<sec>
<title>Objectives</title>
<p>This study aimed to analyze nationwide representative data from the 11<sup>th</sup> Korean Youth Health Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey to determine whether factors including socio-demographics, smoking and alcohol consumption, were factors related to high school students that had experienced sexual intercourse.</p></sec>
<sec>
<title>Methods</title>
<p>A total of 33,744 students (17,346 boys and 16,398 girls) in 1<sup>st</sup>, 2<sup>nd</sup>, and 3<sup>rd</sup> grade at high school were analyzed. SPSS complex samples methods were used for analyses. Socio-demographic and health risk behaviors (type of region of residence, family structure, and economic status, student academic achievement, gender, high school grade, pocket money, student smoking, alcohol consumption, and having engaged in sexual intercourse) were considered as independent variables.</p></sec>
<sec>
<title>Results</title>
<p>There were 3.6% of girls and 9.9% of boys in high school that were sexually active. This behavior and the average number of cigarettes smoked daily, and alcohol consumed weekly, represented a dose-response relationship, after considering confounding factors. Compared with students that did not smoke or consume alcohol, smoking 1–9 cigarettes per day and consuming 1–6 cups of alcohol and group “smoking more than 10 cigarettes per day and consuming more than 7 cups of alcohol, had a 5.94 and 22.25 higher risk of having had sexual intercourse, respectively.</p></sec>
<sec>
<title>Conclusion</title>
<p>Cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption were associated with an increased likelihood of high school students engaging in sexual intercourse.</p></sec>
Citations
Citations to this article as recorded by
The relationship between risky sexual behaviors and sexual health literacy and self-esteem in young women Sevil Cicek Ozdemir, Esra Cevik Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira.2025;[Epub] CrossRef
Sexual risk behaviour and its associated factors among university students in Malaysia Fadzilah Mohamad, Khairatul Nainey Kamaruddin, Nur Amirah Shibraumalisi, Sharifah Najwa Syed Mohamad, Syifa Mohd Azlan, Rahima Dahlan, Irmi Zarina Ismail, Hayati Kadir Shahar, Nurainul Hana Shamsuddin Discover Social Science and Health.2025;[Epub] CrossRef
Differences in adolescent sexual risk-taking profiles and sexually transmitted infections in adulthood by justice systems involvement: a multigroup latent class analysis Sharefa Duhaney, Gia Barboza-Salerno, Georgia Sasser Discover Public Health.2025;[Epub] CrossRef
Assessment of Sexual Risk Behavior and Mental Health Status Among Urban Slum Dwellers in Bangladesh: A Cross‐Sectional Study Abu Bakkar Siddique, Nishat Tamanna Omi, Md Zannatur Nayem, Maruf Hasan, Debesh Gobinda Paul, Meraj Hossain, Most. Nowsin Tasnim, Suraia Akter, Bohnny Debnath, Mahmudur Rahman Health Science Reports.2025;[Epub] CrossRef
Factors associated with adolescents’ sexual experience based on the biopsychosocial model: a cross-sectional study using the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey (KYRBS) Ka Young Kim, Hye Young Shin BMJ Open.2022; 12(11): e066307. CrossRef
DETERMINANTS OF PREMARITAL SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AMONGST ADOLESCENTS IN INDONESIA Nadhirul Mundhiro, Ridhwan Fauzi, Mohammad Ainul Maruf, Nurfadhilah Nurfadhilah Jurnal Biometrika dan Kependudukan.2021; 10(1): 86. CrossRef