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Article: SEXUAL ACTIVITY, CONTRACEPTIVE CHOICE, AND SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INDICATORS AMONG SINGLE CANADIAN WOMEN AGED 15-29: ADDITIONAL FINDINGS FROM THE CANADIAN CONTRACEPTION STUDY.(Abstract)(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality
- Article date:
- June 22, 2000
- Author:
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ABSTRACT: This paper reports on sexual activity, contraceptive choice, and sexual and reproductive health indicators among single Canadian women, aged 15-17, 18-24, and 25-29 who participated in the 1998 Canadian Contraception Study, and provides a more detailed description of these parameters than was available in the initial report of this research. Sexual experience was common in the 15-17 year old cohort of unmarried women and exceeded 80%-90% in the older age cohorts. Most sexually experienced single young women were currently sexually active and over half of them had two or more partners in the previous two years. Contraceptive use at first and last intercourse with ...