Abstract
Objectives: To study the prevalence of alcohol drinking experience and attitudes towards sex behaviors among female students in a technical secondary school in Guangzhou, China. Methods: Cluster random sampling and a self-administered questionnaire survey. Results: 653 female students aged more than 18 years in a technical secondary school were surveyed. 112 (17.2%) of them had not drunk alcohol. From the group with no alcohol experience to those who drank low level alcoholic drinks, and high level alcoholic drinks, or had got drunk (3 groups), there was an increasing trend of agreeing to love (33.9%, 56.9% and 63.3% respectively, p
Highlights
In many countries, adolescents start drinking alcohol at young age
From the group with no alcohol experience to those who drank low level alcoholic drinks, and high level alcoholic drinks, or had got drunk (3 groups), there was an increasing trend of agreeing to love (33.9%, 56.9% and 63.3% respectively, p < 0.001) and first sexual intercourse (9.8%, 6.5% and 26.5% respectively, p < 0.001) at young age (
Alcohol drinking experience among female students in technical secondary school was associated with positive attitudes to young age love and sexual intercourse
Summary
Adolescents start drinking alcohol at young age. Studies from developed countries have found that adolescents with drinking experience are more likely to have unwilling or unprotected sexual intercourse. Hol-related diseases in adulthood [1]. Research on this problem in developing countries is limited. During the 2011 adolescent health education campaigns, we carried out a survey to study the prevalence of alcohol drinking experience and attitudes towards sexual behaviors among female adolescents in a Guangzhou technical school. It is one of 157 public technical schools in Guangzhou. Most of students in technical school got lower scores at public entrance examination than those students in senior high school and were ready to work after graduating from technical school [2]
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