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Objectives: Recent surveys indicate that smoking, alcohol consumption, and sexual intercourse among female college students have been increasing steadily in South Korea. This study seeks to examine relationships with socio-demographic variables, smoking, drinking behavior, gender role stereotype and sexual intercourse. Methods: The population of this study was female college students in Jeju island, Korea. The college students related on health majors were selected. Four thousand sixty responses were analyzed (nineteen were excluded). Female college students’ self-reports on drinking behavior, gender role stereotype and sexual behavior were used. Results: The rate of smoking and current alcohol drinkers were 9.3% and 89.3%, respectively. The prevalence of sexual intercourse 13.7%. The logistic regression analyses revealed that smoking, alcohol consumption, and gender role stereotype were significant predictors of sexual intercourse experience. Conclusion: Intervention and prevention efforts for unwanted sexual intercourse should integrate risk factors such as smoking and alcohol problems. Health education should be considered to for prevention in order to decrease drinking problems and unplanned sexual intercourse of college students.