Good girls and boys
Findings from a cross-sectional survey on adolescent rights, relationships, and sexuality in an urban informal settlement in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13899239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nayreen Daruwalla (Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action, Mumbai, India, corresponding author), Tanvi Mishra (Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action, Mumbai, India), Neeta Karandikar (Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action, Mumbai, India), Shanti Pantvaidya (0000-0001-6529-9726, Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action, Mumbai, India), David Osrin (0000-0001-9691-9684, Institute for Global Health, University College London Institute of Child Health, London, UK) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 308-324 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Adolescence and Youth (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0267-3843 • E-ISSN: 2164-4527 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02673843.2017.1371613 |
| PMID | 30101040 |
| OpenAlex | W2753373716 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 16 |
Around 20% of India's population are adolescents aged 10-19 years. Our objective was to strengthen program interventions on gender equity, health, and participation by gauging adolescents' levels of understanding and opinions. In a cross-sectional survey, we interviewed 2005 adolescents on their opinions on rights, friendship and sex, sexual refusal and coercion, and communication with family, using a two-stage probability proportional to size sample. Opinions on gender allocations were generally equitable, although females supported clothing proscriptions. Premarital sex, multiple partners, masturbation and non-heterosexual partnerships were frowned upon. Few respondents said that they felt pressure to be sexually active, 79% said that sexual coercion was a form of violence, but 14% of older adolescents said that it would be unreasonable to refuse sex. Our interviews described young people negotiating the terrain between perceived normative expectations and contemporary aspirations, showing limited manoeuvring within assumed gender roles in which family control was prominent
Developmental psychology · Empowerment · Environmental health · Friendship · Human sexuality · Peer pressure · Poison control · Political science · Population · Psychological intervention · Reproductive health · Sexual coercion · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Gender Studies · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |