Comportamiento sexual en estudiantes universitarios de la Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja de primer año periodo octubre 2015 - febrero 2016

Abstract

The objective of this research is to understand the sexual behavior of college students, set the level of knowledge about the onset of sexual activity and the use of different methods of family planning; A descriptive, prospective, quantitative approach and cross-sectional study comprised 308 students of the four academic areas of the UTPL enrolled in the academic period october 2015 to february 2016. A survey with 10 items was applied and was obtained was performed the following results: 55.84% of all respondents have initiated sexual activity, 28.57% indicate having sexually active after 18 years, 26.62% had sex occasionally and their main reasons were love and curiosity with a 23.05% and 15.91% respectively, and 27.92% of the students claims to have used any family planning method during their first sexual intercourse.