Sexual behaviour and contraceptive practice of undergraduates at Oxford University
- 31 July 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Biosocial Science
- Vol. 10 (3) , 277-286
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021932000011743
Abstract
Summary: At the end of the 4th week of the Hilary Term 1977, 1006 male and 1009 female undergraduates at Oxford University were sent a questionnaire enquiring about their sexual behaviour and contraceptive practice. Of the 862 women and 634 men who replied, 512 women (59%) and 332 men (52%) had experienced sexual intercourse, 396 women and 191 men in the 4-week period preceding receipt of the questionnaire. No contraception had been used by 27% of the women on the first occasion that they had had intercourse; during the 4-week period preceding receipt of the questionnaire 10% of sexually active women had had intercourse on one or more occasions without using a contraceptive. The use of contraception increased with the frequency of intercourse and the stability of the relationship. Thirty-one women had been pregnant in the past; none was known to be pregnant at the time of the survey, although sixteen suspected that they might be. Ninety per cent of the students approved of the free distribution of a booklet on contraception and related matters to all undergraduates.Keywords
This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
- How Many Children?Studies in Family Planning, 1977
- Newer fashions in illegitimacy.BMJ, 1977
- Contraceptive practice and unplanned pregnancy among single university students.BMJ, 1975
- Sexual behavior of unmarried university students in 1968 and 1972∗The Journal of Sex Research, 1974
- Sexual Behaviour and Contraceptive Practice of Unmarried Female Undergraduates at Aberdeen UniversityBMJ, 1972
- Some Personality Correlates of Contraceptive Use Among Unmarried Female College StudentsThe Journal of Psychology, 1972
- Changing Sex Norms in America and ScandinaviaJournal of Marriage and Family, 1970
- The Dynamics of Sexual Behavior of College StudentsJournal of Marriage and Family, 1970
- Sexual promiscuity among students.BMJ, 1967
- Some Psychiatric Observations on Pregnancy in the Unmarried StudentThe British Journal of Psychiatry, 1965