Premarital sexual activity

Metrics details. Premarital sex is voluntary sexual intercourse between unmarried persons. Prevalence and factors associated with premarital sexual practice in the study area are lacking. Thus, the aims of this study were to determine the prevalence and to identify factors associated with premarital sexual practice among Debretabor high school youths. The prevalence of premarital sex among Debretabor town high school youths was

Family is an important environment that is associated with a range of social and emotional behaviors of children. Twenty-six single males and females of years who were living in Isfahan participated in this qualitative research study. The participants had begun to have some form of sexual activities. Twelve other participants including parents, teachers, school counselors, clinical psychologists, family counselors, and health care providers also took part in the study.

To assess the magnitude and factors associated with premarital sexual intercourse among adolescent students of the secondary and preparatory school in Debre-Markos town, northwest Ethiopia, Among secondary and preparatory school adolescent students, This shows that premarital sexual intercourse among secondary and preparatory school adolescents is high. Premarital sex is penetrative vaginal intercourse performed between couples before formal marriage [ 1 , 2 ]. Adolescence is the period of transmission from childhood to maturity and is characterized by spurt of physical, mental, emotional, social and psychosexual development [ 4 ].

Premarital sex is sexual activity practiced by people before they are married. Historically, premarital sex was considered a moral issue which was taboo in many cultures and considered a sin by a number of religions, but since s decade , it has become more widely accepted, especially in Western countries. Until the s, [2] "premarital sex" referred to sexual relations between two people prior to marrying each other.