Factors associated with age-disparate sexual partnerships among males and females in South Africa: a multinomial analysis of the 2012 national population-based household survey data
SOURCE: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2021
TITLE AUTHOR(S): M.Mabaso, L.Mlangeni, L.Makola, O.Oladimeji, I.Naidoo, Y.Naidoo, B.Chibi, K.Zuma, L.Simbayi
KEYWORDS: AGE, HOUSEHOLDS, SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC), Deputy CEO: Research (DCEO_R), Deputy CEO: Research (ERKC), Deputy CEO: Research (CGI)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11863
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15902
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15902
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2021
TITLE AUTHOR(S): M.Mabaso, L.Mlangeni, L.Makola, O.Oladimeji, I.Naidoo, Y.Naidoo, B.Chibi, K.Zuma, L.Simbayi
KEYWORDS: AGE, HOUSEHOLDS, SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC), Deputy CEO: Research (DCEO_R), Deputy CEO: Research (ERKC), Deputy CEO: Research (CGI)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11863
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15902
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15902
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Abstract
In South Africa, age-disparate to sexual relationships where the age diference between partners is 5 years or greater is an important contributor to the spread of HIV. However, little is known about the predictors of age-disparate sexual relationships. This study investigates factors associated with age-disparate sexual relationships among males and females in South Africa. This analysis used the 2012 nationally representative population-based household survey conducted using multi-stage stratifed cluster sampling design. Multivariate multinomial stepwise logistic regression models were used to determine factors associated with age-disparate sexual relationships. Of 15,717 participants, who responded to the question on age-disparate sexual relationships, 62% males versus 58.5% females had partners within 5 years older or younger, 34.7% of males versus 2.7% of females had partners at least 5 years younger and 3.3% of males versus 38.8% of females had partners at least 5 years older. Among both males and females predictors of age-disparate sexual relationships were education, employment, socioeconomic status, locality type, age at sexual debut, condom use at last sexual act and HIV status while race was also an additional predictor for among females. Including unprotected sex and risk of HIV infection among adolescent girls and young women with sexual partners 5 years older their age. This study suggest that there is a need for reprioritizing the combination of behavioural and structural interventions to address risky sexual behaviours, unprotected sex, poverty, limited education and gender inequitable norms related to age-disparate sexual relationships and HIV.-
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