Beauclair Roxanne, Kassanjee Reshma, Temmerman Marleen, Welte Alex, Delva Wim
South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling & Analysis, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care. 2012 Feb;17(1):30-9. doi: 10.3109/13625187.2011.644841.
To estimate the prevalence of age-disparate (AD) relationships among young black and coloured adults in Cape Town (South Africa) and determine socio-demographic predictors and individual and relationship characteristics of women in these relationships.
A secondary analysis of the Cape Area Panel Study (N = 1960) data was conducted. Descriptive statistics were used to quantify the age-mixing pattern and logistic regression was used to identify significant socio-demographic and behavioural correlates of AD relationships.
Prevalence of AD relationships was high in both black (36%) and coloured (28%) women. The average age difference between male respondents and their partners increased with age. Young, black women who spent fewer nights under the same roof in one week, had a deceased parent, and were not currently attending classes were more likely to be in an AD relationship. Reports of sexually-transmitted infection (STI) symptoms in the last month and unprotected sex were more common among women in AD relationships.
AD relationships are common among young women in Cape Town. Home and family stability is preventative of young women engaging in AD relationships. Therefore, holistic, societal interventions may reduce AD relationships, which are a risk factor for STIs.
评估南非开普敦年轻黑人和有色人种成年人中年龄差距较大（AD）关系的流行情况，并确定这些关系中女性的社会人口学预测因素以及个人和关系特征。
对开普地区面板研究（N = 1960）的数据进行二次分析。使用描述性统计来量化年龄混合模式，并使用逻辑回归来确定AD关系的显著社会人口学和行为相关因素。
黑人和有色人种女性中AD关系的流行率都很高（分别为36%和28%）。男性受访者与其伴侣之间的平均年龄差随年龄增长而增加。一周内在同一屋檐下过夜次数较少、有一位已故父母且目前未上课的年轻黑人女性更有可能处于AD关系中。在过去一个月内有性传播感染（STI）症状报告以及无保护性行为在处于AD关系的女性中更为常见。
AD关系在开普敦的年轻女性中很常见。家庭和家庭稳定性可预防年轻女性建立AD关系。因此，全面的社会干预措施可能会减少AD关系，而AD关系是性传播感染的一个风险因素。
