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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

The effect of sex education on transitions in contraceptive use among

teenagers.

AUTHORS

Mauldon J

SOURCE

[Unpublished] 1995. Revised version of paper presented at the Annual Meeting of

the Population Association of America, San Francisco, California, April 6-8, 1995.

[2], 19, [6] p.

ABSTRACT

The author investigated the influence of formal education about contraception on contraceptive use among a cross-

section sample of sexually active women aged 15-19 years in 1988, as well as the transitions which teenagers make

from one contraceptive method to another. Findings are based upon data from the 1988 National Survey of Family

Growth, a nationally representative survey of reproductive-aged American women, on 616 young women who had

experienced nonmarital sex. At first intercourse, more than 50% used a condom, while 41% used either withdrawal,

rhythm, or no method. At most recent sexual intercourse, 33% used a condom, 43% used oral contraception

exclusively, and 21% used either withdrawal, rhythm, or no method. The study found that sex education directly

encourages condom use at first sex and pill use later on. Since using a condom at first sex substantially increases

a woman's chances of either pill or condom use later on, sex education also has an indirect long-term effect due to

its impact upon early condom use. The specific features of the contraceptive education programs associated with

these results are unknown. The author points out that since the respondents participated in sex education during the

early and mid-1980s, the content of at least some of the curricula to which they were exposed was probably

influenced by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 2558-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "The effect of sex education on transitions in contraceptive

use among teenagers.", is(are) Mauldon J. The source of this article is "[Unpublished] 1995. Revised version of

paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, San Francisco, California, April 6-

8, 1995. [2], 19, [6] p.". This article was published in 1995 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT2T 2558-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 7558

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