[Case-control study on sexual coercion and related risk factors in China].
OBJECTIVE
To find out the determinants of sexual coercion among adolescent abortion seekers in China.


METHODS
Case-control study was adopted. Women seeking for abortion and ever having experienced sexual coercion were taken as case group and those who had never experienced sexual coercion as control group. Case-control study was carried out in 11 large hospitals in Beijing city from January 2000 to April 2000.


RESULTS
The number of subjects in case group was 512, comparing to 517 in the control group. The mean age of subjects was 20.25 years with monthly income 881.2 RMB Yuan. The difference between case group and control group in income, occupation and age showed no statistical significance. The results of the study indicated that the factors which were more likely to be related to sexual coercion include lower educational level (chi(2) = 15.27, P < 0.01, OR: 1.71), not living with parents (chi(2) = 10.18, P < 0.01, OR: 1.50), mobile nature (chi(2) = 20.60, P < 0.01, OR: 1.78), experienced battery by partner (chi(2) = 6.79, P < 0.01, OR: 2.72), abused by her partner (chi(2) = 4.22, P < 0.05, OR: 1.71) multi-partners (chi(2) = 19.08, P < 0.01, OR: 2.17), sex after being drunk (chi(2) = 34.22, P < 0.01, OR: 5.04), and larger gaps of in age between male and female partners (chi(2) = 11.04, P < 0.01, OR: 2.17).


CONCLUSIONS
Factors as, poor-educated, not living with parents, floating population, multi-partners, the inequality between male and female were more likely to increase the risk of sexual coercion.
Cheng
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Y
Department of Epidemiology, National Research Institute for Family Planning, Beijing 100081, China.
Kang
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B
Wang
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T
D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003068:Coercion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors; D012742:Sex Offenses; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners