Primera relación sexual y primer embarazo en puérperas de un hospital de la región metropolitana / First sexual intercourse and pregnancy in women hospitalized at a metropolitan region hospital

RESUMO

One thousand women hospitalized at a maternity were surveyed after their delivery or abortion about their first intercourse and pregnancy. Mean age at the first sexual intercourse was 18,7 years and only 9,2 percent used a contraceptive method in spite that 20 percent were not willing to become pregnant. The mean age of sexual partners was 22 years old. Women of less than 32 years old generally had older sexual partners, but among those older than 25 years old the proportion of younger partners increased. The first pregnancy occured at 20 years old as a mean, 62 percent of women were single, only 1,3 percent used a contraceptive method and 27,3 percent of resultant pregnancies were not desired