"Selected Behaviors That Increase Risk for HIV Infection, Other Sexually" Transmitted Diseases, and Unintended Pregnancy Among High School Students--United States, 1991

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"Selected Behaviors That Increase Risk for HIV Infection, Other Sexually" Transmitted Diseases, and Unintended Pregnancy Among High School Students--United States, 1991

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (12/18/92) Vol. 41, No. 50, P. 945

Abstract: A significant percentage of American students engage in behaviors that simultaneously put them at risk for HIV infection, sexually transmitted diseases, and unintended pregnancy, write the Centers for Disease Control. Data were collected from two school-based components of the CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System: state and local Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (YRBSs) conducted by departments of education in 23 states and 10 cities during April-May 1991 and the national YRBS conducted during the same period. The survey obtained a sample of 12,272 students representative of students in grades 9-12 in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Risk behaviors addressed in the survey include having sexual intercourse, having sexual intercourse with multiple sex partners, IV-drug use, not practicing contraception, and not using condoms. Among the participants in the state and local surveys, 33-79 percent reported ever having had sexual intercourse; 54-78 percent reported being currently sexually active; and 8-46 percent reported having had sexual intercourse with four or more partners during their lifetime. In 27 of the 28 sites, male students were more likely than female students to report ever having had sexual intercourse and having had four or more sex partners during their lifetime. In 26 of 28 sites, female students were more likely than male students to report being currently sexually active. In all sites, 5 percent or less of male and female students reported IV-drug use. Also, 28-53 percent of participants reported they or their partner had used a condom at last sexual intercourse, the CDC concludes.

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