Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use and Pregnancy Among Metropolitan-Area Teenagers: 1971-1979

Reckless behavior in adolescence: A developmental perspective

“…These statistics are predictable in light of the finding that over two-thirds of unmarried girls have had sex by age 19, and only one-third of sexually active girls aged 15-19 use contraceptives consistently (Zelnik & Kantner, 1980). Young women aged 15-24 have both the highest abortion rate (Tietze, 1983) and the highest out-of-wedlock birth rate (U.S. Department of Education, 1988) of any age group.…”

“…Reckless behavior is analyzed as a common feature of the adolescent age period, not as aberrant or deviant behavior and not as an indication of psychopathology. These kinds of behavior certainly are ab-errant and deviant when set against the adult standard of acceptable behavior, but with half or more adolescents reporting that they have experienced drunk driving (Arnett, 1990a), sex without contraception (Zelnik & Kantner, 1980), illegal drug use (U.S. Department of Education, 1988), and some form of minor criminal activity (Farrington, 1989), reckless behavior becomes virtually a normative characteristic of adolescent development. It is true that reckless behavior may be in some cases a reflection of psychopathology (Brill & Cristie, 1974) or of pathogenic family conditions (Dembo, Dertke, laVoie, & Bonders, 1987), or at least partly a response to parental neglect, hostility, or absence (Davis & Cross, 1973;Hansson, O'Conner, Jones, & Blocker, 1981;Johnson, Shontz, & Locke, 1984;Stern, Northmn, & Van Slyck, 1984).…”

Contraceptive uptake among women attending family planning clinic in a Nigerian tertiary health facility: a 6 year review

“…6 The choice of a contraceptive method has been shown to be affected by many factors including age, race, socioeconomic status, medical risks, health status, involvement in a sexual relationship, media exposure and confidentiality of services. [7][8][9] The aim of this study was to determine the principal trends in contraceptive use among the women accessing family planning services between the period of 2004-2009 in the family planning unit of a tertiary health institution in South-Western Nigeria, and to identify the effect of age, marital status and parity on the choice of contraceptive method.…”

Adolescence et sexualité : les enjeux de la prévention

“…taux des relations sexuelles chez les adolescentes non mariées entre 1971 et 1979 ; l'augmentation est passée de 30% en 1971 à 50% en 1979. Plusieurs études effectuées au Canada estiment au tiers la proportion des jeunes en milieu scolaire qui avaient déjà eu des relations sexuelles au moment de l'enquête (Meikle et al, 1981 ;Tessier, 1983 ;Zelnik et Kantner, 1980). À la Clinique des Jeunes Saint-Denis, les adolescentes qui font appel à nos services ont un taux d'activités sexuelles (81,5 %) près de deux fois plus important que celles qui fréquentent l'école secondaire (42,1%)!…”