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Lifestyle Survey Toolkit

Young People's Sexual Health in South-East Hampshire

Synopsis:

  • This survey, conducted in 1999, was undertaken by Centre for Sexual Research at the University of Southampton.

Objectives:

  • To understand why certain Sex Sense (youth family planning) clinics had more
    success in attracting young people; to explore the use, knowledge and opinions of
    existing services; to obtain young people’s criteria for a good youth sexual health
    clinic.
  • To obtain general information on young people’s sex and contraceptive
    knowledge, sexual attitudes and behaviour, and their opinions of sex education.

Methodology:

  • Structured questionnaire completed under supervision by the respondents at the
    venues participating in the study.
  • A representative sample from all relevant venues within the study area.

Settings:

  • Three comprehensive schools, two family planning clinics and two Sex Sense
    clinics in South-East Hampshire.

Respondents:

  • 804 respondents, comprising 696 schools pupils and 108 clinic attendees.

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