Unintended pregnancy and sex education in Chile: a behavioural model
| Autor: | Valenzuela Ms, Nancy J. Thompson, Joan M. Herold, Leo Morris |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Sexual Behavior Population Human sexuality Fertility Sex Education Pregnancy medicine Humans Chile education Socioeconomic status media_common education.field_of_study business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Social Sciences Gender studies medicine.disease Health Surveys Socioeconomic Factors Family planning Pregnancy in Adolescence Health education Female Contraceptive Devices business Unintended pregnancy Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of biosocial science. 26(4) |
| ISSN: | 0021-9320 |
| Popis: | This study analysed factors associated with unintended pregnancy among adolescent and young adult women in Santiago, Chile. Three variations of a behavioural model were developed. Logistic regression showed that the effect of sex education on unintended pregnancy works through the use of contraception. Other significant effects were found for variables reflecting socioeconomic status and a woman's acceptance of her sexuality. The results also suggested that labelling affects measurement of 'unintended' pregnancy.Using data from the Santiago Young Adult Reproductive Health Survey on 306 females aged 15-24 years living in greater Santiago in 1988 and having experienced premarital intercourse, the authors model the relationship of sex education and unintended pregnancy using social learning theory which posits that any health behavior is part of a dynamic model in which an individual's behavior is determined by the interaction of personal factors and environmental influences. Three variations of a behavioral model are developed. They found that women who had sex education before first intercourse and used contraception at that intercourse were one-third as likely to have a later unintended pregnancy as those with sex education who did not use contraception at first intercourse. Women who did not have sex education and who did not use contraception at first intercourse, however, were less likely to have an unintended pregnancy than women with no sex education who did use contraception. Across all models, moral ambivalence about premarital sexual activity is related to having an unintended pregnancy, Catholic women are twice as likely to have an unintended pregnancy as non-Catholics, and women from poorer backgrounds are less likely to use contraception and more likely to have early pregnancies. How women define their pregnancies can also affect the measurement of unintended pregnancy. It is important to effectively teach the use of contraceptives to reduce unintended pregnancies among adolescents and young adults who have premarital sexual intercourse. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|