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Table 3 Reasons for initiation of first sex in undergraduate students of Aksum University Shire Campus, Northern Ethiopia, May, 2017, (n = 287)

From: Assessment of risky sexual behavior and practice among Aksum University students, Shire Campus, Shire Town, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2017

Variables

Categories

Frequency

Percent

The main reason to start sexual intercourse at first time

Desire to sexual experiment

107

61.5

Peer-pressure

37

21.3

Influence of alcohol

17

9.6

Influence of chat or drug

3

1.7

Economic problem

8

4.6

Don’t know

2

1.2