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YEAR: 1993

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Sexual activity, family life education, and contraceptive practice among

young adults in Banjul, The Gambia.

AUTHORS

Kane TT; De Buysscher R; Taylor-Thomas T; Smith T; Jeng M

SOURCE

STUDIES IN FAMILY PLANNING. 1993 Jan-Feb;24(1):50-61.

ABSTRACT

This report presents results from a 1986-87 2-stage probability sample survey of 2407 young men and women aged

14-24 living in the Greater Banjul region of The Gambia. Although premarital sexual activity was common and began

at an early age, lack of knowledge, and limited access to modern contraceptives were obstacles to the use of family

planning. Of all ever sexually active single persons, only 21% of the young women and 7% of the young men had

practiced contraception at the time of first intercourse. Almost half of the sexually active young adults had ever used

contraceptives, with oral contraceptives and condoms being the methods most widely known and used. Results of

logistic regression analyses show that attendance at family life education lectures in school had significant positive

relationships to both knowledge and use of contraceptives among the young people surveyed. The study presents

encouraging evidence that acceptance of modern contraceptive use is beginning to take hold among young people in

urban Banjul. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4574-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Sexual activity, family life education, and contraceptive

practice among young adults in Banjul, The Gambia.", is(are) Kane TT; De Buysscher R; Taylor-Thomas T; Smith

T; Jeng M. The source of this article is "STUDIES IN FAMILY PLANNING. 1993 Jan-Feb;24(1):50-61.". This article

was published in 1993 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 4574-06. All rights reserved

with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9574

This article is peer-reviewed.

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