Contraception
Studies from University of Tampere have provided new data on contraception
Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 13th, 2009
In this recent report published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, researchers in Tampere, Finland conducted a study "To study changes in adolescent sexual behavior in periods of increase (1994-2000) and decrease (2001-2007) in the abortion rate. School surveys with self-administered questionnaires were carried out annually among eighth graders (mean age 14.8 years) and ninth graders (mean age 15.8 years) (N=286,665) in 1996/1997 and 2006/2007. Schools participated biennially."
"The proportions of respondents reporting noncoital (kissing, light petting, heavy petting) and coital (ever had sexual intercourse, intercourse at least 10 times, at least three...
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