Proportion of Premarital Sexual Practice and Coupled Factors among High School Students in Alamata Town, Tigray, Ethiopia
Journal Title: International Journal of Allied Medical Sciences and Clinical Research - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
Background The world wide trend in sexual activity of adolescents at young age is increase in the world. In many countries the majority of young people are sexually active before formal marriage and it is common among 15-19 years old. Objective To assess the Proportion of pre martial sexual practice and its associated factor among High School Students in Alamata Town, 2017. Methods A cross sectional study design was used and a structured pre-tested questionnaire was the tool to collect the data. Random sampling technique was used to select the high school from all high schools in Alamata town and proportionate stratified sampling technique and simple random sampling was used to select samples from grade 9th and grade 10th. Results The Proportion of pre martial sex among the study participants of this study was 18.9%. The risk factors associated with premarital sex among the study subjects are grade level, sex, alcohol use, khat use, watch sex movies, work to get money. Conclusion From this study it is possible to conclude that high school students engaged in premarital sexual practice (3.54% of females and 15.36 % of males) which is found to be higher than other studies. Most of students to start sexual activity were fall in love, had desire, peer pressure, alcohol drinks.
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Yemiamrew Getachew
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