Cross-National Trends in Early Sexual Initiation Among 15-Year-Old Adolescents, 2002-2022

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/international-journal-of-public-health/articles/10.3389/ijph.2025.1607711/full" target="_blank" >https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/international-journal-of-public-health/articles/10.3389/ijph.2025.1607711/full</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2025.1607711" target="_blank" >10.3389/ijph.2025.1607711</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Cross-National Trends in Early Sexual Initiation Among 15-Year-Old Adolescents, 2002-2022

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Objectives We examined how the proportion of adolescents who engaged in early sexual intercourse (before the age of 14) changed between 2002 and 2022 across 37 countries.Methods Data of 15-year-old adolescents participating in the 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 survey rounds of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study were analysed (N = 312,702). We used uni- and multivariate multilevel binary logistic regression models to test whether rates of early sexual initiation changed over time. Country, gender, family affluence, parental support and the clustering effect of school were incorporated in the statistical models; linearity was tested by cubic and quadratic terms in the multivariate models.Results A significant but very small decline over time was found in early sexual initiation across survey years. Girls and less affluent adolescents had lower odds of early initiation. Parental support (and its interaction with time) also had a significant but small protective role.Conclusion Despite a small decrease over time, still 4% of participants reported early sexual initiation in 2022. Concerted and sustained efforts are needed to support adolescent sexual health.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Cross-National Trends in Early Sexual Initiation Among 15-Year-Old Adolescents, 2002-2022

Popis výsledku anglicky

Objectives We examined how the proportion of adolescents who engaged in early sexual intercourse (before the age of 14) changed between 2002 and 2022 across 37 countries.Methods Data of 15-year-old adolescents participating in the 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 survey rounds of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study were analysed (N = 312,702). We used uni- and multivariate multilevel binary logistic regression models to test whether rates of early sexual initiation changed over time. Country, gender, family affluence, parental support and the clustering effect of school were incorporated in the statistical models; linearity was tested by cubic and quadratic terms in the multivariate models.Results A significant but very small decline over time was found in early sexual initiation across survey years. Girls and less affluent adolescents had lower odds of early initiation. Parental support (and its interaction with time) also had a significant but small protective role.Conclusion Despite a small decrease over time, still 4% of participants reported early sexual initiation in 2022. Concerted and sustained efforts are needed to support adolescent sexual health.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

30304 - Public and environmental health

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

International Journal of Public Health

ISSN

1661-8556

e-ISSN

1661-8564

Svazek periodika

70

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

březen

Stát vydavatele periodika

CH - Švýcarská konfederace

Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

nestránkováno

Kód UT WoS článku

001450507300001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105000914035