Contraception is considered a rational strategy to prevent unwanted births. However, beyond the dichotomy of «planned» and «unplanned» pregnancy, behaviours are sometimes ambivalent or contradictory. The present paper investigates the reasons beyond the non-use of contraception in Italy by examining a large-scale survey of university students conducted in 2000 and 2017. The findings reveal a small but clearly defined group of young female students, cohabiting with their partner and residing in the South of the country, who have a high frequency of sexual intercourses and do not deliberately use any contraceptive method. These findings offer population-based evidence about the existence of a part of female Italian university students that, although not actively trying to have a child, are nevertheless fine to run the risk of pregnancy through unprotected sexual intercourses.

Unprotected sex among female Italian university students: A «Calculated Risk»? / Busetta, Annalisa; De Rose, Alessandra; Vignoli, Daniele. - In: POLIS. - ISSN 1120-9488. - STAMPA. - (2022), pp. XXXVI.369-XXXVI.392. [10.1424/105486]

Unprotected sex among female Italian university students: A «Calculated Risk»?

De Rose, Alessandra;Vignoli, Daniele
2022

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Contraception is considered a rational strategy to prevent unwanted births. However, beyond the dichotomy of «planned» and «unplanned» pregnancy, behaviours are sometimes ambivalent or contradictory. The present paper investigates the reasons beyond the non-use of contraception in Italy by examining a large-scale survey of university students conducted in 2000 and 2017. The findings reveal a small but clearly defined group of young female students, cohabiting with their partner and residing in the South of the country, who have a high frequency of sexual intercourses and do not deliberately use any contraceptive method. These findings offer population-based evidence about the existence of a part of female Italian university students that, although not actively trying to have a child, are nevertheless fine to run the risk of pregnancy through unprotected sexual intercourses.
2022
369
392
Goal 4: Quality education
Busetta, Annalisa; De Rose, Alessandra; Vignoli, Daniele
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