Sexual Behaviors and Condom Use: A Study of Suburban Male Adolescents

Examined condom use among 1,312 male adolescents. Found that subjects had become sexually active, on average, at 13.9 years. Sixty percent reported using condom at first intercourse; its use decreased to one-third when utilization at each intercourse was examined. Condom use was greatest in 14-year...

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Published in:Adolescence 1994-03, Vol.29 (113), p.37-48
Main Author: Nguyet, Nguyen T. Minh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent boys
Adolescents
Age Differences
Age Factors
Biological and medical sciences
Boys
Canada
Condoms
Contraception
Developmental psychology
Foreign Countries
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Hygiene, Sexual
Indexing in process
Male
Males
Polls & surveys
Pregnancy
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Quebec
Secondary Education
Secondary School Students
Sex
Sex Education
Sexual Behavior
Sexual behaviour
Sexual Partners
Sexuality
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Social research
Socioeconomic Factors
Suburban Population
Teenage boys
Teenagers
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Summary:Examined condom use among 1,312 male adolescents. Found that subjects had become sexually active, on average, at 13.9 years. Sixty percent reported using condom at first intercourse; its use decreased to one-third when utilization at each intercourse was examined. Condom use was greatest in 14-year olds and decreased in older adolescents, being replaced by the pill. (Author/NB)
ISSN:0001-8449