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KMID : 1037120200380040573
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The World Journal of Men′s Health
2020 Volume.38 No. 4 p.573 ~ p.581
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Expectations for Sex without Birth Control among Young Men: Risk Factors from the USA National Survey of Reproductive and Contraceptive Knowledge
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Nguyen Brian T.
Violette Caroline
Li Hong Z.
Jensen Jeffrey T.
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Abstract
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Purpose: Male partner engagement in family planning can influence women's contraceptive behaviors and risk of unintended pregnancy. We identified factors associated with self-reported expectations for future contraceptive use among a nationally-representative sample of young men.
Materials and Methods: The National Survey of Reproductive and Contraceptive Knowledge asked unmarried, sexually active men (ages, 18?29 y), who were neither involved in nor trying for a pregnancy, about their likelihood of having sex without contraception in the following three months. Demographics, social factors, and contraceptive awareness and attitudes were examined for potential associations using weighted analyses.
Results: Of 903 men surveyed, nearly 600 were sexually active and expected to have sex in the following 3 months; nearly half (43%) reported at least some likelihood (23% slightly, 7% very, 13% extreme likely) that they would have sex without any contraception. Factors independently associated with sex without contraception included: not completing high school, not being in school full-time, not receiving sex education, limited awareness of contraceptive methods, multiple sexual partners, and friends with unintended pregnancies.
Conclusions: Despite not wanting a pregnancy, many young men report they will have sex without contraception. While comprehensive sex education may increase contraceptive use, interpersonal and social factors also influence men's expected use of contraception.
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KEYWORD
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Condoms, Contraception behavior, Family planning, Men, Pregnancy, unplanned, Unsafe sex
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