Premarital Sex, Procreation, and HIV Risk in Nigeria

Bibliographic Data

ID10795206
AuthorsDaniel Jordan Smith (0000-0002-2612-9166, Brown University, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume35
Issue4
Pages223-235
Publication date2004-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Family Planning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.0039-3665.2004.00027.x
PMID15628781
OpenAlexW2007156520
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited42

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