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  • Title: Sexual and contraceptive experience among teenagers in Uppsala.
    Author: Weiner E, Johansson I, Helmius G, Odlind V.
    Journal: Ups J Med Sci; 1984; 89(2):171-7. PubMed ID: 6464245.
    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. A questionnaire was distributed to 181 boys (n=88) and girls (n=93) age 16, in different schools in Uppsala, Sweden. The questionnaire was introduced to the students by a nurse midwife during a regular lesson and included over 100 questions dealing with sex education, attitudes toward sex, and personal sexual and contraceptive experience. 47% of the girls and 31% of the boys answered that they had had intercourse. 28% of the girls and 21.5% of the boys had their 1st intercourse experience prior to age 15. Contraception was used during the 1st experience by 59% of the girls and 70% of the boys. At the very 1st intercourse, the condom was most commonly used. Increasing sexual experience changed the contraceptive pattern and at the last instance of sexual intercourse, 48% of the girls were taking the pill and 33% of the boys said their girlfriends were taking the pill.
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