Early sexual experience and traditional values in Colombia.
Newsl Womens Glob Netw Reprod Rights
; (36): 30-1, 1991.
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PIP: Results on adolescent's knowledge, attitude, and practice in sexuality and reproductive health are presented from 2 surveys of 1199 middle-class youths aged 13-18 years in main cities of Colombia. Survey populations were selected from high schools and users of Family Compensation Fund. While traditional values and customs prevail among these youths, they nonetheless tend to begin sex between ages 15-18, and have little concern over the consequences of their sexual behavior. They are, moreover, quite ignorant about reproductive health. Sexuality is not thought of as part of marriage, women are expected to be virgins at marriage, and a resounding 87% of the study population rejected abortion legislation. 90% of the young men had their 1st sexual encounter with either a prostitute or domestic servant, while 90% of the young women had their 1st encounters with friends from within their social groups. Sexual relations from adolescence on were supported by 35% of the girls and 60% of the boys, 72% of the girls and 38% of the boys supported virginity, yet less than 10% were in favor of the notion of open relationships. 20% of the girls and 25% of the boys had active sex lives, with homosexuality representing 1.6% and 3.1% of the two sex groupings, respectively. Sex education is practically non-existent. Most young women know little of contraception, and fail to use it out of misconceptions regarding method safety, and fear of one's parents finding out. The young men, on the other hand, cite forgetfulness and inability to obtain contraception as reasons for use failure. Accordingly, 5% of the girls fell pregnant between ages 15-17, with 66% ending in abortion, and 18.6% of the girls and 12.3% of the boys admitted to having had a sexually transmitted disease. 55% indicated that they would not use contraceptives.^ieng
Palavras-chave
Abortion Law; Abortion, Induced; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adolescent Pregnancy; Adolescents; Age Factors; Americas; Attitude; Behavior; Beliefs; Coital Frequency; Colombia; Communication; Contraception; Contraceptive Prevalence; Contraceptive Usage; Cultural Background; Culture; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; Education; Family Planning; Female Role; Fertility; Fertility Control, Postconception; Fertility Measurements; Heterosexuals; Hiv Infections; Homosexuals; Kap Surveys; Knowledge; Latin America; Marriage; Misinformation; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Premarital Sex Behavior; Prostitutes; Psychological Factors; Reproductive Behavior; Research Methodology; Research Report; Sampling Studies; Schools; Secondary Schools; Sex Behavior; Sex Education; Social Behavior; South America; Studies; Surveys; Unwanted Births; Urban Population; Viral Diseases; Youth
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Base de dados:
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Assunto principal:
Gravidez na Adolescência
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Instituições Acadêmicas
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Comportamento Sexual
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Educação Sexual
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População Urbana
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Atitude
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Homossexualidade
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Casamento
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Infecções por HIV
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Criança não Desejada
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Colombia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Newsl Womens Glob Netw Reprod Rights
Ano de publicação:
1991
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Holanda