BACKGROUND Status of premarital sex, unintended pregnancy and associated factors among Chinese graduate students remain unclear. And unmarried graduate students' needs of family planning services seem to be ignored. In the present study, we ascertained the prevalence rate of premarital sex and unintended pregnancy, as well as estimated the possible factors associated with unintended pregnancy a...

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERNET ADDICTION AND SUICIDAL IDEATION, ATTITUDES TOWARD A PREMARITAL WITH OPPOSITE SEX, BASED ON GENDER SEPARATION (CASE STUDY: YOUTH OF GOLESTAN PROVINCE)

background the pre-marital sex and live-in relationship among young people are increasing at an alarming rate. remote consequences of such high risk behaviors are increase in the incidence of stds (including hiv), unsafe and illegal abortion, adolescent pregnancy and motherhood, single mother child/abandoned child, juvenile delinquency and many more. objectives the aim of this study was to inve...

Using data from nearly 600 adolescents aged 12-19 in combination with data collected from 33 primary schools that the adolescents attended, this report explores whether certain aspects of the school environment affect the initiation of premarital sex among girls and boys in three districts of Kenya. The results suggest that, although neither the school nor the home appears to influence whether ...

An individual's first sexual experience is a highly salient and meaningful event, with potential to shape sexual scripts and the affect associated with sexual expression. Using data from the National Health and Social Life Survey, we tested abstinence-only advocates; assertions that premarital sex results in psychological and physical harm such as sexual dysfunction, sex guilt, poor health, sex...

The COVID-19 pandemic is a disease that has spread all over the world. Premarital sexual behavior driven by desire with opposite sex or same sex. Talking about sexuality and reproductive health still taboo subject for teenagers, so children will seek it from various sources, one of which social media not information can be accounted for. This study aims to collect scientific evidence on impact ...

Demographic decompositions of recent fertility decline in urban Ethiopia identify delayed marriage among recent cohorts of women as a major component of the decline in urban fertility (Sibanda et al., 2003; Lindstrom and Woubalem, 2003). Studies conducted in other sub-Saharan African countries find that as age at marriage increases, premarital sex becomes increasingly common, often leading to a...

CONTEXT Despite restrictive social norms, there is increasing evidence that youth in India engage in premarital romantic and sexual partnerships. However, information on how they initiate and build these relationships is scarce, even though it is vital for addressing the needs of young people. METHODS Attitudes toward and behavior within romantic partnerships were examined using data collecte...