DESCRIPTION OF TEENAGERS KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES ABOUT FREE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR 2020

Abstract

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2014, every year there are 210 million pregnant teenagers worldwide. It is estimated that there are 20 million worldwide incidents of unsafe abortion, 9.5% (19 of the 20 million acts of unsafe abortion) among them occur in developing countries. Approximately 750,000 to 1.5 million occur in Indonesia and there are 1 million teenagers who experience pregnancy outside of marriage.

The purpose of this study was to determine the description of the knowledge and attitudes of young women about free sex.

This research method is descriptive using cross sectional design. The population in this study were all female students of class Time of research on 3-10 March 2019. The data instrument in this study was a questionnaire. Data analysis was carried out by Univariate with mean processing design.

The results of this study showed that most respondents had good knowledge as many as 17 respondents (54.8%), while some respondents had sufficient knowledge as many as 13 respondents (42%), and respondents had less knowledge as many as 1 respondent (3.2%). %). Most respondents had a positive attitude as many as 14 respondents (45.2%), and some respondents had a negative attitude as many as 17 respondents (54.8%).

It is hoped that the results of this study will be useful for teenagers, especially young women, to increase knowledge, information and create a desire to actively seek information about free sex. In addition, as a comparison for further researchers and conducting research and conducting further research with different designs and variables.