Determinants of condom use at sexual debut among young Vietnamese
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Trang H.T. Do
Abstract
Background and aims: Condom use at sexual debut is associated with subsequent condom use and with decreased risk of sexually transmitted infections. There is a dearth of data on determinants of condom use at first sexual intercourse. We aimed to determine factors associated with condom use at first sexual intercourse before marriage among Vietnamese adolescents and youths.
Methods: The study involved the analysis of data from the Survey Assessment of Vietnamese Youth, 2003, the first nationally representative survey of young people in Vietnam. The survey included 7584 adolescents and youths aged 14–25 years. In this study, data of 605 adolescents and youths who had engaged in premarital sex were analyzed for factors associated with condom use using descriptive analyses, and regression techniques, allowing for sampling weights, clustering and stratification.
Results: Of 605 adolescents and youths who had engaged in premarital sex, 28.6% reported condom use at first sexual intercourse. Condom use at sexual debut was less common in females than males [odds ratio (OR)=0.15; 95% confidence interval (95% CI)=0.07–0.30] and less common in those who experienced peer pressure to engage in social higher risk behaviors (OR=0.57; 95% CI=0.32–0.99). Condom use was more common if a friend/acquaintance or a stranger/sex worker was the first sexual partner (OR=2.20; 95% CI=1.16–4.17 and OR=17.90; 95% CI=6.88–46.54) respectively, each compared with fiancé/boyfriend/girlfriend as first sexual partner.
Conclusions: These data suggest that approximately one in three unmarried Vietnamese youths used a condom at first sexual intercourse. Gender, peer pressure and the nature of the relationship to the first sexual partner were independently associated with condom use. These results can inform programs directed at preventing HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among young Vietnamese.
Acknowledgments
We acknowledge the SAVY survey participants. We thank the SAVY investigators who are not co-authors of this manuscript. We gratefully acknowledge the role of Dr. Nguyen Dinh Chung, Department of Social and Environmental Statistics, General Statistics Office in data management.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Healthy eating and physical activity
- Reviews
- A comprehensive review of mental health gatekeeper-trainings for adolescents and young adults
- A conceptual framework for early adolescence: a platform for research
- Original Articles
- Body image satisfaction and self-esteem in Thai female adolescents: the moderating role of self-compassion
- Iranian university students’ perceived reproductive health needs
- An exploration of adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury and religious coping
- Adolescents’ view of health concept and its risk factors: a literature review
- Suicide attempts and suicides in Bolivia from 2007 to 2012: pesticides are the preferred method – females try but males commit suicide!
- Predictive factors and psychosocial effects of Internet addictive behaviors in Cypriot adolescents
- Nutrition, lifestyle factors, and mental health in adolescents and young adults living in Austria
- University students’ point of views to facilitators and barriers to sexual and reproductive health services
- The context of alcohol consumption among adolescents and their families
- Determinants of condom use at sexual debut among young Vietnamese
- Associations between sleep disturbance and suicidal ideation in adolescents admitted to an inpatient psychiatric unit
- Body size preferences among young women in five Arab countries: a cross-cultural study
- Drug knowledge of expatriate adolescents in the United Arab Emirates and their attitudes towards self-medication
- Perspectives of clinical medical directors in child and adolescent psychiatry: diagnostic and treatment needs of migrant families
- Factors associated with physical inactivity among female and male rural adolescents in Borneo – a cross-sectional study
- Book Review
- Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain by Daniel J. Siegel M.D
