Sexuality and Gender 2005

On topics of women’s and men’s sexual and reproductive health there are only few empirical data in Austria. This study takes an inventory of the existing data and has the aim of creating an empirical data stock on selected topics of sexual and reproductive health. The main topics are relationships, sexual behaviour, contraception and the desire to have children.The central question of this study is whether there are gender-specific differences concerning the different aspects of sexual and reproductive health, especially the aspects on the topics relationships, sexuality, attitude towards contraception and the desire to have children. Also different phases of life as well as age groups, the level of education and regional aspects were taken into account. Questions:->- relationships (type and duration of the relationship; number of previous relationships, self-assessment of the quality of the relationship)->- sexual satisfaction and overall satisfaction with life->- sexual education (important persons and media for sexual education; knowledge on topics concerning sexual and reproductive health)->- menarche and first sexual encounter (subjective experience of the menarche; age and contraception used at the time of the first sexual encounter; reasons, of no contraception had been used)->- contraception method used at the time of the interview (in different age groups; reasons, of no contraception was used; responsibility for contraception in a relationship; popularity and use of the morning-after pill)->- desire to have children, voluntary and unwanted childlessness (desired and actual number of children; reason if there is no (further) desire to have children; frequency of unfulfilled desire to have children)->- pregnancy and birth (frequency of pregnancies, pregnancy termination, miscarriage and premature birth; frequency of postnatal depression)->- characteristics of sexual behaviour (number of partners; use of condoms with new partners; number of affairs; frequency and satisfaction with the sexual intercourse; frequency of sexual problems)->- frequency of menopausal symptoms and use of hormone replacement therapy->- attitude towards controversial sexual questions (pre-marital sex, affairs, homosexuality, lesbian sexuality, pregnancy termination and abortion)->- frequency of experiences with same-sex partners->- frequency of HIV test->- experiences of sexual abuse during childhood->- experiences with sexual harassment at work针对奥地利男女性健康与生殖健康相关议题，目前可获取的实证数据十分有限。本研究对现有相关数据进行系统性梳理与盘点，旨在构建性健康与生殖健康选定议题的实证数据集。本研究的核心议题涵盖亲密关系、性行为、避孕（contraception）及生育意愿四大板块。 本研究的核心问题为：性健康与生殖健康的不同维度——尤其是亲密关系、性观念、避孕态度及生育意愿相关维度——是否存在性别差异。研究同时纳入人生不同阶段、年龄组别、受教育水平及地域因素作为分析变量。 本研究涉及的具体调研问题包括： 1. 亲密关系：关系类型与持续时长、既往恋爱关系数量、自身对当前关系质量的评价 2. 性满意度与整体生活满意度 3. 性教育：性教育的重要影响主体与传播媒介、性健康与生殖健康相关知识储备 4. 月经初潮（menarche）与首次性行为：月经初潮的主观体验、首次性行为时的年龄与所使用的避孕措施、未采取避孕措施的原因 5. 受访时正在使用的避孕方式：按不同年龄组划分的避孕选择、未采取避孕措施的原因、亲密关系中的避孕责任归属、紧急避孕药（morning-after pill）的普及度与使用情况 6. 生育意愿、自愿与非自愿无子女状态：期望生育子女数与实际生育子女数、无（进一步）生育意愿的原因、未实现生育意愿的发生频次 7. 妊娠与分娩：妊娠频次、人工流产、自然流产与早产情况、产后抑郁的发生频次 8. 性行为特征：性伴侣数量、与新伴侣发生性行为时安全套的使用情况、婚外情发生频次、性行为的发生频率与满意度、性问题出现频次 9. 更年期症状（menopausal symptoms）发生频率与激素替代疗法（hormone replacement therapy）的使用情况 10. 对争议性性议题的态度：婚前性行为、婚外情、同性恋、女同性恋性行为、人工流产 11. 与同性性伴侣发生性行为的频次 12. HIV检测（HIV test）频次 13. 童年时期遭受性虐待的经历 14. 职场遭遇性骚扰的经历