Premarital Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use in Santiago, Chile

The Santiago Young Adult Reproductive Health Survey was conducted in 1988 to examine the sexual behavior of and contraceptive use among young adults in Chile. The survey was based on multistage household probability samples of 865 women and 800 men aged 15-24 who were living in Santiago in 1988. Fin...

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Published in:Studies in family planning 1992-03, Vol.23 (2), p.128-136
Main Authors: Herold, Joan M., Valenzuela, Maria Solange, Morris, Leo
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Adolescents
Adult
Age
Birth Control
Children & youth
Chile
Coitus
Contraceptives
Developing Countries
Extramarital Relations
Family planning
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Human sexual behavior
Humans
Male
Men
Polls & surveys
Pregnancy
Pregnancy in Adolescence - statistics & numerical data
Premarital Sex
Sex Education
Sexual Abstinence
Sexual Behavior
Sexual behavior surveys
Sexual intercourse
Social research
Statistics
Young adults
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description The Santiago Young Adult Reproductive Health Survey was conducted in 1988 to examine the sexual behavior of and contraceptive use among young adults in Chile. The survey was based on multistage household probability samples of 865 women and 800 men aged 15-24 who were living in Santiago in 1988. Findings show that 35 percent of females and 65 percent of males had had premarital intercourse. Among those who had done so, the median age at first experience was 18.4 years for women and 16.4 years for men. Only 20 percent of females and 19 percent of males used contraceptives at first premarital intercourse. Use of contraceptives increased with age at the time of that event. Fertility data reveal that 70 percent of first births were premaritally conceived, and more than one-third of these were born prior to union. The high rates of premarital and unintended pregnancy among young women and the low prevalence of effective contraceptive use indicate a need for greater emphasis on sex education and family planning services directed at adolescents and unmarried young adults in Santiago.
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Adolescents
Adult
Age
Birth Control
Children & youth
Chile
Coitus
Contraceptives
Developing Countries
Extramarital Relations
Family planning
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Human sexual behavior
Humans
Male
Men
Polls & surveys
Pregnancy
Pregnancy in Adolescence - statistics & numerical data
Premarital Sex
Sex Education
Sexual Abstinence
Sexual Behavior
Sexual behavior surveys
Sexual intercourse
Social research
Statistics
Young adults
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