Students today are faced with different pressures coming from all aspects of their lives. We decided to focus our study on the sexual behaviours of students and how these behaviours relate to other aspects of their personal and academic lives. Interest was taken in how these areas would differ with relation to gender, age, and lifestyle. Interest was also taken in how alcohol affects these behaviours, and how these behaviours affect student's academic performance.

When we began our research, we hypothesized that males with a higher self-esteem in general, would tend to engage in sexual behaviours more frequently than those with a lower self-esteem. We thought that females with high self-esteems would engage in sexual behaviours less frequently than those with lower self-esteems. We also hypothesized that students for the most part would prefer to be in a sexual relationship as opposed to being single. We assumed that students living on their own would tend to be more promiscuous than those living at home. We also thought that a student's sexual behaviour would often be affected by alcohol regardless of whether they were single or in a relation

Discussion

We then asked the respondents about their feelings towards the future with relation to their academic careers. The majority (63.33%) of those surveyed said that they are not worried about their academic futures. Of the females polled 57% were not worried about the future and 69% of males are not worried about their academic careers. The total of those that say that they do not care and live day to day was 13.3%. 21% of females and 6% of males say that they do not care because they live day to day. Finally, 23.33% of all the participants said that they are worried about their academic careers. Of the females polled 25% are worried about their academic future, whereas 21% of males said they were worried about their academic futures.

Next we asked the participants when was the last time that they engaged in any sexual activity. In all 3.3% of those polled have never engaged in sexual activity. 6.67% answered that the last time they engaged in sexual activity was more than a year ago. 6.67% said that the last time they engaged in sexual activity was more than six months ago. 23.33% of those polled said that they last engaged in sexual activity more than three months ago. 26.67% say that they have been sexually active within the last month. 33.33% of those surveyed have been sexually active within the last week. Of the females polled 7% were sexually active more than six months ago. 29% last engaged in sexual activity more than three months ago. 29% were last sexually active within the last month. 36% have been sexually active within the last week. In total, of the males surveyed 6% have never been sexually active. 13% were last sexually active more than a year ago. 6% were last sexually active more than six months ago. 19% said they last engaged in sexual activity more than three months ago. 25% of the males surveyed last engaged in sexual activity within the last month. Finally, 31% were sexually active within the last week.

If we were to run this study again, we would have to add some questions that asked about the protection people use during sex, and how often they use it. It would have helped.

Our next hypothesis stated that alcohol may frequently have an influence on a student's sexual behaviour. The result show that the 71% of females surveyed are seldom influenced by alcohol. On the other hand, 31% males who were surveyed said their sexual behaviour was seldom influenced by alcohol and 31% said that their sexual behaviours were often influenced by alcohol. This shows that male's sexual behaviour tends to be influenced by alcohol more frequently than a female's sexual behaviour.

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