Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Geneva, Switzerland.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
Stud Fam Plann. 2022 Mar;53(1):173-192. doi: 10.1111/sifp.12187. Epub 2022 Feb 28.
Research from sub-Saharan Africa has shown the heightened likelihood of dropping out of school for students in sexual relationships, particularly girls. However, our knowledge is limited as to whether the risk of school dropout is exacerbated by the exchange of gifts in the relationship as well as students' poverty level. Drawing on longitudinal survey data from rural Malawi, this study explores these questions, examining differences by gender and poverty level in the association between being in a sexual relationship in which gifts are exchanged and school dropout for adolescents in primary school. Our findings show that for both boys and girls, being in a gifting relationship heightens the risk of school dropout and eliminates the protective advantages of being nonpoor on dropout. However, non-gifting sexual relationships also erase the protective advantage of being nonpoor for girls, but not for boys. These results point to the value of examining poverty-gender interactions to gain a more nuanced understanding of the impact of sexual relationships on adolescent trajectories.
来自撒哈拉以南非洲的研究表明，处于性关系中的学生（尤其是女孩）更有可能辍学。然而，我们对于这种关系中礼物交换以及学生贫困程度是否会加剧辍学风险知之甚少。本研究利用马拉维农村地区的纵向调查数据，探讨了这些问题，考察了在性关系中存在礼物交换的青少年中，性别和贫困程度差异与小学辍学之间的关联。研究结果表明，对于男孩和女孩来说，处于送礼关系中会增加辍学的风险，并消除贫困对辍学的保护优势。然而，非送礼的性关系也会消除女孩而非男孩的非贫困的保护优势。这些结果表明，有必要考察贫困与性别之间的相互作用，以更细致地了解性关系对青少年轨迹的影响。
