Sexual and Reproductive Health among Unmarried Rural-Urban Female Migrants in Shanghai China: A Comparative Analysis

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Ying Wang⁴  Wen Yao²   Meili Shang¹  Yong Cai⁴  Rong Shi⁴  Jin Ma⁴  Jin Wang³ 

[1] Shanghai Pudong Sanlin Community Sanitary Service Center, Shanghai 200126, China; E-Mail:;Shanghai Hongkou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200082, China; E-Mail:;Shanghai Pudong Population and Family Planning Management Center, Shanghai 200136, China; E-Mail:;School of Public Health Affiliated with School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200025, China; E-Mails:

关键词: sexual and reproductive health;    female migrant;    premarital sex;    safe sex;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph10083578

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

We compared sexual and reproductive health (SRH)-related knowledge, attitude and behavior among unmarried rural-urban female migrants in Shanghai coming from different regions of China. A total of 944 unmarried rural-urban female migrants were recruited from three districts of Shanghai. We used an interviewer-administered structured questionnaire to collect information from each participant and a multivariate logistic regression to examine the association between premarital sex and risk factors. We found the rates of premarital sex, pregnancy and abortion among unmarried rural-urban female migrants were 28.2%, 5.2% and 5.0%, respectively. Participants from the east of China were more likely to engage in premarital sex than those from the mid-west (p < 0.001). The analysis showed premarital sex was associated with age, hometown, education, current residential type, knowledge of sexual physiology and safe sex, attitude to SRH and safe sex, and permissive attitude to sex. Unmarried rural-urban female migrants lack SRH related knowledge and the data suggests high levels of occurrence of premarital sex. The results indicate that programs to promote safe sex, especially to those migrants coming from eastern China, should be a priority.

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