Sexual Activity, Family Life Education, and Contraceptive Practice Among Young Adults in Banjul, The Gambia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10795168
AutoresThomas T Kane (Johns Hopkins University, autor de correspondencia), Rose De Buysscher, Tunde Taylor-Thomas, Tamara Smith (0000-0002-5433-0254), Momodou Jeng
Año1993
Volumen24
Número1
Páginas50
Fecha de publicación1993-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaStudies in Family Planning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2939214
PMID8475524
OpenAlexW2040697429
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas4

This report presents results from a 1986-87 two-stage probability sample survey of 2,507 young men and women aged 14-24 living in the Greater Banjul region of The Gambia. Although premarital sexual activity was common and began at an early age, lack of knowledge and limited access to modern contraceptives were obstacles to the use of family planning. Of all ever sexually active single persons, only 21 percent of the young women and 7 percent of the young men had practiced contraception at the time of first intercourse. Almost half of the sexually active young adults had ever used contraceptives, with oral contraceptives and condoms being the methods most widely known and used. Results of logistic regression analyses show that attendance at family life education lectures in school had significant positive relationships to both knowledge and use of contraceptives among the young people surveyed. The study presents encouraging evidence that acceptance of modern contraceptive use is beginning to take hold among young people in urban Banjul

Attendance · Developed country · Developing country · Environmental health · Family planning · Logistic regression · Marital status · National Survey of Family Growth · Population · Premarital sex · Reproductive health · Research methodology · Sexual intercourse · Sexually active · Sociology · Young adult · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Gerontology