Marital Status at First Intercourse in Married Christian Women: Relationships with Guilt, Sanctification of Sexuality, and Marital Satisfaction

2021 ◽  
pp. 009164712110289
Author(s):  
Amanda Ortiz ◽  
M. Elizabeth Lewis Hall ◽  
Tamara L. Anderson ◽  
Jeremy M. Muehlhoff
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Sexual Debut ◽  
Christian Women ◽  
First Sexual Intercourse ◽  
First Intercourse ◽  
Relational Commitment ◽  
Christian Culture ◽  
Christian Population

Previous research has demonstrated that women experience higher levels of guilt compared with men at first sexual intercourse. Research also indicates that guilt is related to religiosity and to level of relational commitment. However, there has been no research on the correlates of sexual debut in a Christian population. This study compares the experiences of married Christian women who had first intercourse before or after marriage on guilt, sanctification of sex, and marital satisfaction. A total of 210 married Christian women were administered a survey containing measures of guilt at first intercourse, sanctification of sexuality, and marital satisfaction. The results indicate that the premarital group reported significantly higher levels of guilt at first intercourse and significantly lower levels of theistic sanctification and marital satisfaction than the marital group. In addition, there was no significant correlation between relational commitment and guilt for the premarital debut group, suggesting that those who were in a committed relationship at sexual debut experienced similar levels of guilt to those who were not in a committed relationship at debut. This study has meaningful implications for the way sexuality is discussed in Christian culture.

scholarly journals Differences and similarities in sexual and contraceptive knowledge, attitudes, and behavior among Latino male adolescent students in California, United States and Lima, Peru

2001 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 833-842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús L. Chirinos ◽  
Claire Brindis ◽  
Sheri Tye ◽  
Virginia McCarter
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Sexual Debut ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Male Adolescent ◽  
First Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Adolescent Students ◽  
Contraceptive Knowledge ◽  
Latino Male ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior

To identify the differences and similarities in sexual and contraceptive knowledge, attitudes, and behavior among Latino male adolescent students living in California and Lima. Self-administered, anonymous surveys were completed by Latino male students aged 12-19 participating in California, and by male adolescent students in four high schools in Lima. Both surveys contained similar questions allowing for comparisons regarding sexual activity and contraceptive behavior. The mean age of male students were 16 and 15 years, respectively. More California males reported having engaged in sexual intercourse (69% vs 43%. The sexual debut was 13 years in both samples. More students in California were aware of their risk of pregnancy at first sexual intercourse than in Lima (82% vs 50%). One-third of the California males reported communicating with their partner about sex and contraception to be "easy" as compared to 53% of males in Lima. More students in California reported knowing a place to obtain contraceptives if they need them (85% vs 63%), having ever gotten someone pregnant (29% vs 7%), and having fathered a child (67% vs 16%).

Determinants of condom use at sexual debut among young Vietnamese

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 403-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trang H.T. Do ◽  
Linh C. Le ◽  
John A. Burgess ◽  
Dinh S. Bui
Keyword(s):  
Condom Use ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Sexual Partner ◽  
Sexual Debut ◽  
Peer Pressure ◽  
Premarital Sex ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
First Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Factors Associated

Abstract Background and aims: Condom use at sexual debut is associated with subsequent condom use and with decreased risk of sexually transmitted infections. There is a dearth of data on determinants of condom use at first sexual intercourse. We aimed to determine factors associated with condom use at first sexual intercourse before marriage among Vietnamese adolescents and youths. Methods: The study involved the analysis of data from the Survey Assessment of Vietnamese Youth, 2003, the first nationally representative survey of young people in Vietnam. The survey included 7584 adolescents and youths aged 14–25 years. In this study, data of 605 adolescents and youths who had engaged in premarital sex were analyzed for factors associated with condom use using descriptive analyses, and regression techniques, allowing for sampling weights, clustering and stratification. Results: Of 605 adolescents and youths who had engaged in premarital sex, 28.6% reported condom use at first sexual intercourse. Condom use at sexual debut was less common in females than males [odds ratio (OR)=0.15; 95% confidence interval (95% CI)=0.07–0.30] and less common in those who experienced peer pressure to engage in social higher risk behaviors (OR=0.57; 95% CI=0.32–0.99). Condom use was more common if a friend/acquaintance or a stranger/sex worker was the first sexual partner (OR=2.20; 95% CI=1.16–4.17 and OR=17.90; 95% CI=6.88–46.54) respectively, each compared with fiancé/boyfriend/girlfriend as first sexual partner. Conclusions: These data suggest that approximately one in three unmarried Vietnamese youths used a condom at first sexual intercourse. Gender, peer pressure and the nature of the relationship to the first sexual partner were independently associated with condom use. These results can inform programs directed at preventing HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among young Vietnamese.

