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Sexual behaviors relevant to HIV transmission in a rural African population : How much can a KAP survey tell us?

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  • Schopper, Doris
  • Doussantousse, Serge
  • Orav, John

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KAP surveys have been proposed as a means to gather quantitative information on AIDS-related sexual behaviors, but the validity of survey results has not been tested. The validity of data gathered during a KAP survey in a rural district in Northern Uganda (N = 1486) was examined analyzing expected behavioral patterns, agreement of partner reports, and concordance of number of sexual contacts across gender. Patterns of sexual behavior and age trends are as expected. More men (50%) than women (18.5%) reported premarital sex. The likelihood of sexual intercourse before marriage increases with age at first marriage and with education. Women marry 5 years earlier than men, and the number of marriages increases with age. Peak incidence of casual sex occurs before age 25. The male/female ratio of casual sex is 4, as compared to about 3 in other African surveys. Single men are 2.5 times more likely to engage in casual sex than married males. Agreement of partner reports was examined for 392 couples selected by chance. 86% of the couples agreed on being polygamous or monogamous. On average men reported 1.3 (SD = 0.7) wives as compared to women reporting 1.5 (SD = 0.89) wives (P

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  • Schopper, Doris & Doussantousse, Serge & Orav, John, 1993. "Sexual behaviors relevant to HIV transmission in a rural African population : How much can a KAP survey tell us?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 37(3), pages 401-412, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:37:y:1993:i:3:p:401-412
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    1. Laura Bernardi, 2002. "Determinants of individual AIDS risk perception: knowledge, behavioural control, and social influence," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2002-029, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.
    2. Jin, Yichen & Chen, Jingqi & Yu, Buyi, 2019. "Parental practice of child sexual abuse prevention education in China: Does it have an influence on child's outcome?," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 64-69.

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