Table 4 Spearman's rank correlation coefficients between health risk behaviour indicators (columns) and the studied sexual life indicators (rows; only the significant coefficients are presented, p < 0.05).

From: Risk and protective factors for health behaviour in adolescence in Europe

 

Suicide-14

Suicide 15-

Adol pregn

Alcohol

Drug

Smoking

Phys act

Leisure act

Sexual life indices

 Mothers' age at first birth (the studied children’s mothers)a

− 0.546

− 0.528

   

− 0.534

  

 People (%) 15 years used a condom at last intercourseb

 

 Seeing sexual images online in past year (15–16 years)b

 

 Adolescent pregnancy rate/1000 womenb

     

0.417

  
  1. Suicide-14: suicide and intentional self-harm, 0–14 years, per 100,000 population, Suicide 15-: suicide and intentional self-harm, 15–29 years, per 100,000 population, Adol pregn: adolescent pregnancy rate (per 1000 women), Alcohol: pure alcohol consumption, litres per capita, age 15–29 years, Drug: drug dependence and toxicomania, 15–29 years, per 100,000 population, Smoking: proportion of 15-year-old adolescents smoking daily, Phys act: performing health-enhancing aerobic and muscle-strengthening physical activity 15–19 years at least once a week, Leisure act: Percentage of children in households where at least one child does not participate in a “regular leisure activity” and/or "go on holiday away from home at least one week per year.
  2. data sources (see Table 1).
  3. aEurostat.
  4. bWHO Global eHealth survey 2015.
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