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Sexual and social relationships of 17–18-year-olds and young adults

In June 2009 the Institut für Sexualforschung und Forensische Psychiatrie (Institute of Sexual Research and Forensic Psychiatry) of the University of Hamburg started an investigation into social and sexual relationships of 17–18-year-olds and young adults for the BZgA. mehr

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women’s lives – family planning and migration in women’s lives

A study of women with a Turkish or eastern European migrant background

18% of the female population in Germany have a migrant background. More than one fifth of these women are aged between 20 and 44 and thus at an age when family planning and family formation are current issues. Since there is little in the way of fundamental knowledge regarding family formation, contraception and pregnancy termination in this (by place of origin) heterogeneous group, the BZgA commissioned the study “women’s lives: family planning and migration in women’s lives”. In the context of this research project 1,674 women with a migrant background and 839 German women aged between 20 and 44 were surveyed. The examination focused on the two largest migrant groups, i.e. women with a Turkish migrant background and women with an eastern European migrant background. The surveys were conducted in the cities of Berlin, Stuttgart, Nuremberg and Oberhausen. mehr
 

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Pregnancy and termination of pregnancy in underage women

Pregnancies and pregnancy terminations amongst women under the age of 18 in Germany are, by international standards, relatively rare. This is thanks to preventive measures tailored specifically to their target group.The Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (BZgA) supports this preventive work with measures and campaigns that are developed on the basis of scientific insights. It is thus dependent on empirical research in order to guarantee that these preventive efforts match the needs of the target group. It is for this reason that the BZgA supported the research project presented here. It was carried out between 2005 and 2008. mehr
 

More other surveys

  • When teenagers become parents … t is known from youth studies that very young, sexually active girls are usually scared of an unwanted pregnancy. Despite this fact more and more young women in the Federal Republic of Germany are facing unplanned and unwanted pregnancies, and in individual cases the pregnancy is wanted. This is particularly (but not exclusively) true for very young women from problem backgrounds and from other cultural circles (including eastern European ones).
  • Sexual experiences during the teenage years and negotiation processes between the sexes The focal point of this study is the sexual development of young people as a process. When and in what form young people engage in sexual relationships is something they determine themselves these days, largely free from the restrictions and controls that still existed for their parents’ generation.
  • Health problems relevant to sex education, sex education and advice for boys A comprehensive understanding of health incorporates physical and psychological aspects of biographical development. This study follows this definition and gets to the bottom of the margins between masculinity ideologies and critically oriented sex-education work with boys.