Sexual violence and associated factors among female youths in South Africa
SOURCE: Gender and Behaviour
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2015
TITLE AUTHOR(S): L.Seutlwadi, G.Matseke, K.Peltzer
KEYWORDS: HEALTH, RISK BEHAVIOUR, SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR, VIOLENCE, WOMEN, YOUTH
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 8994
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/1634
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/1634
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2015
TITLE AUTHOR(S): L.Seutlwadi, G.Matseke, K.Peltzer
KEYWORDS: HEALTH, RISK BEHAVIOUR, SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR, VIOLENCE, WOMEN, YOUTH
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 8994
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/1634
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/1634
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Abstract
The study aims to investigate factors associated with sexual violence among South African female youths (18-24 years) in a cross-sectional household survey. The final sample included 974 sexually active females from four provinces (Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga). Of those, 7.3% reported to have had sex because someone used physical force to make them have sex with him/her. In the bivariate analysis, low self-esteem, lack of partner risk self-efficacy, having had sexually transmitted infections in a life-time, early sexual debut, not being employed and medium to high sexually permissive attitudes were associated with having experienced sexual violence. Programmes in combating sexual violence can utilize identified risk factors in interventions.-
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