scholarly journals Correlation Between Oral Contraceptives Use and Sexual Activity with Cervical Cancer

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 432
Author(s):  
Vita Wulandari
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Oral Contraceptives ◽  
Interval Data ◽  
Sampling Interval ◽  
Cancer Case ◽  
Obstetrics And Gynecology ◽  
First Sexual Intercourse ◽  
First Intercourse

WHO in 2012 as many as 85% of new cases cervical cancer worldwide occur in developing countries. At 2015, Malang have high cervical cancer case of East Java. The purpose of this study to analyze correlation between oral contraceptives use and sexual activity such as the age of first intercourse, age of first pregnancy and abortion with cervical cancer in poly Obstetrics and Gynecology RSUD Dr. Saiful Anwar Malang. This study use case control design. Populastion in this study is an patient poly Obstetrics and Gynecology RSUD Dr. Saiful Anwar Malang who have check-up in November 2015. The number of cases sampel were 37 patient cervical cancer and control sampel were 111 patient not cervical cancer. This study use systematic random sampling with sampling interval. Data were analyzed using Chi Square with α 5%, OR and 95% CI were used to determine the risk factor. The result of this study did not show significant association of oral contraceptives use with cervical cancer. Age of first sexual intercourse < 18 tahun was p =0,0225147014 (OR 2,3194; 95% CI 1,0854 - 4,9561), Age at first pregnancy < 18 tahun was p =0,0236276656 (OR 2,3388; 95% CI 1,0890 – 5,0230), and abortion was p =0,0038911219 (OR 3,2653; 95% CI 1,4593 – 7,3063) show significant association with cervical cancer. The conclusion of this study oral contraceptives use was not correlation with cervical cancer. The age of first intercourse, age at first pregnancy and abortion have correlation with cervical cancer.Keyword: oral contraceptives use, age of first sexual intercourse, age at first pregnancy, abortion, cervical cancer

USE OF FAMILY PLANNING AT FIRST SEXUAL INTERCOURSE AMONG YOUNG ADULTS IN ECUADOR

1998 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 501-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
ELIZABETH EGGLESTON
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Family Planning ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Entire Study ◽  
First Sex ◽  
First Sexual Intercourse ◽  
First Intercourse ◽  
Study Population

The purpose of this study was to assess factors associated with the use of family planning at first sexual intercourse among young adults aged 15 to 24 in urban Ecuador. The study population consisted of 1443 young adults (494 females and 949 males) in the cities of Quito and Guayaquil, interviewed by the 1988 Ecuador Young Adult Reproductive Health Survey, who reported having experienced consensual sexual intercourse. Approximately 11% of females and 15% of males reported using contraception at first intercourse. Binary logistic regression was performed to assess jointly the effect of multiple factors on contraceptive use at first intercourse. The regression model was first run on the entire study population and then separately for males and females. In the overall population, the following variables were significantly related to using family planning at first sex: being male; being from Guayaquil; older age; father's completion of secondary school. Having lost one's virginity to a prostitute was significantly associated with non-use of family planning. Males were 3·6 times more likely than females to use family planning during their first sexual intercourse. For each year older a young adult was at first sex, his or her odds of using family planning was multiplied by a factor of 1·3. Twenty-eight per cent of males in this study experienced their first sexual intercourse with a prostitute, and these young men were highly unlikely to use family planning. A male who experienced first intercourse with his girlfriend was more than five times as likely to use contraception than a male who lost his virginity to a prostitute.

