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Abstract #106238

ChunChih Yeh, Population and Health Research Center, Bureau of Health Promotion, DOH ,Taiwan, 5F, 503, Section 2, Liming Road, Taichung, 408, Taiwan, 886-4-22591999#267, taiwan.ceo@msa.hinet.net and Yi-Li Chuang, Bureau of Health Promotion, Department of Health, Center for Population and Health Survey, 5F, #503, Li-Ming Road, Section 2, Taichung, Taiwan.

Purposes: The aim of this study is to explore the effects of the gender, respondents' age, the types of the school ownership( publicly-owned or privately-owned), the types of the school( senior high school, vocational high school, and junior college school), the locations of the school, and family structure on the timing of first sexual intercourse for Taiwanese 15-18-year-old adolescents. Methods: The Taiwanese high school students completed the paper-and-pencil questionnaire in classrooms in 2000. The selected sample that only contained 15-18-year-old adolescents were analyzed by survival analysis theory. The life table method has been applied to analyze hazard of sexual intercourse initiation among adolescents. Results: A total of 7066 students completed the questionnaire. The results of log-rank test revealed that the difference of hazards of sexual intercourse initiation between boys and girls is insignificant (��2=2.0978; p=0.1475). The younger adolescents presented the higher hazard of sexual intercourse initiation than the older adolescents (��2=24.6�Gp<0.0001). The students who attending the privately-owned school or vocational high school (��2=60.9�Gp<0.0001) , or with single parent or with no parents presented higher hazard of sexual intercourse initiation (��2=11.1�Gp<0.008). In addition, the privately-owned vocational high school male and female students presented much higher hazard of sexual intercourse initiation (��2=69.6�Gp<0.0001). Finally, the male and female students with single parent or no parents have higher hazard of sexual intercourse initiation (��2=13.2�Gp=0.0043). Conclusions: This study provides us to identify which groups of students have the higher hazard of sexual intercourse initiation.

Learning Objectives:

• At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to learn the hazard of sexual intercourse initiation of different demographic adolescents.

Keywords: Adolescents, Sexual Behavior

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.