Why young people don't use condoms Social

Cultural factors influence decisions, researchers say



LONDON - Social and cultural factors, not just
unavailability or ignorance, influence why young people do not use
condoms, researchers said on Friday.

Some
sexually active people under 25 years of age associate condoms with a
lack of trust, while others believe carrying them could imply sexual
experience, which might be a plus for men but not necessarily for women.

In
a review of more than 250 studies of young people’s sexual behavior,
researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
discovered striking similarities in what affects young sexual behavior
in different countries.

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