scholarly journals Age at First Sexual Intercourse and Teenage Pregnancy in Australian Female Twins

2007 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 440-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Waldron ◽  
Andrew C. Heath ◽  
Eric Turkheimer ◽  
Robert Emery ◽  
Kathleen K. Bucholz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Teenage Pregnancy ◽  
Environmental Influences ◽  
Environmental Variation ◽  
Genetic Influences ◽  
Shared Environment ◽  
Heritable Variation ◽  
First Sexual Intercourse ◽  
First Intercourse ◽  
Sexual Onset

AbstractGirls who report first sexual intercourse during their early teen years have much higher rates of teenage pregnancy and childbearing than girls who delay sexual onset until older adolescence. In this study, we examine genetic and environmental influences on variation in teenage pregnancy and covariation with age at first sexual intercourse in two cohorts of Australian female twins. In the older twin cohort, born 1893–1964, we observe substantial heritable variation in teenage pregnancy that is largely shared with heritable variation in age at first sexual intercourse, with shared environment contributintablg little to variation in teenage pregnancy. Genetic influences on teenage pregnancy are smaller and nonsignificant in the younger twin cohort, born 1964–1971, where shared environment contributes much more and overlaps entirely with shared environmental variation in age at first intercourse.

scholarly journals Early Sexual Debut and HIV Infection among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Shenzhen, China

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruiwei Xu ◽  
Wenjie Dai ◽  
Guanglu Zhao ◽  
Dan Tu ◽  
Lin Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Sexual Debut ◽  
Risky Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Early Sexual Debut ◽  
First Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Sex With Men

Studies investigating the association between early sexual debut and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection have mainly focused on Africans or females but rarely on men who have sex with men (MSM) in China. This study, therefore, mainly aimed at exploring the association between early sexual debut and HIV infection among MSM in Shenzhen, China. A total of 533 MSM were enrolled in this study using a convenience sampling method. Information about sociodemographic characteristics and risky sexual behaviors was collected. It was found that the prevalence of HIV infection was 24.2% among this study population and 66.4% of the MSM reported having had vaginal sexual intercourse with females. The mean ages at first vaginal sexual intercourse, first anal sexual intercourse, and first sexual intercourse were 21.38, 22.43, and 19.87 years, respectively. Multivariable logistic regression analyses showed that the MSM who experienced early anal sexual debut were more likely to be infected with HIV than those who did not. The results indicate that HIV infection is quite prevalent among MSM in Shenzhen. Early and efficient intervention strategies should be taken, and the MSM experiencing early anal sexual debut should be given special attention.

scholarly journals The Use of Contraception and Adolescent Fertility in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (G) ◽  
pp. 168-171
Author(s):  
Hery Ernawati ◽  
Anni Fithriyatul Mas'udah ◽  
Ova Emilia ◽  
Lely Lusmilasari ◽  
Laily Isroin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
First Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Contraception Use ◽  
Confounding Variables ◽  
The Relationship

INTRODUCTION: Fertility in adolescents is closely related to the incidence of early marriage which will have an impact on increasing the incidence of pregnancy in adolescents so that it will directly affect the health of mothers and babies. The younger the age at marriage, the higher the fertility rate. AIM: This study aimed to determine the relationship between contraception and fertility among ado­lescents. METHODS: This quantitative study used a cross-sectional design. The population of this study was adolescents aged 15–19 years in Indonesia. The total sample of 7,547 adolescents was selected from the 2017 Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey (IDHS). Multivariate analysis using binary logistic regression was used to analyze the independent variable (contraception use) on the dependent variable (fertility) with education, work status, region, age at first sexual intercourse, economic status, and marital status as the controlled variables. RESULTS: Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to report the relationship between independent and dependent variables controlled by potential confounder variables. The results showed that the odds ratio of contraceptives users was 46 times compared to non-user after being controlled by confounding variables (AOR=4.8; 95%CI 33.857 – 441.046) after controlled by economic status, age at first exual intercourse, and marital status. CONCLUSION: The relationship between contraceptive use and fertility in adolescents is affected by confounding variables such as age at first sexual intercourse, economic status, and marital status. In addition, the odds ratio of contraceptives users was 46 times compared to non-users after being controlled by confounding variables.

