Zambuko Oliver, Mturi Akim J
School of Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
J Biosoc Sci. 2005 Sep;37(5):569-84. doi: 10.1017/S0021932004007084.
The paper discusses factors associated with sexual risk behaviour, i.e. failure to use condoms consistently during sexual intercourse, among unmarried sexually experienced youths in South Africa. Data from the 'Transitions to Adulthood in the Context of AIDS in South Africa' surveys of 1999 and 2001 were analysed to identify factors associated with high sexual risk behaviour among the youth. The multinomial regression models for male and female youths were fitted separately for the 1999 and 2001 data sets. The results show increasingly consistent use of condoms during sexual intercourse and that high sexual risk behaviour among youths is predominantly determined by social factors such as 'ever-pregnant' or 'ever made pregnant', 'ever given something for sex', age of sexual partner, currently in school, pressured by friends to have sex, peer influence on safe sex and education level for males. There is evidence that availability of contraception information is important in strategic interventions that seek to change the sexual behaviour of the youth in South Africa.
该论文探讨了与性风险行为相关的因素，即南非未婚且有性经验的年轻人在性交过程中未能始终如一地使用避孕套的情况。对1999年和2001年“南非艾滋病背景下向成年期过渡”调查的数据进行了分析，以确定与年轻人高性风险行为相关的因素。针对1999年和2001年的数据集，分别为男性和女性青年拟合了多项回归模型。结果显示，性交过程中使用避孕套的情况越来越普遍，而且年轻人的高性风险行为主要由社会因素决定，如“曾怀孕”或“曾致使他人怀孕”、“曾以性换取物品”、性伴侣的年龄、目前在校、受朋友逼迫发生性行为、同龄人对安全性行为的影响以及男性的教育水平。有证据表明，避孕信息的可获取性在旨在改变南非年轻人性行为的战略干预措施中很重要。
