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Sexual attitudes, pattern of communication, and sexual behavior among unmarried out-of-school youth in China

BACKGROUND: In recent years, more adolescents are engaging in premarital sex in China. However, only a limited number of studies have explored out-of-school youth's sexual attitudes and behaviors, critical for prevention intervention development. METHODS: Using data from the baseline survey of...

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Autores principales: Wang, Bo, Li, Xiaoming, Stanton, Bonita, Kamali, Vafa, Naar-King, Sylvie, Shah, Iqbal, Thomas, Ronald
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1965477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17672903
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-189
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author Wang, Bo
Li, Xiaoming
Stanton, Bonita
Kamali, Vafa
Naar-King, Sylvie
Shah, Iqbal
Thomas, Ronald
author_facet Wang, Bo
Li, Xiaoming
Stanton, Bonita
Kamali, Vafa
Naar-King, Sylvie
Shah, Iqbal
Thomas, Ronald
author_sort Wang, Bo
collection PubMed
description BACKGROUND: In recent years, more adolescents are engaging in premarital sex in China. However, only a limited number of studies have explored out-of-school youth's sexual attitudes and behaviors, critical for prevention intervention development. METHODS: Using data from the baseline survey of a comprehensive sex education program that was conducted in a suburb of Shanghai in 2000–2002, this study describes sexual attitudes, patterns of communication on sexual matters, and premarital sexual behavior among 1,304 out-of-school youth. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine the factors associated with youth's premarital sexual intercourse. RESULTS: The majority (60%) of out-of-school youth held favorable attitudes towards premarital sex. Males were more likely to have favorable attitudes compared with females. Male youth generally did not communicate with either parent about sex, while one-third of female youth talked to their mothers about sexual matters. Both males and females chose their friends as the person with whom they were most likely to talk about sexual matters. About 18% of the youth reported having engaged in sexual intercourse. One-fifth of sexually active youth had always used a contraceptive method, and one-quarter had been pregnant (or had impregnated a partner). There were no gender differences in rate of premarital sex or frequency of contraceptive use. Multivariate analysis revealed that age, education, family structure, parent's discipline, attitudes towards premarital sex, pattern of communication and dating were significantly associated with youth premarital sex. CONCLUSION: A substantial proportion of out-of-school youth engage in risky sexual behaviors. Prevention programs that empower communication and sexual negotiation skills, and promote condom use should be implemented for this vulnerable group.
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spelling pubmed-19654772007-09-06 Sexual attitudes, pattern of communication, and sexual behavior among unmarried out-of-school youth in China Wang, Bo Li, Xiaoming Stanton, Bonita Kamali, Vafa Naar-King, Sylvie Shah, Iqbal Thomas, Ronald BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: In recent years, more adolescents are engaging in premarital sex in China. However, only a limited number of studies have explored out-of-school youth's sexual attitudes and behaviors, critical for prevention intervention development. METHODS: Using data from the baseline survey of a comprehensive sex education program that was conducted in a suburb of Shanghai in 2000–2002, this study describes sexual attitudes, patterns of communication on sexual matters, and premarital sexual behavior among 1,304 out-of-school youth. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine the factors associated with youth's premarital sexual intercourse. RESULTS: The majority (60%) of out-of-school youth held favorable attitudes towards premarital sex. Males were more likely to have favorable attitudes compared with females. Male youth generally did not communicate with either parent about sex, while one-third of female youth talked to their mothers about sexual matters. Both males and females chose their friends as the person with whom they were most likely to talk about sexual matters. About 18% of the youth reported having engaged in sexual intercourse. One-fifth of sexually active youth had always used a contraceptive method, and one-quarter had been pregnant (or had impregnated a partner). There were no gender differences in rate of premarital sex or frequency of contraceptive use. Multivariate analysis revealed that age, education, family structure, parent's discipline, attitudes towards premarital sex, pattern of communication and dating were significantly associated with youth premarital sex. CONCLUSION: A substantial proportion of out-of-school youth engage in risky sexual behaviors. Prevention programs that empower communication and sexual negotiation skills, and promote condom use should be implemented for this vulnerable group. BioMed Central 2007-07-31 /pmc/articles/PMC1965477/ /pubmed/17672903 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-189 Text en Copyright © 2007 Wang et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Wang, Bo
Li, Xiaoming
Stanton, Bonita
Kamali, Vafa
Naar-King, Sylvie
Shah, Iqbal
Thomas, Ronald
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title Sexual attitudes, pattern of communication, and sexual behavior among unmarried out-of-school youth in China
title_full Sexual attitudes, pattern of communication, and sexual behavior among unmarried out-of-school youth in China
title_fullStr Sexual attitudes, pattern of communication, and sexual behavior among unmarried out-of-school youth in China
title_full_unstemmed Sexual attitudes, pattern of communication, and sexual behavior among unmarried out-of-school youth in China
title_short Sexual attitudes, pattern of communication, and sexual behavior among unmarried out-of-school youth in China
title_sort sexual attitudes, pattern of communication, and sexual behavior among unmarried out-of-school youth in china
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1965477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17672903
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-189
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