BIOSOCIAL CORRELATES OF AGE AT FIRST SEXUAL INTERCOURSE: THE CASE OF GRADE 9 AND GRADE 11 PUPILS IN THE NORTH WEST PROVINCE OF SOUTH AFRICA

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
ACHEAMPONG YAW AMOATENG ◽  
ISHMAEL KALULE-SABITI
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Sexual Debut ◽  
Cox Proportional Hazards Model ◽  
North West ◽  
First Sexual Intercourse ◽  
The North ◽  
North West Province ◽  
Grade 11

SummarySurvival analysis – specifically the actuarial life-table method and the Cox Proportional Hazards model – was used to assess Bronfenbrenner's bio-ecological model with regards to the onset of sexual intercourse in a random sample of 1697 grade 9 and grade 11 pupils in the North West Province of South Africa. Data were collected in July and August 2007. Of the contextual factors examined, only academic performance and community disorganization were found to be statistically significantly associated with age at first sexual intercourse amongst girls. High academic performance by girls is positively associated with age at first sexual intercourse, while girls who live in disorganized communities initiate sexual intercourse earlier than their counterparts in other communities. Age is negatively associated with the timing of first sexual debut among both girls and boys. Males initiate sexual intercourse earlier than females, while youths with at least one sexual partner are much more likely to initiate sexual intercourse earlier than those without sexual partners.

Age at first intercourse

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanne Wielandt ◽  
Jesper Boldsen
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Sexual Debut ◽  
Age Distribution ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Likelihood Estimation ◽  
First Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimation Method

SummaryIn 1984–85 a representative sample of 286 Danish women and 336 men aged 16–20 years were interviewed about their sexual debut. Seventy-four females (25·9%) and 101 males (30·1%) had not yet experienced sexual intercourse. A maximum likelihood estimation method was used to establish the age distribution at sexual debut. This takes into account knowledge of age at interview among the non-experienced respondents and of the few who did not report age at sexual debut. The median age at first sexual intercourse was close to 16·8 years for both females and males. This appeared to be a consequence of age at debut declining among women and remaining unchanged among males during the preceding 20 years.

scholarly journals Determinants of Fertility among Women of Childbearing Age in North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (E) ◽  
pp. 127-131
Author(s):  
Sesca D. Solang ◽  
Brigitte Inez Maitimo ◽  
Jeanny J. Winokan ◽  
Dian Pratiwi ◽  
Bohari Bohari
Keyword(s):  
Marital Status ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Women Of Childbearing Age ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Raw Data ◽  
First Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
North Sulawesi ◽  
Ideal Number ◽  
The Ideal

AIM: This study aims to determine the determinants associated with the productivity of women of childbearing age in North Sulawesi Province. METHODS: The research design used is an analytic study with a cross-sectional approach. This research uses the raw data of the North Sulawesi Province Program Performance and Accountability Survey (SKAP) of 2019. The sample of this study was all women of childbearing age (15–49 years), married and unmarried in North Sulawesi Province based on the SKAP raw data of 2019, totaling 1454 women of childbearing age. The variables in this study consisted of independent and dependent variables. The independent variables in this study were age, education, marital status, the ideal number of children, decision using contraception, age at first sexual intercourse, and contraceptive use in women of childbearing age. RESULTS: Fertility with >2 children is 349 people (24.01%). There is a significant relationship between age, education, marital status, ideal number of children, the decision to use contraception, age at first sexual intercourse, and use of contraception on fertility with p < 0.05. The multivariate test showed that ideal children (odds ratio [OR] 5.555), age (OR 5.619), age at first sexual intercourse (OR 9,486), and use of contraception (OR 0.450). CONCLUSION: The age of sexual intercourse had the most significant influence on the fertility of women of childbearing age with an OR of 9.486. This indicates that the age at sexual intercourse in women of childbearing age will affect fertility 10 times compared to other variables, namely, the ideal number of children, age, and use of family planning.

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