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KMID : 0892720000040020199
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Journal of the Korean Society of Maternal and Child Health
2000 Volume.4 No. 2 p.199 ~ p.217
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Risk Factors related to Adolescent Sexual Activity
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Lee Moo-Sik
Kim Eun-Young
Chun Byung-Chul
Lee Suk-Koo
Chun Kyung-Hee
Choi Eun-Ju
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Abstract
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It is important to understand the risk factors that influence on the teenager´s sexual activities for theory, policy, and intervention. Author investigated the socio-ecologic risk factors which influence on the sexual intercourses or contact. The data were obtained from 504 high school 1st graders students in a small sized city of Chungnam Province.
The questionnaires of the self-report included socio-demographic informations, knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and related activities to undergo sexual contacts and intercourses. The girl students had higher knowledge about sexuality than the boy students. There were a significant differences of knowledge about sexuality by the type of school. The girl students had higher knowledge about pregnancy, sexual transmitted diseases, abortion, anatomy of reproductive system, sexual violence, and sexual response.
The boy students had higher knowledge about contraception, sexual drive than the girl student. The girl students were more conservative attitude about sexuality than the boy students. Also there were a significant difference of attitude about sexuality by the type of school.
Experience rates of sexual contacts were 58.3%, but there were no significant difference
between the girl student and the boy student. The coed business high school students had experienced sexual contacts more than other type of school, but it had not significant difference. Sexual intercourse rates of subjects were 13.5% in the boy students, and 4.3% in the girl students. By the type of schools, rate of sexual intercourse were 8.6% in the humanity school, 2.3% in the girls business high school, 21% in the coedu business high school.
The predictors of sexual contacts were the type of residency, the low household economy, and openhearted attitudes of sexuality in total subjects. By gender, the predictors of sexual contacts were the type of residency in the boy students and low household economy, and the order of brothers and sisters in the girl students.
The predictors of sexual intercourse experience were the type of school, the residency type, and an attitudes of sexuality in total subject, the residency type and the knowledge of sexuality in boy students, and the type of school in girl students.
Many significant risk factors are associated with sexual contacts and intercourses experience in high school students. These factors varies by gender, type of school, and other characteristics. The concept of cumulative risk is supported, suggesting that students with more of these risk factor in their lives are more likely to be sexually experienced. We must consider intervention programs for adolescent sexuality health promotion that is reflected this study results to help delay sexual contact, and intercourse experience, prevent pregnancy and sexual transmitted disease, and have sexuality identity.
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KEYWORD
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sexual activity, adolescent, risk factors
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