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SURVEY OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND CONTRACEPTIVE USE AMONG UNMARRIED YOUNG SCHOOL AND COLLEGE DROP-OUTS IN A DEFINED NIGERIAN POPULATION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2016

Abiodun Idowu Adanikin ,
Pipeloluwa Oluwayemisi Adanikin ,
Ernest Okechukwu Orji  and
Benedict Tolulope Adeyanju
Abiodun Idowu Adanikin*
Affiliation:
Department of Social Statistics and Demography, University of Southampton, UK Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Pipeloluwa Oluwayemisi Adanikin
Affiliation:
Department of Family Medicine, Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Ernest Okechukwu Orji
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Perinatology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Benedict Tolulope Adeyanju
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
*
1Corresponding author. Email: a.i.adanikin@soton.ac.uk
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Summary

This study sought to characterize sexual behaviour, contraceptive use and contributory upbringing factors among young people who had dropped out of school or college in a Nigerian setting. A community-based, cross-sectional sexual survey of 161 young people aged between 15 and 35 who had dropped out of school or college was performed in Ado-Ekiti, south-west Nigeria, in April 2015. One hundred and nineteen of the respondents (73.9%) had had sexual intercourse. Mean age at sexual debut was 19.08±3.5 years. Of those with sexual experience, 79 (66.4%) had their sexual debut with a previous boy/girlfriend and 33 (27.7%) had it in their current relationship. Three (2.5%) respondents had first sex with a stranger. About 90% were still having sexual intercourse within 12 months of the survey; more males had had sex than females (81.1% versus 67.8%). Around 80% of those with sexual exposure practised a form of contraception, mainly use of the male condom, but fewer than 25% were all-time contraceptive users. Coming from a single-parent family (p=0.04) or from a family of poor economic status (AOR: 7.41; 95% CI: 0.69–0.83) were found to be associated with sexual debut by the age of 19 and premarital sex, respectively, in these young people. Unprotected sexual intimacy was found to be high among young school/college drop-outs in this region of Nigeria. This group of young people need targeted reproductive health intervention as they represent a potent route for HIV transmission in the region.

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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 49 , Issue 5 , September 2017 , pp. 675 - 684
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press, 2016 

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