Factores relacionados a la conducta anticonceptiva de adolescentes en desventaja social del suroeste de México

Objective: To determine the direct and indirect effects between individual background (sex, gender violence), social background (occupation), information background (contraceptive knowledge), attitudes toward contraceptive use, peer norms toward sexuality, contraceptive self-efficacy, and intention toward contraceptive use with contraceptive behavior of socially disadvantaged adolescents. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional correlational-predictive study was conducted in 247 sexually active adolescents, residents of socially underprivileged communities in the states of Oaxaca and Guerrero, Mexico. A structural equation model was developed using AMOS version 23 statistical software. Results: The adjusted model explained 19% of the variance, where positive attitudes towards contraceptive use (β=.22, p