Abstract :
Premarital sex in adolescence mainly involves high risk partners or multiple partners posing a
challenge to reproductive health and control of sexually transmitted infections & HIV/ AIDS.
Present study was carried out in a resettlement colony of East Delhi among unmarried males
of 15-24 years to find out their sexual habits and practices.
818 subjects were studied through surveying 50% of households in the colony. 58% of the
subjects did not have knowledge of unsafe sex. Almost 30% of the youth were engaged in
sexual intercourse. Mean age of first sexual exposure was 16.1 years (median-16 years).More
than three fourth of subjects who had history of sexual exposure were inconsistent in using of
condoms.
Keyword :
Adolescents, Adolescent health, Youth sexuality, Unsafe sex, HIV/ AIDS.