RATES OF PRECOCITY OF SEXUAL INTERCOURSE AMONG ADOLESCENTS OF DISADVANTAGED SECTIONS OF THE POPULATION

This article presents a preliminary study, a descriptive one, on the s exual intercourse precocity rates at adolescence, 765 male adolescents francophones, 13 years old, from low economic status answered the QAS , questionnaire on aspects of sexual life including. The results show that 11,3% of subjects are sexually active by 13 years old, The first sexual partner is known from many months to many years from the majori ty of subjects. The majority (61,8%) ot the non-sexually active subjet s of the research would be near to transit to the first sexual interco urse if we consider the results of our predictive measure of the trans ition. Discussed at the light of the literature, these results show th at early sexual behaviors are : 1) a concrete reality for an important proportion of male adolescents from low economic status; 2) to consid er in the future in terms of research priority.