Pre Marital Sex and Condom Use among Indian Unmarried Men in India

This paper is an effort to analyze the prevalence of premarital sex and use of condom among men in India. Using National Family Health Survey, third round (2005-06) data, the study found that premarital sex is higher in rural than urban India. However, it also found that even though unmarried men in rural India are sexually more active than urban men but use of condom is minimal. The result of binary logistic regression shows that unmarried men those who consume alcohol are 1.801 more likely to indulge in sexual activity than their counterpart group without alcohol. Similarly, working men are 1.175 more likely to be sexually active before marriage than unmarried men with no working status. The prevalence of premarital sex is significantly high among teenagers i.e. 15-19 years.