Predictors for Sexual Intercourse Experience among Runaway Female At-Risk Adolescents
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Purpose of Research
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Research Design
2.2. Subjects
2.3. Variables
2.3.1. General Characteristics
2.3.2. Runaway Experience
2.3.3. Exposure to Harmful Media and Environments
2.3.4. Sexual Intercourse Experience
2.4. Analysis
3. Results
3.1. The General Characteristics of Runaway Female At-Risk Adolescents
3.2. Differences, in Terms of Sexual Intercourse Experience, among Runaway Female At-Risk Adolescents Based on Runaway Frequency and Duration
3.3. Differences, in Terms of Level of Exposure to Harmful Media and Environments, among Runaway Female At-Risk Adolescents Based on Sexual Intercourse Experience
3.4. Factors Associated with Sexual Intercourse Experiences among Runaway Female At-Risk Adolescents
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Categories | Total Sample (n = 182) | Sexual Intercourse Experience | x2 | p | ||||
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Yes (n = 130) | No (n = 52) | ||||||||
n (%) | M ± SD | n (%) | M ± SD | n (%) | M ± SD | ||||
Age (yr) | 13–15 | 36 (19.8) | 15.69 ± 0.52 | 19 (52.8) | 15.68 ± 058 | 17 (47.2) | 15.71 ± 0.47 | 7.649 | 0.006 |
16–18 | 146 (80.2) | 18.06 ± 0.96 | 111 (76.0) | 18.05 ± 0.95 | 35 (24.0) | 18.11 ± 1.02 | |||
Drinking | Yes | 172 (94.5) | 127 (73.8) | 45 (26.2) | 8.899 | 0.006 | |||
No | 10 (5.5) | 3 (30.0) | 7 (70.0) | ||||||
Smoking | Yes | 164 (90.1) | 123 (75.0) | 41 (25.0) | 10.364 | 0.004 | |||
No | 18 (9.9) | 7 (38.9) | 11 (61.1) | ||||||
Hallucinogenic substance use | Yes | 18 (9.9) | 18 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 7.990 | 0.002 | |||
No | 164 (90.1) | 112 (68.3) | 52 (31.7) | ||||||
First sexual intercourse | Elementary school (age 10–12) | 11 (8.5) | |||||||
Middle school (age 13–15) | 90 (69.2) | ||||||||
High school (age 16–18) | 29 (22.3) | ||||||||
Contraception use | Always | 25 (19.2) | |||||||
Mostly | 30 (23.1) | ||||||||
Sometimes | 40 (30.8) | ||||||||
Not at all | 35 (26.9) | ||||||||
Sex education | Yes | 141 (77.5) | 105 (74.5) | 36 (25.5) | 2.833 | 0.070 | |||
No | 41 (22.5) | 25 (61.0) | 16 (39.0) | ||||||
Experience of forced intercourse | Yes | 11 (6.0) | 11 (0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.035 | ||||
No | 171 (94.0) | 119 (69.6) | 52 (30.4) |
Runaway Severity | Total Sample (n =182) | Sexual Intercourse Experience | x2 | p | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n = 130) | No (n = 52) | |||||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||||
Frequency | 1 | 46 (25.3) | 30 (65.2) | 16 (34.8) | 3.81 | 0.282 |
2 | 36 (19.8) | 23 (63.9) | 13 (36.1) | |||
3–4 | 29 (15.9) | 21 (72.4) | 8 (27.6) | |||
≥5 | 71 (39.0) | 56 (78.9) | 15 (21.1) | |||
Duration (day) | 1 | 6 | 3 (50.0) | 3 (50.0) | 17.40 | 0.037 |
2–5 | 17 | 8 (47.1) | 9 (52.9) | |||
6–9 | 13 | 6 (46.2) | 7 (53.8) | |||
10–29 | 21 | 14 (66.7) | 7 (33.3) | |||
30 | 124 | 99 (79.8) | 25 (20.2) |
Variables | Range | Total Sample (n = 182) | Sexual Intercourse Experience | t | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n = 130) | No (n = 52) | |||||
M ± SD * | M ± SD | M ± SD | ||||
Harmful media | 0~3 | 1.21 ± 1.08 | 1.39 ± 1.08 | 0.76 ± 0.93 | 3.61 | <0.001 |
Harmful environments | 0~4 | 1.23 ± 1.27 | 1.55 ± 1.28 | 0.44 ± 0.80 | 5.79 | <0.001 |
Categories | Model 1 * | Model 2 † | |||||||||
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OR | 95% CI | p | OR | 95% CI | p | ||||||
Low | High | Low | High | ||||||||
Constant | Reference | Item | - | - | - | 0.004 | - | - | - | 0.005 | |
Age (yr) | 14–16 | 17–19 | 3.94 | 1.66 | 9.34 | 0.002 | 3.52 | 1.34 | 9.26 | 0.011 | |
Drinking | No | Yes | 2.36 | 0.51 | 10.97 | 0.275 | 1.65 | 0.32 | 8.61 | 0.552 | |
Smoking | No | Yes | 4.82 | 1.53 | 15.16 | 0.007 | 4.56 | 1.28 | 16.18 | 0.019 | |
Runaway period (day) | 1 | 1.85 | 0.28 | 12.32 | 0.524 | ||||||
Exposure to harmful elements | Harmful media | 1.41 | 0.94 | 3.11 | 0.097 | ||||||
Harmful environments | 1.97 | 1.30 | 2.98 | 0.001 |
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Moon, S.-H.; Kim, H.-R.; Kim, M. Predictors for Sexual Intercourse Experience among Runaway Female At-Risk Adolescents. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 3913. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17113913
Moon S-H, Kim H-R, Kim M. Predictors for Sexual Intercourse Experience among Runaway Female At-Risk Adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(11):3913. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17113913
Chicago/Turabian StyleMoon, So-Hyun, Hyung-Ran Kim, and Miok Kim. 2020. "Predictors for Sexual Intercourse Experience among Runaway Female At-Risk Adolescents" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 11: 3913. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17113913