Timing of Premarital Intercourse in Bandjoun (West Cameroon)
Does Family Environment Matter
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3221675 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zacharie Tsala Dimbuene (0000-0002-7977-1689, Statistics Canada), Barthelemy Kuate Defo (0000-0002-6589-0564, Université de Montréal) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | SAGE Open (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2158244013480152 |
| OpenAlex | W2160026070 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 45 |
This article examined the effects of family environment on the risks of premarital intercourse for male and female youth. Previous research in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) on the linkages between family structures and sexual debut mainly utilized cross-sectional data. In a sample drawn from Cameroon Family and Health Survey ( N = 2,166), descriptive and multivariate results showed that youth who resided in nuclear two-parent families, those who reported higher levels of parental monitoring and higher quality of parent-child relationships during childhood and/or adolescence, had significantly lower rates of premarital intercourse. Polygynous families, parent-child communication, orphanhood, and change in family structure were significantly associated with higher rates of premarital intercourse. Programmatic implications for reproductive health interventions in SSA are discussed
Developmental psychology · Family planning · Multivariate analysis · Nuclear family · Population · Psychological intervention · Reproductive health · Research methodology · Sexual behavior · Sexual intercourse · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |