Early sexual initiation and multiple sexual partners among Vietnamese women: analysis from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, 2011

Son, Dinh Thai; Oh, Juhwan; Heo, Jongho; Huy, Nguyễn Văn; Minh, Hoàng Văn; Choi, Sugy; Hoat, Luu Ngoc

doi:10.3402/gha.v9.29575

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“…Our finding on the association between age at sexual debut and having multiple sexual partners among women is in line with several previously published studies. Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey study on Vietnam found significant association between early sexual debut with having lifetime multiple sexual partners ( 31 ). The same study also reported that first sexual intercourse before 19 years increased the likelihood of having multiple sexual partners by a factor of five.…”

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Age at First Sexual Intercourse and Multiple Sexual Partnerships Among Women in Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

Yaya

Bishwajit

2018

Front. Med.

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Background: Little is known about sexual behavior such as first sexual intercourse and number of sexual partnerships among women in Nigeria. Early sexual debut is a widely recognized public health issue due to its influence on higher lifetime sexual partners which in turn is associated with increased vulnerability to pregnancy complications, HIV/AIDS and other and sexually-transmitted diseases. In the present study, we attempted to explore the patterns of age of sexual debut and multiple sexual partnerships among women of reproductive age in Nigeria.Methods: Women who responded to the questions about the age at first sex and number of lifetime sex partners were selected from two latest rounds Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). In total 60,611 women aged between 15 and 49 years were selected for this analysis. Age at sexual debut was used as the predictor of multiple sexual partnerships which was assessed by multinomial regression models with logit link function in complex sample analysis mode.Results: The median age at first sex was 16 years (Interquartile range 16–24). Age at first sexual intercourse below the age of 19 years was reported by 30.8% of the women. Respectively 45.4% (95%CI = 42.9–47.9) 49.8% (95%CI = 47.8–51.7) of the women reported experiencing first intercourse before reaching 15 and 17 years, whereas 46.9% (95%CI = 45.2–48.7) of the women reported being monogamous and 47.2% (95%CI = 45.6–48.8) and 47.6% (95%CI = 43.8–51.3) had 2–3 and >3 lifetime sexual partners. In multivariable analysis after adjusting for confounding factors, women having sexual debut below 18 years were found to be significantly more likely to have 2–3 and more than 3 lifetime sexual partner.Conclusion: The study concludes that an increasing proportion of Nigerian women are experiencing sexual debut before reaching 15 years. The findings suggest that early sexual debut is associated with multiple sexual partnerships which may increase the risk of STIs. Stakeholders in health care system need to be aware that early sexual debut can be associated with successive unsafe sexual practices which can lead to adverse health outcomes including HIV infection and STIs, early marriage, unwanted pregnancy, and abortion. Therefore, it is important to design effective interventions to encourage women delay sexual debut to help prevent unintended pregnancies and decrease the disproportionate burden of adverse health outcomes.

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Age at First Sexual Intercourse and Multiple Sexual Partnerships Among Women in Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

Yaya

Bishwajit

2018

Front. Med.

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“…For this study, it was not possible to include variables from all these domains, as subjective well-being was not the main focus of the survey. Based on the availability of the variables on the dataset, the following were included in the analysis: Age (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24); sex (Male/Female); marital status (Currently Married/Formerly Married/Never Married); region (Northern/Central/Southern); satisfaction with living condition (Not satisfied/Satisfied); religion (Islam and other/Christian); wealth quintile ((Poorest or Q1)/Second or Q2/Middle or Q3/Fourth or Q4/Richest or Q5)); ethnicity (Chewa/Tumbuka/Lomwe/Yao/Ngoni/Other); education (None/Primary/Secondary); has children (Yes/No); ever smoke (Yes/No); ever drink (Yes/No); media use (Yes/No) (Ngamaba and Soni 2018;Bishwajit et al 2017;DeSalvo et al 2006;Balogun et al 2017;Chin 2010;Cheung and Lucas 2014;He et al 2018;Son et al 2016;Ghose 2017).…”

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“…The index is constructed by principal components analysis of scores assigned on individual household possessions, e.g., consumer goods, dwelling characteristics. Households are then ranked based on individual scores to range between poorest, poorer, middle, richer, and richest (Son et al 2016). Media use was measured by self-reported use of TV and radio.…”

