Introduction: The societal norm in India is such that adolescents are expected to respect and follow traditional values and view early sexual debut as undesirable and deviant from the social mores. However, a dramatic shift in attitudes towards sex before marriage has been observed in India. We in this study, aim to study the factors associated with early sexual debut among unmarried adolescents. Materials and methods: The study used data from the Understanding the lives of adolescents and young adults (UDAYA) survey conducted in 2016 with 15,388 adolescents aged 10-19 years from two Indian states. Bivariate and logistic regression analyses were performed to determine the associated factors. Results: Adolescent boys (9%) were more prone to ...
CONTEXT: Although sexual debut has been negatively associated with adolescent educational performanc...
Introduction: Adolescents constitute nearly 22% of India’s population of which 72% reside in rural a...
. Premarital sexual behavior is the behavior that is driven by sexual desire, both with the opp...
Introduction: The societal norm in India is such that adolescents are expected to respect and follow...
CONTEXT: Sex education/family life education (FLE) has been one of the highly controversial issues i...
Context: Sex education/family life education (FLE) has been one of the highly controversial issues i...
Background: Sexual health is an integral part of overall health and well-being and determination of ...
Background: Globally, early sexual debut is the behaviour that puts adolescents at risk of getting H...
Various factors are associated with sexual activity in adolescence and it is important to identify t...
Age at sexual debut is an important indicator for exposure to heterosexual HIV transmission. Studies...
Adolescence and early adulthood is a distinct and dynamic phase of development in the life of an ind...
Context: Although premarital partnerships - whether or not they involve sex - are widely discouraged...
Background: Early sexual debut is defined as having first sexual intercourse before age of 18 years...
Sexuality education for adolescents is one of the most controversial topics in the field of child he...
Teenagers in India tend to be poorly informed about their bodies and matters related to sexuality an...
CONTEXT: Although sexual debut has been negatively associated with adolescent educational performanc...
Introduction: Adolescents constitute nearly 22% of India’s population of which 72% reside in rural a...
. Premarital sexual behavior is the behavior that is driven by sexual desire, both with the opp...
Introduction: The societal norm in India is such that adolescents are expected to respect and follow...
CONTEXT: Sex education/family life education (FLE) has been one of the highly controversial issues i...
Context: Sex education/family life education (FLE) has been one of the highly controversial issues i...
Background: Sexual health is an integral part of overall health and well-being and determination of ...
Background: Globally, early sexual debut is the behaviour that puts adolescents at risk of getting H...
Various factors are associated with sexual activity in adolescence and it is important to identify t...
Age at sexual debut is an important indicator for exposure to heterosexual HIV transmission. Studies...
Adolescence and early adulthood is a distinct and dynamic phase of development in the life of an ind...
Context: Although premarital partnerships - whether or not they involve sex - are widely discouraged...
Background: Early sexual debut is defined as having first sexual intercourse before age of 18 years...
Sexuality education for adolescents is one of the most controversial topics in the field of child he...
Teenagers in India tend to be poorly informed about their bodies and matters related to sexuality an...
CONTEXT: Although sexual debut has been negatively associated with adolescent educational performanc...
Introduction: Adolescents constitute nearly 22% of India’s population of which 72% reside in rural a...
. Premarital sexual behavior is the behavior that is driven by sexual desire, both with the opp...