STUDY OF REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR MODEL OF UNDERGRADUATES OF UFA UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

The article presents questioning results of 3120 undergraduates of higher educational institutions of Ufa. Questioned students included 2496 young women (80%) and 624 young men (20%), average age of respondents was 20,89±2,24 years old. In the research 91,2% of respondents claimed that they already have had sexual intercourse. Actual average sexual initiation age among questioned young men is 16,58±1,86 years old, young women - 18,05±1,57 years old, herewith 34,8% of young women and 43,2% of young man claimed that optimal sexual initiation age is higher than the actual one. Female students from Ufa named the optimal age for childbearing 23,66±2,0 years old, males - 24,54±2,48 years old. Among respondents pregnancy was found in 7,2% of questioned students, only 53,3% of them were wanted and the number of young men, whose partner`s pregnancy was wanted is only 7,1%.