Basic deprivation and involvement in risky sexual behaviour among out-of-school young people in a Lagos slum

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ID15099356
AutoresMichael Kunnuji (0000-0001-5108-5639, University of Lagos, autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume16
Fascículo7
Páginas727-740
Data de publicação2014-08-09
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691058.2014.894206
PMID24697531
OpenAlexW2067875490
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas21

Research has shown that in countries such as Nigeria many urban dwellers live in a state of squalour and lack the basic necessities of food, clothing and shelter. The present study set out to examine the association between forms of basic deprivation--such as food deprivation, high occupancy ratio as a form of shelter deprivation, and inadequate clothing--and two sexual outcomes--timing of onset of penetrative sex and involvement in multiple sexual partnerships. The study used survey data from a sample of 480 girls resident in Iwaya community. A survival analysis of the timing of onset of sex and a regression model for involvement in multiple sexual partnerships reveal that among the forms of deprivation explored, food deprivation is the only significant predictor of the timing of onset of sex and involvement in multiple sexual partnerships. The study concludes that the sexual activities of poor out-of-school girls are partly explained by their desire to overcome food deprivation and recommends that government and non-governmental-organisation programmes working with young people should address the problem of basic deprivation among adolescent girls

Basic needs · Clothing · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Population · Poverty · Slum · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Homelessness and Social Issues · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology