Sexual and Contraceptive Experience among Teenagers in Uppsala

  • Erik Weiner Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
  • Ines Johansson Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
  • Gisela Helmius Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
  • Viveca Odlind Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

Abstract

A questionnaire was offered to 181 sixteen-year-old boys (n=88) and girls (n=93) in different schools in the city of Uppsala. The questionnaire was introduced to the students by a nurse midwife during a regular lesson and included over 100 questions dealing partly with sexual education, attitudes towards sex and own experience of sex and contraception. Of the girls, 47% and of the boys, 31% answered that they had had intercourse. Twenty-eight per cent of the girls and 21.5% of the boys had had their first intercourse before the age of 15. Contraception was used at the first intercourse by 59% of the girls and by 70% of the boys. At the very first intercourse, the condom was the most commonly used contraceptive method. Increasing sexual experience changed the contraceptive pattern and at their last intercourse 48% of the girls were on the pill and 33% of the boys said that their girl friend was on the pill.

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Published
1984-06-01
How to Cite
Weiner E., Johansson I., Helmius G., & Odlind V. (1984). Sexual and Contraceptive Experience among Teenagers in Uppsala. Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, 89(2), 171-177. https://doi.org/10.3109/03009738409178477
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