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Objective

We present results on first sexual intercourse gathered from the national survey on sexual behaviour of high school students in Slovenia in 2014. The aim of the study was to study opinions, attitudes and behaviour regarding different aspects of sexuality (sexual initiation, partner relationships, practices, circumstances of the first sexual intercourse, contraception use and so on). In the presentation, the focus will be put on main characteristics of first sexual intercourse (mean age, sexual repertoire, protection used etc.) taking into account gender differences.

Methods

The study was done on a random sample of 2,143 high school students from all regions of Slovenia. 57.8 % were from vocational and 42.2 % from grammar schools (proportional to size). In each school 2 sections of mostly third year students participated in a web survey in school computer labs, monitored by postgraduate students of the Faculty of Social Sciences and workers from the school. The sampling frame was the list of secondary schools on the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport webpage. Out of 65 schools in the initial systematic random sample 52 participated, 6 refused participation or appropriate dates could not be co-ordinated and 7 could not be contacted after several attempts by email and telephone. A pilot test was done on one vocational and one grammar school. Parts of the survey questionnaire were also tested by focus groups. Data were analysed by SPSS.

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