ABSTRACT
Studies have found that pornography consumption is associated with a higher likelihood of having condomless sex. Past research was primarily conducted with Western populations from developed countries. Consequently, less is known about sexual and reproductive health in developing countries and regions. A national sample of 11,957 university-level students was used to investigate the association between pornography consumption, sexual attitudes, and condomless sex. Our findings suggest that a higher frequency of pornography consumption is associated with an increased likelihood of having condomless sex and more positive attitudes toward premarital sex and one-night stand.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to the management team and the volunteers from CYN and all participants for their invaluable contributions to this study.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
Ethics approval
The study protocol was approved by the Institution Review Board of Tsinghua University (#20190083).
Supplementary material
Supplemental data for this article can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2022.2156738.
Notes
1. When not being compared with other educational levels, college in this article refers to all levels of higher education institutions in China.
2. The direction, magnitude, and significance of the results were the same regardless of whether gender and age were controlled or not controlled. The results of the analysis without controlling for gender and age are provided in the Supplementary Material (Table S1–S3).