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Reasons for delaying or engaging in early sexual initiation among adolescents in Nigeria

Author(s) -

Augustine Ankomah,

Mamman-Daura,

Omoregie,

Jennifer Anyanti

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

adolescent health medicine and therapeutics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1179-318X

DOI - 10.2147/ahmt.s23649

Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , southeastern nigeria , clinical psychology , medicine , socioeconomics , sociology

Annually, over 1 million births in Nigeria are to teenage mothers. Many of these pregnancies are unwanted and these mothers are also exposed to the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Sexual abstinence is a critical preventative health strategy. Several quantitative studies in Nigeria have identified the correlates and determinants of early sex, yet few have explored in depth the underlying reasons for early sex. This paper explores both the key factors that motivate some unmarried young people to engage in early sex and reasons why some delay.

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