cents, regardless of their marital status, are sexually experienced and have been exposed to risky sexual practices, including exchanging sex for money, having multiple partners and failing to use condoms.6 To reduce the incidence of unprotected premarital sexual activity, adults need to understand adolescent reproductive decision-making. Clearly, the social environment plays an important role ...

Cohabitation and marriage in the United States are converging relationships for those cohabiters who eventually marry. Using the “National Survey of Families and Households” and the “National Survey of Family Growth” as data sources, this dissertation examines trends over time in cohabitation and the types of people who cohabit before marriage, differences in behavior across relationship stages...

In an effort to address high rates of marital distress and divorce, numerous scholars, educators, and policy makers have advocated for premarital education programs. Despite this widespread support, there remains a number of valid questions regarding the general effectiveness of premarital education in strengthening marriages and preventing divorce. This paper presents a comprehensive and criti...

background: marital satisfaction is affected by many factors. satisfaction with one's sexual life tends to be a pivotal factor in marital satisfaction. in iran, socio-cultural and political limitations are obstacles for sexuality-related studies, therefore, in­sufficient information is available in the area. unique in its own, in this paper we report how sexual relationships relate to mari­tal ...

HIV and AIDS still pose a major public health problem to most countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Zambia included. The objective of the paper is to determine changes in selected sexual behaviour and practice and HIV prevalence indicators between 2001-2002 and 2007. We used the Demographic and Health Survey Indicators Database for the computation of the selected indicators. We further used STATA 10...

BACKGROUND The migrant population in China is at high risk for sexual risk behavior and alcohol intoxication. Information about the prevalence of alcohol intoxication and its association with sexual risk behavior among migrants is needed for designing effective intervention prevention programs for reduction in alcohol abuse and HIV infection. METHODS Cross-sectional data were collected from 2...