Health Policy Research Group, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu, Nigeria.
Department of Community Medicine, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu, Nigeria.
Sci Data. 2020 Dec 17;7(1):438. doi: 10.1038/s41597-020-00783-w.
A cross-sectional survey of adolescents and heads of households was done in six urban and rural local government areas in Ebonyi state, Nigeria in August 2018. Modified cluster sampling technique was used to select households from which eligible adolescent boys and girls were recruited. This data article describes two datasets that, for the first time, expansively describe adolescents' sexual and reproductive behaviors in Nigeria. The datasets include variables on adolescents' demographic and socioeconomic characteristics; family relationships; sexual behaviors; awareness and use of contraceptives; access to sexual and reproductive health information and services; gender norms and ideology about adolescent sexuality; and potential strategies for reducing unwanted teenage pregnancies and unsafe abortions. This dataset would be useful to public health researchers and social scientists investigating drivers of adolescent sexual and reproductive behaviour, as well as programme managers seeking potential strategies for improving adolescent health outcomes. The datasets also provide a template that could be replicated for national or regional surveys on adolescent sexual and reproductive behaviours.
2018 年 8 月，在尼日利亚埃邦伊州的六个城市和农村地方政府区对青少年和户主进行了横断面调查。采用改良的聚类抽样技术从合格的青少年男孩和女孩所在的家庭中招募了参与者。本数据文章描述了两个数据集，这两个数据集首次广泛描述了尼日利亚青少年的性和生殖行为。这些数据集包括关于青少年人口统计学和社会经济特征；家庭关系；性行为；对避孕药具的认识和使用；获得性和生殖健康信息和服务；性别规范和青少年性行为观念；以及减少意外怀孕和不安全堕胎的潜在策略的变量。该数据集将对研究青少年性行为和生殖行为驱动因素的公共卫生研究人员和社会科学家以及寻求改善青少年健康结果的潜在策略的方案管理人员有用。这些数据集还提供了一个模板，可用于对青少年性和生殖行为进行全国或区域调查。
