The Effect of Socio-Demographic Factors on Risky-Sexual Behaviours of Adolescents in the North West Province of South Africa

Abstract

The present study sought Résumé La présente étude a cherché à combler un vide recherche sur les adolescents comportements à problème en Afrique du Sud par l'examen individuel et facteurs contextuels qui affectent sexuelle risque de comportements chez les noirs africains des adolescents dans une communauté pauvre de la Province du nord-ouest de l'Afrique du Sud. L'aide logistique et de régression Poisson techniques analytiques, Nous constatons que les individus et facteurs contextuels tels

Risky Sexual Behavior and Factors Associated with it among Public and Private Secondary School Students in Addis Ababa City (Ethiopia): a Cross-Sectional Comparative Study

“…A study conducted in South Africa indicated that adolescents who report strong religiosity are less likely than their counterparts who report weak religiosity to report lifetime sex. The odds of adolescents who report strong religiosity were 54% less than those who report weak religiosity [11]. Several scholars have observed that adolescents who attached importance to religion were significantly more aware of the dangers of HIV/AIDS than their non-religious counterparts; they are more likely to delay sexual involvement than those with lower levels of religiosity [15].…”

“…Age is another determining factor. In the same study, the timing of first sexual debut has found that the rate for older adolescents was about 27% higher than the rate for younger adolescents [11]. A study conducted in Finland and Estonia has observed a positive association between age and sexual experience, that is, as age increases the participation in sexual activity also increases [12].…”

“…Early sexual debut increases young peoples' risk for infection with HIV and other STIs. Youth who begin early sexual activity are more likely to have high-risk sex or multiple partners and are less likely to use condoms [11]. Also, early age at sexual debut has been associated with higher number of lifetime sexual partners [16].…”

“…In another study conducted on risky sexual behaviors of adolescents in the North West Province of South Africa, adolescents who have strong ties are more likely than those with weak ties to their peers to report lifetime sex. Youths who had peer pressure to have sexual intercourse and those who had friends already engaged in sexual intercourse were more likely to have sexual experience (AOR = 1.96) and (AOR = 1.41) respectively [11]. A similar study conducted on school adolescents in Addis Ababa confirmed that students who perceived their peers are involved in sexual relationships were more likely to report risky sexual behavior compared to those who did not have this perception [AOR = 11.68 (95%CI: 8.76 -15.58)] [18].…”

Relationship of Adolescents’ Characteristics, Smartphone Uses and Premarital Sexual Behavior in High School Students

“…Norviatin (2014) states that the status and frequency of dating in adolescents (Nursal, 2008) can influence the premarital sexual behavior in adolescents. Various researches show that the origin of school influences the risky sexual behavior in adolescents (Ryu,et al, 2007;Amoateng, Kalule, & Arkaah 2014;Mujayapura, 2014). Mujayapura's research showed that respondents from private schools (60%) had higher risk of sexual behavior than those from state school.…”