PMID: 9451263Feb 6, 1998Paper

First sexual intercourse: age, coercion, and later regrets reported by a birth cohort

BMJ : British Medical Journal
N DicksonP Silva

Abstract

To investigate how age at first sexual intercourse is related to the reported circumstances and to determine how these corresponded to views in early adulthood about its timing. Cross sectional study within a birth cohort using a questionnaire presented by computer. Dunedin, New Zealand in 1993-4. 477 men and 458 women enrolled in the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study, comprising 92% of survivors of the cohort. The median age at first intercourse was 17 years for men and 16 years for women. Only one man (0.2%) but 30 (7%) women reported being forced to have intercourse on the first occasion. For women, there were increasing rates of coercion with younger age at first intercourse. More men than women reported that they and their partner were equally willing (77% (316/413) v 53% (222/419)). Mutual willingness of both partners was greater for those who reported that it was also the first time for their partner. Timing of first intercourse was considered about right by 49% (200/411) of men and 38% (148/388) of women. Many women (54% (211/388) reported that they should have waited longer, and this rose to 70% (90/129) for women reporting intercourse before age 16. Most women regretted having sexual intercourse b...Continue Reading

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