Proportion of Premarital Sexual Practice and Coupled Factors among High School Students in Alamata Town, Tigray, Ethiopia
Corresponding Author(s) : Prem Kumar
greenwater3020@gmail.com
International Journal of Allied Medical Sciences and Clinical Research,
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2018): 2018 Volume 6- Issue -1
Abstract
The world wide trend in sexual activity of adolescents at young age is increase in the world. In many countries the majority of young people are sexually active before formal marriage and it is common among 15-19 years old.
Objective
To assess the Proportion of pre martial sexual practice and its associated factor among High School Students in Alamata Town, 2017.
Methods
A cross sectional study design was used and a structured pre-tested questionnaire was the tool to collect the data. Random sampling technique was used to select the high school from all high schools in Alamata town and proportionate stratified sampling technique and simple random sampling was used to select samples from grade 9th and grade 10th.
Results
The Proportion of pre martial sex among the study participants of this study was 18.9%. The risk factors associated with premarital sex among the study subjects are grade level, sex, alcohol use, khat use, watch sex movies, work to get money.
Conclusion
From this study it is possible to conclude that high school students engaged in premarital sexual practice (3.54% of females and 15.36 % of males) which is found to be higher than other studies. Most of students to start sexual activity were fall in love, had desire, peer pressure, alcohol drinks
Keywords
Proportion
Premarital sex
Coupled Factors
High school
Students
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Prem Kumar. Proportion of Premarital Sexual Practice and Coupled Factors among High School Students in Alamata Town, Tigray, Ethiopia. Int. J. of Allied Med. Sci. and Clin. Res. [Internet]. 2020 Aug. 9 [cited 2025 Sep. 26];6(1):53-9. Available from: https://ijamscr.com/ijamscr/article/view/482
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[3]. UNFP the state of world population Geneva, 2006.
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[6]. Bearman PS, Bruckner H, (Eds): Peer Effects on Adolescent Girls' Sexual Debut and Pregnancy. Washington, D.C.: National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; 1999.
Yemiamrew G et al / Int. J. of Allied Med. Sci. and Clin. Research Vol-6(1) 2018 [53-59]
59
[7]. Marin BV, Kirby DB, Hudes ES, Coyle KK, Gomez CA: Boyfriends, girlfriends and teenagers' risk of sexual involvement. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 38, 2006, 76-83.
[8]. World Health Organization (WHO) Improving adolescent health and development. Adolescent Health and development program.Family and reproductive health.WHO/FRH/ADH, 1998/98-18.
[9]. Bongaarts, J. and Cohen, B. Adolescent reproductive behavior in the developing world Introduction and overview. Studies in family planning; 29(1), 1998, 99-105.
[10]. UNFPA: State of the world population 2003: Gender inequality and Reproductive Health; 2003.
[11]. Lamptey PR: Reducing heterosexual transmission of HIV in poor countries. Bmj 324(7331), 2002, 207-211.
[12]. Michelo C, Sandoy IF, Dzekedzeke K, Siziya S, Fylkesnes K: Steep HIV prevalence declines among young people in selected Zambian communities: population-based observations (1995-2003). BMC Public Health 6, 2006, 279.
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[15]. Pankhurst A: Conception of and responses to HIV/AIDS Views from 26 Ethiopian rural villages. [http://www.wed-ethiopia.org/docs /working paper 2.pdf].
[16]. Fekadu Z: Casual sex debuts among female adolescents in Addis Ababa. Ethiop J Health Dev 15(2), 2001, 109-116.
[17]. FikaduA. And Fikadu K.(2002).Creating a better future for Ethiopian Youth .A conference on ARH. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. 2000, 6-9.
[18]. HIV and Sexual Behavior Among young South Africans. National Survey of 15-24 years old.University of Witwatersrand. wwwrhru.co.za. 2014.
[19]. Lemma E: Predictors of HIV/AIDS related sexual behavior of high-school adolescents, Jimma town, southwest Ethiopia, 2000.
[20]. In Jimma Zone Preparatory Schools, South West Ethiopia; Ethiop J Health Sci. 24(1), 2014.
[21]. Fikirialebachew, fentaw Mohammed, “prevalence of premarital sexual practice and its contributing factors in robit high school students.