Predictors of early sexual initiation among a nationally representative sample of Nigerian adolescents
Open Access
- 25 April 2008
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 8 (1), 136
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-136
Abstract
Early sexual debut among adolescents is associated with considerable negative heath and development outcomes. An understanding of the determinants or predictors of the timing of sexual debut is important for effective intervention, but very few studies to date have addressed this issue in the Nigerian context. The aim of the present study is to examine predictors of adolescent sexual initiation among a nationally representative sample of adolescents in Nigeria.Keywords
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