Sexual and contraceptive behaviour of young adults in Germany – Results from KiGGS Wave 2
Sexual behaviour is an important aspect of sexual health. 18-year-old and older participants of the KiGGS cohort in KiGGS Wave 2 were asked about their sexual and contraceptive behaviour. Data from 2,966 women and 2,206 men were included in the analysis, which was adjusted to the age and sex distrib...
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| author | Birte Hintzpeter Laura Krause Felicitas Vogelgesang Franziska Prütz |
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| description | Sexual behaviour is an important aspect of sexual health. 18-year-old and older participants of the KiGGS cohort in KiGGS Wave 2 were asked about their sexual and contraceptive behaviour. Data from 2,966 women and 2,206 men were included in the analysis, which was adjusted to the age and sex distribution of the German population by means of weighting. More than half of the respondents report their first sexual intercourse before reaching the age of majority (women 61%, men 53%). Women report a lower age than men. With regard to the number of opposite-sex sexual partners in the last twelve months, almost 69% of women and 58% of men state that they have had contact. Three or more sexual partners were reported by 11% of women and 20% of men. 7.4% of women have same-sex and 1.4% have both same-sex and opposite-sex sexual contacts, among men the figures are 2.8% and 0.4%, respectively. When asked about the type of contraception used during the last sexual intercourse, about two thirds of the women and more than half of the men indicated the pill; a condom is used by about 44% of the women and about two thirds of the men. Almost one third of the women have already taken the morning-after pill. Overall, the results can help to support prevention and education campaigns on sexual and reproductive health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a359e058eee84e368aaa37ecc395ce5f2024-02-23T07:38:18ZdeuRobert Koch InstituteJournal of Health Monitoring2511-27082022-06-017272010.25646/9873johm-7-2-07Sexual and contraceptive behaviour of young adults in Germany – Results from KiGGS Wave 2Birte Hintzpeter0Laura Krause1Felicitas Vogelgesang2Franziska Prütz3Robert Koch Institute, Berlin Department of Epidemiology and Health MonitoringRobert Koch Institute, Berlin Department of Epidemiology and Health MonitoringRobert Koch Institute, Berlin Department of Epidemiology and Health MonitoringRobert Koch Institute, Berlin Department of Epidemiology and Health MonitoringSexual behaviour is an important aspect of sexual health. 18-year-old and older participants of the KiGGS cohort in KiGGS Wave 2 were asked about their sexual and contraceptive behaviour. Data from 2,966 women and 2,206 men were included in the analysis, which was adjusted to the age and sex distribution of the German population by means of weighting. More than half of the respondents report their first sexual intercourse before reaching the age of majority (women 61%, men 53%). Women report a lower age than men. With regard to the number of opposite-sex sexual partners in the last twelve months, almost 69% of women and 58% of men state that they have had contact. Three or more sexual partners were reported by 11% of women and 20% of men. 7.4% of women have same-sex and 1.4% have both same-sex and opposite-sex sexual contacts, among men the figures are 2.8% and 0.4%, respectively. When asked about the type of contraception used during the last sexual intercourse, about two thirds of the women and more than half of the men indicated the pill; a condom is used by about 44% of the women and about two thirds of the men. Almost one third of the women have already taken the morning-after pill. Overall, the results can help to support prevention and education campaigns on sexual and reproductive health.https://www.rki.de/EN/Content/Health_Monitoring/Health_Reporting/GBEDownloadsJ/Focus_en/JHealthMonit_2022_02_Sexual_contraceptive_behaviour.pdf?__blob=publicationFilesexual behaviourfirst sexual intercoursecontraceptionmorning-after pillkiggs wave 2 |
| spellingShingle | Birte Hintzpeter Laura Krause Felicitas Vogelgesang Franziska Prütz Sexual and contraceptive behaviour of young adults in Germany – Results from KiGGS Wave 2 Journal of Health Monitoring sexual behaviour first sexual intercourse contraception morning-after pill kiggs wave 2 |
| title | Sexual and contraceptive behaviour of young adults in Germany – Results from KiGGS Wave 2 |
| title_full | Sexual and contraceptive behaviour of young adults in Germany – Results from KiGGS Wave 2 |
| title_fullStr | Sexual and contraceptive behaviour of young adults in Germany – Results from KiGGS Wave 2 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sexual and contraceptive behaviour of young adults in Germany – Results from KiGGS Wave 2 |
| title_short | Sexual and contraceptive behaviour of young adults in Germany – Results from KiGGS Wave 2 |
| title_sort | sexual and contraceptive behaviour of young adults in germany results from kiggs wave 2 |
| topic | sexual behaviour first sexual intercourse contraception morning-after pill kiggs wave 2 |
| url | https://www.rki.de/EN/Content/Health_Monitoring/Health_Reporting/GBEDownloadsJ/Focus_en/JHealthMonit_2022_02_Sexual_contraceptive_behaviour.pdf?__blob=publicationFile |
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