Analysis of the sexual behavior of adolescents
Objective: To analyze the sexual behavior of adolescents, according to sex, in the city of Vitória de Santo Antão, PE. Methods: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative study conducted with 282 adolescents aged 12 to 19 years, of both sexes, in municipal public schools in Vitória de Sant...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade de Fortaleza (Unifor) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde |
| Idioma: | portugués inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.ojs.unifor.br:article/5760 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://ojs.unifor.br/RBPS/article/view/5760 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Adolescent Sexuality Sexual Behavior. Adolescente Sexualidad Conducta Sexual. Sexualidade Comportamento Sexual |
| Resumo: | Objective: To analyze the sexual behavior of adolescents, according to sex, in the city of Vitória de Santo Antão, PE. Methods: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative study conducted with 282 adolescents aged 12 to 19 years, of both sexes, in municipal public schools in Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco, Brazil. Data was collected from November 2015 to February 2016, through the application of a structured questionnaire, in the classroom on an individual basis, comprising questions on sociodemographic characteristics and sexual behavior. Data was analyzed by the software SPSS with use of descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The 282 adolescents were distributed into 170 (60.3%) females and 112 (30.7%) males, with mean age of 15.20 (SD= ± 2.36) years for men and 14.05 (SD = ± 1.91) years for women. It was verified that sexual initiation occurred for 41 (57.7%) men, at the mean age of 14.44 (SD = 1.48), and 30 (42.3%) women, at the mean age of 13.93 (SD = ± 1.17) (p |
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