PIP: The authors report some data about contraceptive choice among young women examined in the Preventive Medicine Center of the University of Rome. Menarche age, menstrual cycle, age at 1st sexual intercourse, contraceptive method used, number of abortions, and pregnancies were examined. Moreover, the relationships between age at 1st sexual intercourse and contraceptive method and abortion were considered. Mean age at 1st intercourse was about 17.5 years. Pill and IUD were used by 11% and 5% respectively of the female students. Coitus interruptus was used among 83.3% of the cases. The prevalence of previous abortion was about 12.6%. The menstrual cycle characteristics did not influence the contraceptive choice of these students. Finally, previous abortion or pregnancy influenced contraceptive choice; in fact about 15% and 16.5% of the women with previous abortion performed or pregnancy experienced adopted the pill and IUD as contraceptive methods. (author's modified)