Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW, 2017
Between December 2015 and March 2016, the ‘It’s Your Love Life’ periodic survey recruited 2,120 heterosexually-identified young people aged 15–29 years and living in New South Wales (NSW). The data collected through the survey contributes new knowledge on the attitudes and practices of heterosexual young people and their exposure to sexual health promotion initiatives.
Results indicate that substantial effort is required to support heterosexual young people in ensuring their sexual health.
Contents include:
- Knowledge of sexually transmissible infections (STIs)
- Perceived severity of STIs
- Perceived risk of contracting an STI
- Condom use-related views
- Carrying condoms while being on a date
- Sexual intercourse with and without condoms
- Contraception
- STI testing-related views
- Testing for STIs and/or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- Exposure to messages promoting condom use and testing for STIs
- Familiarity and engagement with sexual health promotion resources, activities and services
- Sexual health education in secondary schools
IYLL is an online cross-sectional survey that will be repeated annually. A first round of data collection was completed between December 2015 and March 2016