-2, compared with 22% of women with a wantedness score of 9-10, had not used a contraceptive method for this event. Women with a substantially older partner also were less likely to use contraception at first intercourse. However, after introduction of controls for demographic and background factors, partner age discrepancy, and relationship status, wantedness of voluntary first intercourse was not independently associated with the odds of contraceptive use. The finding that substantial numbers of young women voluntarily participated in a first sexual experience about which they had ambivalent or negative feelings underscores the need for programs to increase the actual degree of control women exert over their sexual encounters.
Palabras clave
Adolescents; Adolescents, Female; Age Factors; Americas; Behavior; Contraception; Contraceptive Usage--determinants; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Family Planning; First Intercourse; Interpersonal Relations; North America; Northern America; Partner Communication; Population; Population Characteristics; Research Methodology; Research Report; Sampling Studies; Sex Behavior; Studies; Surveys; United States; Youth--women
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Coito
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Anticoncepción
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Fam Plann Perspect
Año:
1998
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos