Document 2461
 DOCN  M94A2461
 TI    Sexual behaviour pattern in Nepal.
 DT    9412
 AU    Gurubacharya VL; Suvedi BK; STD/AIDS Counselling & Training Services,
       Kathmandu, Nepal.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):299 (abstract no. PC0123). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370114
 AB    OBJECTIVES: To find out the sexual relationship in nepalese population:
       To find out the average frequency of sex contact. To find out the
       earliest age of sex contact. To find out the frequency of pre and/or
       extramarital sexual relationship in the population. METHODS: Random
       Sampling of the respondents, above the age of 14 years. Cross sectional
       population. Open ended questionnaire, confidential interview technique.
       RESULTS: 24.1% male have pre or extramarital sexual contact. 14.9%
       female have pre or extramarital sexual relationship. The mean frequency
       of sex contact is 3 per week in the married couple. The earliest age of
       sex contact was 10 years for female and 13 years for female. DISCUSSION:
       The sexual behavior pattern was so far not studied in Nepal. In the era
       of AIDS, the sexual behavior should be studied. In Nepali population it
       was found that pre and/or extramarital sex is not so infrequent and most
       of these sex contacts are unsafe. Thus there is high risk behavior for
       transmission of HIV. Early AIDS education is extremely necessary as the
       earliest age of sex contact is low than is thought.
 DE    Adolescence  Child  Cross-Sectional Studies  Female  Human  HIV
       Infections/TRANSMISSION  Male  Nepal  Sampling Studies  *Sex Behavior
       MEETING ABSTRACT

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