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NAVALON MIRA, Alba  e  RUIZ CALLADO, Raúl. Sociological analysis of sexual risk factors in the academic population: a comparative study. Index Enferm [online]. 2015, vol.24, n.1-2, pp.40-43. ISSN 1699-5988.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1132-12962015000100009.

Objective: The objective of this investigation is identify the sexual risk factors and their relationship with the family structure which university students form part depending the degree they are studying. Methods: To 220 students of two degrees from the University of Alicante (Spain) were applied a questionnaire. Results: The results show that the 70'1% of the students began their sexual relationship among the years of 16-18. The 95'5% used contraceptive methods in their first sexual relationship. The sexual information was given nursing students from school and to the Administration and Direction of Business' students from friends. Conclusions: Conclude that behaviors which entail health risk are still present in the university population. These behaviors are not influenced by the family structure for origin. Nowadays, there is a certain dissociation between the sexual information that the students receive and the insecure behaviors that they carry out.

Palavras-chave : Risk Factors; University Students; Sexual Behavior; Social Context; Family Structure.