title: Contraceptive use in a sample of young Danish females.
abstract: During the period April 1984-February 1985, 4 test samples of totally 380 young Danish women aged 16-20 years old were invited to interview about contraception and sexual behaviour. The response rate was 75.3%. There were 208 (74.0%) who had had sexual debut. Median age was estimated to 16.8 years. At first intercourse 168 (80.8%) used contraception, 36.5% used condom and 36.1% oral contraception (OC). Among teenage-girls with sexual debut before 15 years old 32.5% were unprotected against pregnancy. At the time of the interview 64.4% did use contraception. The most frequently used contraceptive device was OC (46.6%). Teenage-girls changed the contraceptive method from condom to OC after sexual debut. A small proportion of sexually active girls (8%) did not use contraception neither at first intercourse nor at the moment.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Community Health, Department of Social Medicine, University of Odense, Denmark.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wielandt
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wermuth
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Pedersen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D003273:Contraceptive Devices; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012725:Sexual Behavior
chemical_list: D003276:Contraceptives, Oral