title: Sexual behavior of unmarried Colombian university students: a follow-up.
abstract: Since the mid-1970s, the author has conducted periodic surveys of the sexual behavior of the students of Caldas University, Manizales, Colombia. This study presents the results of the latest follow-up. It documents the accelerated convergence of male and female sexual behavior in a culture which, up to a few years ago, fully adhered to the double standard. The most striking change relates to the increase in the incidence of female premarital coitus, from 38.3% five years earlier to 64.6%, and perhaps 80% among those students who eventually marry. However, the study also shows that prostitution still plays an important role in the sexual lives of male students.
authors.affiliation: Caldas University School of Medicine, Manizales, Colombia.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alzate
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003075:Coitus; D003105:Colombia; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012922:Social Change; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*