Influence of discipline of study on the sexual behaviour of Nigerian female students
Adinma, J.I.; Agbai, A.O.; Okeke, A.O.
West African Journal of Medicine 17(2): 70-74
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0189-160X PMID: 9715109 Document Number: 485476
Findings are presented from a comparative study of the sexual behavior of 476 Nigerian female students in tertiary institutions in 1991 in Anambra State, Nigeria, 243 medical (MD) students and 233 nonmedical (NMD) students. The women were 10-42 years old, of mean age 22.2 years, with 83.5% of MD students and 73.0% of NMD students aged 20-29. 56.7% of the women had ever experienced sexual intercourse. The mean age at first sexual experience among the MD students was 18.6 years, not significantly different statistically from the 18.1 years mean age of the NMD students at first sexual experience. 44.9% of the MD students and 69.1% of the NMD students had ever had sexual intercourse. MD students had sex 1.7 +or- 3.8 times/month, compared to the NMD students who had sex 5.5 +or- 6.8 times/month. The frequency of pregnancy was 31.2% among the MD students, not significantly different than the 37.9% among NMD students. These findings suggest that study has a tempering effect upon adolescent sexual activity.