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Abstract
The mayor objective in this study was determine the relation between knowledge of
sexuality and sexual behavior in adolescents. A total of 362 male and female
adolescents, who studied at public high school in Tumbes district. They were
interviewed by means of structured questioned. The investigation was descriptive
correlational type. The data were interpreted and analyzed using descriptive
statistical, Chi square test and the correlation coefficient (r). The results indicated
that 66% of the adolescents had a good level of knowledge on sexuality; the lest
known aspect was on sexuality transmitted diseases. The data about the sexual
behavior developed that 65% of male adolescent, and 16% of female adolescents,
had initiated sexual activity, with males initiating at younger ages than females,
likewise some of them showed had practiced homosexual relations (21%). In this
study didn’t find relationship among the sexual behavior and the knowledge on
sexuality; due that the majority of male adolescents with a good level of knowledge
on sexuality showed risk behavior.
Key words: notion, instruction, culture, practice sexual, genital
Material y métodos
Resultados
Masculino Femenino
Conocimiento A R I A R I Total
C. sexual Nº % Nº % Nº % Nº % Nº % Nº % Nº %
Sin riesgo 46 37 11 26 7 37 96 85 37 82 14 82 211 58
Riesgo medio 27 21 10 24 3 16 11 10 2 4 0 0 53 15
Riesgo alto 53 42 21 50 9 47 6 5 6 13 3 18 98 27
Total 126 100 42 100 19 100 113 100 45 100 17 100 362 100
p > 0,10
Discusión
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