Author/Editor		Pinter, Bojana; Verdenik, Ivan; Grebenc, Mojca; Čeh, Fani
Title		Sexual activity and contraceptive use among secondary-school students in Slovenia
Type		članek
Source		Eur J Contracpt Reprod Health Care
Vol. and No.		Letnik 14, št. 2
Publication year		2009
Volume		str. 127-33
Language		eng
Abstract		Objectives: To evaluate sexual activity and contraceptive use among secondary-school students in Slovenia. Methods: A representative sample of 1095 third grade secondary-school students in Slovenia in 2004 was assessed by means of a self-administered questionnaire. Results: The average age of the students was 17.4 +/- 0.7 years. Most students had experienced being in love (92%), dating (82%), kissing (87%), caressing (78%) and petting (61%). One half (53%) of them had already had coitus. Homosexual contacts had occurred among 2% of the boys and 11% of the girls. The main reason for the first sexual intercourse was love (44%) but it occurred by chance in 27% of the cases. Contraceptive methods used foremost at first intercourse were the condom (75%) and the pill (7%). Contraceptive methods resorted to on the occasion of the last intercourse were the condom (50%), the pill (32%), a double method whereby a condom is used in addition to the pill (4%), withdrawal (4%), periodic abstinence (1%), emergency contraception (1%), and other methods (1%); no contraceptive measures at all were applied in 7% of the encounters. Conclusions: At the age of 17 about one half of secondary-school students in Slovenia have already had sexual intercourse. Most students resort to effective contraception, but the double method is underused.
Descriptors		COITUS ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR CONDOMS CONTRACEPTION QUESTIONNAIRES SLOVENIA STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC STUDENTS