Childbearing, the desire to have children, and awareness about the impact of age on female fertility among Finnish university students.

Objective: To describe Finnish university students' childbearing histories, desires concerning childbearing, and awareness regarding the impact of age on female fertility.

Methods: A national survey of Finnish university students in 2008. A questionnaire was sent to 9,967 Finnish undergraduate university students aged less than 35 years.

Sexual intercourse and current contraceptive use among university students in Finland.

Objective: To ascertain the current frequency of sexual intercourse, the current use of contraceptives, the ever use of emergency contraception, and the ever experience of condom failure among Finnish university students.

Study Design: The study population consisted of Finnish undergraduate university students (19-34 years of age) in 2004. The randomly selected sample comprised 5030 subjects.

Childbearing and the desire to have children among university students in Finland.

Background: The fertility rate in Europe is low and there is concern over the low birth rate in relation to the aging population. The age of childbearing women has increased and infertility is a growing problem. Highly educated women in Finland suffer from childlessness more often than less educated women.

Consultations concerning contraception and induced abortions among university students--trends in Finland 1986-2003.

The Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS) provides primary health care services to university students in Finland. The material for this study was drawn from the statistics of the FSHS. From 1986 to 2003, the number of students increased by 50%, while physician consultations did not, indeed to the contrary.