Premarital Sex, Procreation, and HIV Risk in Nigeria

Dados Bibliográficos

ID10795206
AutoresDaniel Jordan Smith (0000-0002-2612-9166, Brown University, autor correspondente)
Ano2004
Volume35
Fascículo4
Páginas223-235
Data de publicação2004-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoStudies in Family Planning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.0039-3665.2004.00027.x
PMID15628781
OpenAlexW2007156520
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas25
Referências citadas42

In Nigeria, research has documented a significant disparity between people's knowledge of HIV/AIDS and the extent to which they act to protect themselves. Data from a survey of 863 adolescent and unmarried young adults, in‐depth interviews, and participant observation are combined in this study to explain some of this discrepancy. Young migrants appear to make sexual and contraceptive decisions in relation to gender norms and attitudes concerning procreation at least as much as in relation to fear of disease. Assessments of current and potential partners, choices about whether or not to have sex, and decisions about whether or not to use condoms are influenced by shared cultural values regarding the importance of parenthood. These cultural conceptions of parenthood are gender‐specific and put men and women in different negotiating positions with regard to sex and contraception

Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Population · Premarital sex · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Sex work and related issues · Virology