Thesis information "Awareness, attitudes, and behaviors of young workers about premarital sex (Survey at Thang Long Industrial Park - Hanoi)" by HVCH Phan Thanh Nguyet, majoring in Sociology.1. Full name of student: Phan Thanh Nguyet 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of birth: October 9, 1979 4. Place of birth: Thai Nguyen. 5. Decision to recognize student No.: 2551/2007/QD-XHNV-KH&SĐH dated November 2, 2007 by the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. 6. Changes in the training process: None 7. Thesis topic: Awareness, attitude, behavior of young workers about premarital sex (Survey at Thang Long Industrial Park - Hanoi). 8. Major: Sociology Code: 60.31.30 9. Scientific advisor: Dr. Nguyen Thi Kim Hoa - Head of Sociology Department - University of Social Sciences and Humanities. 10. Summary of the results of the thesis: The process of globalization and international economic integration is taking place strongly, affecting all economic, cultural and social fields, directly affecting each country, nation and individual, especially for the young generation, the youth class, it creates for the youth a quick, dynamic and independent lifestyle in line with the trend of the times. On the other hand, the process of globalization and international economic integration brings young people closer to the Western free lifestyle and forms more open and liberal concepts in male-female relationships. Young people enter puberty and give birth earlier. This makes today's youth face many challenges in reproductive health, the risk of premarital sex is very high. Young workers are no exception. The research results show that the majority of young workers have correct awareness of sex, sexual relations, safe sex, and the effects of premarital sex. However, when looking into specific areas, the knowledge of young workers still lacks knowledge about pregnancy time and the ability to conceive. Understanding of contraceptive methods is only at the level of hearing/knowing, the percentage of people who know how to use contraceptive methods is still very low. A very high percentage of young workers do not understand correctly and do not know about the signs of sexually transmitted diseases, leading to a large percentage of young workers who choose to use contraceptives to avoid sexually transmitted diseases. A large percentage of young workers do not understand the path and ways to prevent HIV/AIDS infection, higher than other groups such as students. However, the attitude of young workers is very open and liberal in accepting premarital sex and has a rather open view of those who have had premarital sex. This affects their behavior regarding premarital sex. The research results also show that the proportion of surveyed young workers who have had premarital sex is quite high, 1.5 to 2 times higher than that of students in previous studies. An alarming thing among those who confirmed having sex is that more than 1/3% of them had sex but did not use any contraceptive measures and only 1/2 used safe sex measures such as condoms. The cause of premarital sex is affirmed by young workers mainly from themselves because they are too in love and cannot control themselves, due to physiological needs, due to lack of understanding. The thesis also points out groups of factors affecting the awareness, attitudes and behaviors of young workers about premarital sex such as groups of demographic factors, groups of factors such as family, mass media, and friends. On that basis, the thesis makes some recommendations to further improve the awareness and attitudes of young workers about knowledge about sex, knowledge about contraception, knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS, thereby further improving safe and healthy sexual behavior.
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name: Phan Thanh Nguyet 2. Sex: Female 3. Date of birth: October 9th 1979 4. Place of birth: Thai Nguyen. 5. Admission decision number : 2551/2007/QD-XHNV-KH Dated on November 2th 2007 of the Headmaster of Hanoi National University of Humanity and Social Science. 6. Changes in academic process: no changes 7. Official thesis title: "The Awareness, attitude and behavior of young workers to sexual intercourse before marriage" (through survey in North Thang Long Industrial Zone - Hanoi). 8. Major: Sociology Code: 60.31.30 9. Science supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Thi Kim Hoa, Dean of Sociology Faculty - University of Humanity and Social Science. 10. Summary of the findings of the thesis: The process of globalization, international economic integration has been taking place strongly that has remarkable effect on every of economic, cultural, social aspects and direct effect on individual country, ethnic, individual, especially on the young, youth and provides them with a quick, dynamic and independent lifestyle suitable to the current trend. On the other hand, the process of globalization, international economic integration has also led the youth to the Western free lifestyle and formed the concept of opener and freer in gender relationships. Youth starting sooner puberty and reproduction. This makes young people face many challenges in reproductive health, the high risk of sex before marriage. Young workers are also not the exception. Research results show that most young workers have the right perception about sex, sexual relations, safe sex, and impacts of sex before marriage. However, when going to learn about each particular aspect, they are still lacking of knowledge about pregnancy, conceiving ability. Understanding the new contraceptive methods limits in heard / known, the percentage of people who know how to use contraceptives is very low. There is a very high proportion of young workers who misunderstood and did not know about signs of diseases transmitted through sexual contact leading to a large percentage of youths choosing birth control pills to avoid sexually transmitted diseases. A large percentage of young workers who do not yet understand about the way, how to prevent HIV / AIDS is higher than other subjects such as pupils and students. However, the attitude of the young workers is very open and free in the matter of accepting sex before marriage and they indicate a fairly clear view of those who had sex before marriage. This has influence on their behaviors about sex before marriage, study results also showed the rate of surveying young workers who had sex before marriage was quite high, 1.5 to 2 times higher than the students and pupils compared to the previous studies. An alarming is that among people who admitted having sex, more than one thirds of the percentage without any contraception methods and only 1/2 using safe sex with condoms. The sexual behaviors before marriage are blamed for the young workers themselves who are crazy in love without controlling due to themselves to the physiological needs and lack of understanding. This thesis also shows the factors affecting the perceptions, attitudes and behaviors of young workers towards having sex before marriage such as the group of demographic characteristics, group of family, media, group of friends. On that basis, the thesis provides some recommendations to further enhance the awareness and attitude of young workers to knowledge about sex, pregnancy prevention, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS thereby further enhancing safe and healthy sexual behaviors.
