<![CDATA[Adolescent current sexual behavior is tending to be permissive. Many of adolescents have engaged in sexual activity ranging from mild to heavy conducts such as having sexual intercourse. A preliminary survey conducted on 24 students of SMK Negeri 1 Cirebon presented results that almost half of the respondents had heavy sexual activity.The objective of this study was to determine the factors associated with adolescent sexual behavior in SMK Negeri 1 Cirebon in 2011. This study was conducted using a method of an analytical survey with a cross sectional study design. The sample was class X students of SMK Negeri 1 Cirebon totaling 240 respondents drawn by systematic random sampling. The results showed that the majority of students of SMK Negeri 1 Cirebon were male (76.7%). Most of the students received information on reproductive health and sexual behavior from media (60.8%). Around 64.2% students had enough knowledge about reproductive health and 72.1% students committed mild sexual behavior. Based on the analysis using SPSS 17 with chi-square test, there was a relationship between sex and adolescent sexual behavior (P value 0.000), there was no relationship between source of information and adolescent sexual behavior (P value 0.093), and there was a relationship between the level of knowledge about adolescent reproductive health and adolescent sexual behavior (P value 0.009). Keywords: Adolescent Sexual Behavior, Sex, Source of Information, Level of Adolescent’s Knowledge]]>
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