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| Objective: To determine the association between Health Risk behaviours and a history of forced sexual intercourse among Chinese urban high school students. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed among 109,754 high school students who participated in 2005 Chinese Youth Risk Behaviour Survey. Data were analyzed for 5215 students who had experienced sex behaviour (1,483 girls, 3732 boys). Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the demographic variables and all independent relationships. Results: Of students who had sexual intercourse, 40.9% females and 29.6% males experienced forced sex (p<0.01). When analyses controlled for demographic characteristics, for the overall sample, suicidal attempt (OR, 2.3), physical abuse (OR, 1.7), verbal abuse (OR, 1.3), more frequent use of cigarette (OR, 0.5), seldom use of cigarette (OR, 0.7), heavy use of alcohol (OR, 1.6), getting drunk (OR, 0.7), and drug use (OR, 2.4) were correlated with a history of forced sex. It also found that patterns of risk behaviours differed among female and male students who had ever experienced forced sexual intercourse. Conclusions: These results suggest forced sex is associated with many health risk behaviours and approaches to reduce the harms associated with forced sex among students in school are needed. |
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| Keywords:Child and Adolescents Health; Risk behaviours; Sexual intercourse; Violence |
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