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标题：Timing of Premarital Intercourse in Bandjoun (West Cameroon)
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作者：Zacharie Tsala Dimbuene ; Barthelemy Kuate Defo
期刊名称：SAGE Open
印刷版ISSN：2158-2440
电子版ISSN：2158-2440
出版年度：2013
卷号：3
期号：1
DOI：10.1177/2158244013480152
语种：English
出版社：SAGE Publications
摘要：This article examined the effects of family environment on the risks of premarital intercourse for male and female youth. Previous research in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) on the linkages between family structures and sexual debut mainly utilized cross-sectional data. In a sample drawn from Cameroon Family and Health Survey (N = 2,166), descriptive and multivariate results showed that youth who resided in nuclear two-parent families, those who reported higher levels of parental monitoring and higher quality of parent–child relationships during childhood and/or adolescence, had significantly lower rates of premarital intercourse. Polygynous families, parent–child communication, orphanhood, and change in family structure were significantly associated with higher rates of premarital intercourse. Programmatic implications for reproductive health interventions in SSA are discussed.
关键词：family structure; family processes; adolescence and youth; premarital sexual intercourse