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Raziskovanje spolnega vedenja v Sloveniji
Research on sexual behaviour in Slovenia

Author(s): Ivan Bernik, Roman Kuhar, Alenka Švab
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Slovensko sociološko društvo (in FDV)
Keywords: sexual behaviour; social sciences; public health; HIV-AIDS; adolescents; adults

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the history of research on sexual behaviour in Slovenia with an emphasis on three aspects: the content of the research, the way it was carried out, and what was the research tradition in comparison with Western countries. The authors find that in comparison with Western countries there is a lack of tradition. The research started at the beginning of the 1990s. Previously there was some research on contraceptive and reproductive behaviour although no questions on sexual behaviour were included. The majority of surveys come from the field of public health, yet the surveys do not differ in organisational and methodological aspects or in the sorts of questions they included. The only difference is that social science surveys included more questions on the positive aspects of sexual behaviour (sexual satisfaction), while the public health survey focused on negative aspects (risky sexual behaviour).

  • Issue Year: 26/2010
  • Issue No: 65
  • Page Range: 25-43
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Slovenian