Does timing of sexual debut following menarche among female youth in Uganda matter? A discrete time analysis
In: BMC Women's Health, Jg. 24 (2024), Heft 1, S. 1-12
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Abstract Background The burden of early sexual engagement among youth is enormous. It directly raises the risk of sexually transmitted infections(STIs) and indirectly contributes to unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortion, premature childbirth, and psychosocial issues. The aim of this paper was to estimate the timing of sexual debut and examine the factors influencing the timing of first sexual intercourse following menarche among female youth aged between 15 and 24 in Uganda. Method Self-reported data were extracted from the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS), with a sub-sample of 7964 female youth from the individual woman file. Kaplan-Meier survival curves, decrement life-table analysis, and the discrete-time logit model were used to examine the timing of sexual debut and associated factors. Results 67.4% of the female youth had experienced first sexual initiation. Overall, the meantime to sexual debut was 4.4 years and the median time was 4.3 years, and all the female youth had experienced first sexual initiation by the end of the twelfth year following menarche. Significant factors found to influence the timing of sexual initiation include having higher education level (OR = 0.724: 95% CI = 0.59–0.89; p = 0.003), residing in the Northern region (OR = 0.877:95% CI = 0.79–0.97, p = 0.012), being employed (OR = 1.085: 95% CI = 1.01–1.16; p = 0.021), and being literate (OR = 1.155; 95% CI = 1.07–1.25; p
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Does timing of sexual debut following menarche among female youth in Uganda matter? A discrete time analysis
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Nsimbe, Dick ; Lwanga, Charles ; Namawejje, Hellen |
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Zeitschrift: | BMC Women's Health, Jg. 24 (2024), Heft 1, S. 1-12 |
Veröffentlichung: | BMC, 2024 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1472-6874 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1186/s12905-024-03201-0 |
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