Abstract

GRISALES ROMERO, Hugo  and  ARBELAEZ, María Patricia. LIVING CONDITIONS IN YOUNG TEENAGERS MEDELLIN. Investig. andina [online]. 2008, vol.10, n.16, pp.7-31. ISSN 0124-8146.

Introduction: The conditions of life are the set of material circumstances of the existence and survival of an individual or human group. Sandal multiple dimensions: house, work, education, security, health, among others and as such are the refection of the economic policies and the programs of government. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study in a random sample and representative of 1066 young people was conducted. The general profle of the living conditions of young adolescents, of 15 is described to 19 years, using the technique of the analysis of multiple correspondences. Results: Familiar, educative, labor, psycho-social the profles and of health of the young adolescents of the socioeconomic level under refected problems of familiar cohesion, economic and of de-schooling besides negative valuation of aspects that talk about to their future and its affective relations. In all the socioeconomic levels, a positive valuation of the utility of the study is had and as far as the sexuality, the age of beginning of the sexual activity is similar standing out that generally the predominance of this beginning is with a well-known in the socioeconomic levels low and high, by sexual desire and a LF of use of the contraceptive methods although between uses those who them predominate the barrier methods. Discussion and conclusions: The results especially sustain a monitoring of the living conditions of the young adolescents in the socioeconomic levels of the city in those depressed zones more.

Keywords : Young adolescents; analysis of multiple correspondences; living conditions; socioeconomic level; Medellin.

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