The paper investigates the complex relationships between premarital fertility and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan African countries. The DHS surveys provided data to compute the prevalence of premarital fertility, defined as any birth before the first marriage. The UNAIDS database provided data to compute the prevalence of HIV infection among pregnant women. Results indicate a moderate association betw...

The phenomenon of adolescent promiscuity is already in an alarming position. behavior teenage couples showing affection public places very easy to find, including on the streets, dimly lit "keude kupi" or other entertainment venues. Such when prosecution carried out will be faced by human rights activists. As Eastern nation known for its strong religious values, premarital sex a disgrace that m...

This paper tests the unitary household model against the non-unitary models by estimating the effects of the provincial sex ratio and the parents’ nonlabor incomes on Indonesian household’s investment in children’s education. In urban areas the sex ratio is found to have a strong positive effect on education expenditures, while in rural areas it has little effect. The income pooling hypothesis ...

BACKGROUND HIV prevalence varies between 0.9 and 6.5% in Ethiopia's eleven regions. Little has been published examining the reasons for this variation. METHODS We evaluated the relationship between HIV prevalence by region and a range of risk factors in the 2005 and 2011 Ethiopian Demographic Health Surveys. Pearson's correlation was used to assess the relationship between HIV prevalence and ...

Unintended pregnancy and abortion among unmarried youths arepublic health issues in Vietnam. This review aims to analyse factors influencing unintended pregnancy and abortion among unmarried youths using published and unpublished literatures. An ecological model was used as the conceptual framework with five levels of factors to guide the analysis. The intrapersonal factors include increasing p...

The age of menarche among Indian girls, which is reported to be declining, ranges from 11.5–14.5 years, with the current average age being 13.5 years. This has resulted in earlier onset of puberty and secondary sex characteristics, and increased reproductive exposure. (Bhatia,1993) With sexual maturation taking place earlier and the age of marriage delayed, the period of non-marital fecundity, ...

Premarital fertility, defined as birth before first marriage, is investigated in Madagascar, using two Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted in 1992 and 1997. About 8 per cent of all births and 23 per cent of first births take place before marriage, despite a low underlying mean age at first marriage, estimated to be 18.6 years in the absence of a previous birth. A premarital first bir...

Pastoral counselors who provide premarital counseling must address the topics that are most relevant to couples as they prepare for marriage. This article presents the results of a survey of clergy who provide premarital counseling, demonstrating the relative importance that clergy ascribe to premarital counseling topics, as well as the relationship between religious affiliation and ratings of ...

The research that has been conducted to date on Vietnamese adolescents has focused on unprotected and unsanctioned sexual activity and its health consequences, specifically abortion and sexually transmitted diseases, especially HIV. The question we pose in this article is whether this concern is warranted. Is the population community justified in limiting research on this population to early se...