Level of Education and Knowledge about HIV/AIDS on High School and College Students for Premarital Sex in North Sumatera

Erond L. Damanik

2018

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to describe and understand the level of education and knowledge about HIV/AIDS on premarital sexual behavior among high school and college students in North Sumatra. The number of 8,272 HIV/AIDS sufferers in 2016, 41.3 percent were high school and college students. To explain this case, anomie theory from Durkheim was used. The study was run qualitatively with an observational descriptive approach. In addition to in-depth interviews, questionnaires with a Likert Scale were distributed to 50 informants in Medan, Deli Serdang, Pematangsiantar, Karo and Toba Samosir. The results of the study were that there was no relationship between the level of education and knowledge about HIV/AIDS on premarital sexual behavior among high school and college students in the province of North Sumatra.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Damanik E. (2018). Level of Education and Knowledge about HIV/AIDS on High School and College Students for Premarital Sex in North Sumatera. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Sciences, Laws, Arts and Humanities - Volume 1: BINUS-JIC, ISBN 978-989-758-515-9, pages 561-567. DOI: 10.5220/0010024500002917

in Bibtex Style

@conference{binus-jic18,
author={Erond L. Damanik},
title={Level of Education and Knowledge about HIV/AIDS on High School and College Students for Premarital Sex in North Sumatera},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Sciences, Laws, Arts and Humanities - Volume 1: BINUS-JIC,},
year={2018},
pages={561-567},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010024500002917},
isbn={978-989-758-515-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Sciences, Laws, Arts and Humanities - Volume 1: BINUS-JIC,
TI - Level of Education and Knowledge about HIV/AIDS on High School and College Students for Premarital Sex in North Sumatera
SN - 978-989-758-515-9
AU - Damanik E.
PY - 2018
SP - 561
EP - 567
DO - 10.5220/0010024500002917