PMID: 8603264Mar 1, 1996Paper

A study of sexual behavior change in rural Senegal

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology : Official Publication of the International Retrovirology Association
E LagardeC Enel

Abstract

This study describes recent sociodemographic and behavioral changes in a rural community in Senegal and investigates how these changes may have modified the risk of HIV/STD transmission. The authors combine findings from two surveys: (a) a marriage survey among all adults of a rural community of approximately 7,000 inhabitants; and (b) a sexual practices survey conducted among a sample of the same population (165 men and 165 women) between 1989 and 1994. During the last 30 years--between 1955-64 and 1985-92--age at first marriage increased in the study area from 25 to 32 years for men and from 21 to 24 years for women. At the same time, age at first sexual intercourse decreased by approximately 10 years on average for men. As expected, this has led to an increase in premarital sexual activity, and we have documented both an increase in the percentage of individuals declaring sexual relations before marriage and, for men, an increase in the number of sexual partners before marriage. Multipartnership is more frequent among men than women (OR=4.4), among those who had their first intercourse at an early age (OR=3.3), among rural migrants (OR=2.7), and among those who had a good knowledge of AIDS. These findings show how recent cha...Continue Reading

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