Sexual activity, contraception and unwanted pregnancy at puberty and adolescence

The sexual activity during the pubertal-adolescent age and the closely connected with it questions about psychological consequences, extramarital conceptions, deliveries and abortions is a problem with more and more increasing significance in the world. The present study includes an inquiry on 468 girls and boys at the age of 17-18 years, and 120 girls at the age of 14 to 17 years with interrupted pregnancy 214 girls with interrupted pregnancy at the age of 13 to 17 years and 120 girls at the age of 14 to 17 years, who delivered extramaritally at the Higher Research Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology. It is established that 48.6% of girls have sexual life, but 92.1% of girls, aged 17-18 years, have sexual life. The question was studied when, why and with whom the first sexual contact was made. The questions about contraception, sexual education, abortions, deliveries and the fate of the newborn are discussed as well. Inferences for prophylactic work among the coming generation are made.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1990

Erschienen:

1990

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

Akusherstvo i ginekologiia - 29(1990), 5 vom: 10., Seite 36-40

Sprache:

Bulgarisch

Weiterer Titel:

Seksualna aktivnost, kontratseptsiia i nezhelana bremennost v pubertetno-iunosheskata vŭzrast

Beteiligte Personen:

Sirakov, M [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Abortion, Induced
Abortion Surveys
Adolescent Pregnancy
Adolescents
Adolescents, Female
Adolescents, Male
Age Factors
Behavior
Bulgaria
Contraception
Contraceptive Usage
Demographic Factors
Developed Countries
Eastern Europe
English Abstract
Europe
Family And Household
Family Characteristics
Family Planning
Family Planning Surveys
Family Relationships
Fertility
Fertility Control, Postconception
Journal Article
Mothers
Parents
Population
Population Characteristics
Population Dynamics
Pregnancy
Pregnancy, First Trimester
Pregnancy, Second Trimester
Pregnancy, Unplanned
Pregnancy, Unwanted
Premarital Sex Behavior
Reproduction
Reproductive Behavior
Sex Behavior
Unmarried Mothers
Youth

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 04.06.1991

Date Revised 19.11.2015

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM02072862X