Abstract
Background: The sexual behavior of women is associated with various protective or risk factors, which are important to assess. To determine the socioeconomic factors associated with the sexual behavior of Peruvian women within 15 and 25 years old. Method: A secondary analysis of the 2016 Demographic and Family Health Survey (ENDES) was conducted. Our sample was 7962 women from 15 to 25 years old, from all over the Peruvian territory. Associative analyzes were carried out on the age of sexual initiation, the number of sexual partners and the use of contraceptives, based on sociodemographic variables. Poisson regression with robust variance was also used. Results: It was found the factors, that are associated with the age of sexual initiation and the number of sexual partners, are the area of origin, marital status, educational level, employment status and socioeconomic level. While women who work and whose partners do not drink alcohol are the most likely to use contraceptives. Conclusions: It can be concluded that certain socioeconomic and work conditions act as protective factors of female sexual behavior, while having a partner who drinks alcohol is a risk factor.
Highlights
De modo que, durante la edad preescolar, a través de la convivencia familiar y la interiorización del esquema corporal y los roles sexuales se empieza a formar la identidad sexual y personal, que es también reforzada durante el tránsito por la escuela (Cuevas et al, 2015; Salinas, & Rosales, 2016); mientras que en la senectud la sexualidad se expresa de diferentes formas, aunque no necesariamente con el mismo acento que se ponía en el plano físico en las etapas precedentes del desarrollo (Herrera, & Oliva, 2016)
Específicamente, las mujeres que tienen solo educación primaria (RPa: 0.9; IC 95%: 0.83-0.97; p= .005), que tienen más de una unión (RPa: 0.92; IC 95%: 0.85-1.00; p= .040), que son víctimas de violencia por parte de su pareja (RPa: 0.94; IC 95%: 0.91-0.97; p< .001) y que tuvieron una mayor edad al momento de unirse por primera vez a una pareja (RPa: 0.99; IC 95%: 0.981.00; p= .002) tienen una menor probabilidad de usar anticonceptivos
Los factores que se asociaron a un mayor uso de anticonceptivos incluyeron que la mujer trabaje (RPa: 1.04; IC 95%: 1.01-1.08; p= .019) y que la pareja no beba alcohol (RPa: 1.35; IC 95%: 1.16-1.56; p< .001), nunca se emborrache (RPa: 1.30; IC 95%: 1.12-1.51; p< .001) o lo haga solo algunas veces (RPa: 1.33; IC 95%: 1.16-1.54; p< .001)
Summary
Associated factors to the sexual behavior in Peruvian women among 15 and 25 years old Walter L Arias Gallegos 1 * y Renzo Rivera 1. Factores asociados al comportamiento sexual de mujeres peruanas entre 15 y 25 años de edad. Determinar los factores socioeconómicos asociados al comportamiento sexual de la mujer peruana de 15 y 25 años de edad. To determine the socioeconomic factors associated with the sexual behavior of Peruvian women within 15 and 25 years old. Conclusions: It can be concluded that certain socioeconomic and work conditions act as protective factors of female sexual behavior, while having a partner who drinks alcohol is a risk factor.
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