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Subjective Happiness, Health and Quality of Life and Their Sociocultural Correlates among Younger Population in Malawi

2019

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Public health research and policy in sub-Saharan Africa are generally disease-oriented, with the focus being largely confined within the biological determinants of health. So far, little attention has been given to developing a more health-oriented approach by emphasising the psychosocial dimensions of health, especially among the younger population. To this regard, we conducted the present study to assess the prevalence and sociocultural correlates of perceived happiness, health, and life satisfaction among the adolescent and young (15–24 years) population in Malawi. We analysed cross-sectional data on 12,610 men and women based on a Malawi multiple indicator cluster survey conducted in 2013–2014. Data were analysed using descriptive and multivariable regression methods. According to the findings, more than 80% of the men and women reported being satisfied about happiness, health, and life. Multivariate analysis showed an inverse relationship between being currently or formerly married and perceived happiness. Ethnic disparities in perceived health and happiness were more pronounced in men, whereas that of life satisfaction was more pronounced in women. Living in households of the highest wealth quintile was positively associated with health and life satisfaction, but not with happiness. These findings highlight the need for prioritising the psychosocial needs of the adolescent and youth populations in designing health and social policy in Malawi. The findings need to be interpreted in light of the factors specific to the sociocultural environment in Malawi.

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“…Por otro lado Son, en adolescentes vietnamitas, informa que solo el 5 % de las mujeres utilizaron preservativo durante la primera relación sexual (17). Este hecho se explicaría, en parte, en que la prioridad de las adolescentes es la prevención del embarazo o evitar el enojo de sus parejas, por lo que prefieren el uso de métodos hormonales por sobre otros, y no consideran el riesgo de exposición a ITS (18).…”

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Conductas sexuales de riesgo en adolescentes estudiantes de primer año de pregrado de la Universidad San Sebastián: Estudio transversal

Bouniot-Escobar

Muñoz-Vigueras

Norambuena-Vergara

et al. 2017

Rev. Colomb. Obstet. Ginecol.

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Objetivos: determinar la prevalencia de conductas sexuales de riesgo en adolescentes, y compararlas según sexo en una población universitaria en Chile.Materiales y métodos: estudio descriptivo transversal, realizado en estudiantes de primer año de pregrado, matriculados en 2016, en una universidad privada ubicada en Concepción, Chile. Tamaño muestral: 328 sujetos; muestreo no probabilístico por conveniencia. Se midieron variables sociodemográficas, conductas sexuales de riesgo y otras conductas de caracterización sexual. Por otra parte, se compararon conductas sexuales de riesgo según sexo. Se utilizó estadística descriptiva, el análisis comparativo se realizó mediante Ji cuadrado o Exacto de Fisher.Resultados: se estudiaron 107 mujeres y 77 hombres. Las principales conductas sexuales de riesgo fueron el inicio de la actividad sexual antes de los 18 años (88,31 %; 74,77 % respectivamente), haber tenido más de una pareja sexual (66,24 %; 53,27 % respectivamente) y una muy baja frecuencia del uso de preservativo durante la relación en mujeres (48 %). Al comparar las conductas por sexo se observaron diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre hombres y mujeres en la edad de inicio de la actividad sexual (p = 0,022), en el número de parejas sexuales (p = 0,008) y en el uso de preservativo (p = 0,001).Conclusiones: más de la mitad de los estudiantes adolescentes mostraron conductas sexuales de riesgo. Estos resultados dan luces sobre la necesidad de fortalecer las políticas públicas chilenas dirigidas a la población adolescente joven, sobre todo si se considera que dentro de los objetivos estratégicos de salud chilenos se encuentran la disminución del embarazo adolescente y de las infecciones de transmisión sexual.

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Early sexual initiation and multiple sexual partners among Vietnamese women: analysis from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, 2011

Cited by 38 publications

References 19 publications

Age at First Sexual Intercourse and Multiple Sexual Partnerships Among Women in Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

Age at First Sexual Intercourse and Multiple Sexual Partnerships Among Women in Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

Subjective Happiness, Health and Quality of Life and Their Sociocultural Correlates among Younger Population in Malawi

Conductas sexuales de riesgo en adolescentes estudiantes de primer año de pregrado de la Universidad San Sebastián: Estudio transversal

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