Paediatria Croatica, Vol. 62 No. 1, 2018.
Stručni rad
https://doi.org/10.13112/PC.2018.6
Sexual behaviour of two generations of university students in Osijek
Kristina Hibler Han
Marjeta Majer
orcid.org/0000-0001-5494-8719
; Škola narodnog zdravlja A. Štampar
Vesna Jureša
Sažetak
The aim of the study was to investigate sexual behaviour of fi rst-year students at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek in
the academic years 2005/2006 and 2015/2016, and to identify diff erences between genders and generations.
Methods: The study included 1229 students, 599 (47.1% of girls) in the academic year 2005/2006, and 630 (52.5% of girls) in the
academic year 2015/2016. From medical records, data on age, sex and sexual behaviour were used. Data were analyzed by the
methods of descriptive statistics.
Results: Out of the total number of respondents, sexual intercourse had 65.4% of students in 2005/2006 and 62.9% in 2015/2016. In
2005/2006, the age at fi rst sexual intercourse was 17 years for most males (41.0%) and 18 years for most females (38.9%); in 2015/2016,
the age at fi rst sexual intercourse was 18 years for both genders (33.3%). In both academic years, most of the respondents (70.4% and
75.5%, respectively) had one partner in the past year. Condom was regularly used by 62.0% and 65.7% of respondents, respectively.
Oral hormonal contraception was used by signifi cantly more females in 2005/2006 as compared with 2015/2016 (30% vs. 15%;
χ2=13.2; p=0.003). Coitus interruptus was regularly used by 10.7% and 13.9% of respondents, respectively. The method of fertile days
was regularly used by 9.4% and 19.2% of respondents, respectively, with signifi cantly more females in 2015/2016 as compared with
2005/2006 (27.8% vs. 13.3%, χ2=12.5; p=0.006).
Conclusion: Study results showed insuffi cient use of oral hormonal contraceptives and condoms among students, and an increased
use of traditional contraception methods, especially among females, indicating the need of continuous education of youth in the
fi eld of reproductive health.
Ključne riječi
sexual behaviour; students; contraception
Hrčak ID:
201205
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.3.2018.
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