Determinants for non-use of contraception at first intercourse; a study of 10841 young Danish women from the general population
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Edith Ingerslev Svare1, Susanne Krüger Kjaer, Birthe L Thomsen
1Danish Cancer Society, Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Virus, Hormones and Cancer, Copenhagen, Denmark. svare@cancer.dk
Abstract:
Based on interview data from 10841 Danish women aged 20 to 29 years, determinants for non-use of contraception at first intercourse (NU) were studied. One-fourth of the women (n = 2704) reported NU, whereas condoms and oral contraceptives were used by, respectively, 59% and 15%. NU decreased with the birth year of the first male partner (OR = 3.6; 95% CI: 2.8-4.8 for
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