Table 2

Sexual experiences, risk taking, and outcome in 17 year old student girls with coitarche before and after age 15

Coitarche <15 years (n=178)%Coitarche >15 years (n=534)%p Values
First intercourse:
In love154/17488.5456/52487.00.693
Steady partner127/17572.6408/52178.30.122
Partner >3 years older47/17726.6101/52519.20.043
Casual partner24/17513.764/52112.30.693
Single event115/17266.9368/49274.80.047
No alcohol143/17880.3405/53176.30.301
Wonderful experience47/17826.4163/53430.50.343
Contraception105/17659.7367/52069.40.007
Condom use79/17844.4291/53454.50.024
Lifetime no of partners:
5–1049/17627.831/5215.9<0.001
>1018/17610.27/5211.3<0.001
First date intercourse:
>twice40/17722.642/5198.0<0.001
Sex abroad36/17520.647/5179.1<0.001
Contraception at most recent intercourse139/17181.3412/50681.40.968
Oral contraception83/17846.6211/53439.50.114
Condoms40/17822.5156/53429.20.099
Alcohol regularly when sex16/1789.039/5317.30.517
Oral sex: receiving/giving167/17893.8438/52883.0<0.001
152/17885.4370/52870.1<0.001
Anal sex34/17819.143/5258.2<0.001
STD27/17815.229/5345.4<0.001
Pregnancy24/17613.731/5186.0<0.001