Differences in sexual behaviour and sexual practices of adolescents in Nigeria based on sex and self-reported HIV status

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dc.contributor.authorMO Folayan
dc.contributor.authorM Odetoyinbo
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-26T13:46:55Z
dc.date.available2025-08-26T13:46:55Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description12p
dc.description.abstractBackground Sexual behaviour and sexual practices affect the risk for acquisition and transmission of HIV infection. This study tries to identify differences in sexual behaviour (condom use with non-marital partners, multiple sexual partnerships transactional sex and age mixing in sexual relationships), sexual practices (oral, anal and vagina sex), and forced sexual initiation based on sex and HIV status of adolescents in Nigeria. Method Face to face interviewer-administered questionnaires were used to collect information from a nationally representative sample of 10–19 years old adolescents residing in Nigeria. Data included information on age of sexual debut, sexual behaviour and sexual practices. Association between HIV status, sex, sexual behaviour and sexual practices, and predictors of use of condoms during the last vaginal sexual intercourse were determined. Result More self-reported HIV positive than HIV negative females had experienced forced sexual initiation (p = 0.008). Significantly more female than male adolescents had engaged in transactional sex (p < 0.001) and had sex with partners who were older than them by 10 years or more (p < 0.001). Vaginal (95.2%), oral (26.6%) and anal (7.8%) sex were practiced by male and females irrespective of HIV status. More females reported oral sex (p = 0.001). Being a female (p = 0.001), having genital itching in the last 12 months (p = 0.04)and having engaged in anal sex in the last 12 months (p = 0.009) reduced the odds of using a condom at last vaginal intercourse. Having a HIV positive or negative status did not significantly increase the odds of using a condom at last vaginal intercourse.
dc.identifier.citationFolayan, M. O., Odetoyinbo, M., Brown, B., & Harrison, A. (2014). Differences in sexual behaviour and sexual practices of adolescents in Nigeria based on sex and self-reported HIV status. Reproductive Health, 11(1), 1-12.
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.oauife.edu.ng/handle/123456789/6711
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherReproductive Health
dc.titleDifferences in sexual behaviour and sexual practices of adolescents in Nigeria based on sex and self-reported HIV status
dc.typeArticle
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