Sunday A Adedini1,2, Jacob Wale Mobolaji3, Matthew Alabi3, Adesegun O Fatusi4,5,6. 1. Demography and Social Statistics Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria. 2. Programme in Demography and Population Studies, Schools of Public Health and Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. 3. Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. 4. Academy for Health Development (AHEAD), Ile-Ife, Nigeria. 5. University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria. 6. Department of Community Health, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Abstract
CONTEXT: Nigeria is a high-burden country in terms of young people's health. Understanding changes in young people's sexual and reproductive health (SRH) behaviours and the associated factors is important for framing appropriate interventions. OBJECTIVE: This study assessed changes in SRH behaviours of unmarried young people aged 15-24 and associated factors over a ten-year period in Nigeria. DATA AND METHOD: We analysed datasets from Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys of 2008, 2013 and 2018 to assess changes in inconsistent condom use, non-use of modern contraceptives; multiple sexual partnership; and early sexual debut. Using binary logistic regression, we assessed the association of selected variables with the SRH behaviours. RESULTS: Over four-fifths of unmarried young people (15-24) in Nigeria engaged in at least one risky sexual behaviour in each survey year. The pattern of changes in the four risky SRH behaviours was consistent over the 10-year period, with the highest rates of each behaviour occurring in 2018 while the lowest rates were in 2013, thus indicating an increase in the proportion of respondents engaging in risky sexual behaviours over the study period. Comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge, male gender, older age category (20-24), residence in south-west Nigeria, urban residence, higher socio-economic status, secondary/higher education were mostly protective against the four SRH variables analysed across the different data waves. CONCLUSION: Addressing the high and increasing level of risky SRH behaviours among young people in Nigeria is imperative to improve overall national health status and to ensure progress towards achieving SDG target 3.7 focusing on SRH.
CONTEXT: Nigeria is a high-burden country in terms of young people's health. Understanding changes in young people's sexual and reproductive health (SRH) behaviours and the associated factors is important for framing appropriate interventions. OBJECTIVE: This study assessed changes in SRH behaviours of unmarried young people aged 15-24 and associated factors over a ten-year period in Nigeria. DATA AND METHOD: We analysed datasets from Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys of 2008, 2013 and 2018 to assess changes in inconsistent condom use, non-use of modern contraceptives; multiple sexual partnership; and early sexual debut. Using binary logistic regression, we assessed the association of selected variables with the SRH behaviours. RESULTS: Over four-fifths of unmarried young people (15-24) in Nigeria engaged in at least one risky sexual behaviour in each survey year. The pattern of changes in the four risky SRH behaviours was consistent over the 10-year period, with the highest rates of each behaviour occurring in 2018 while the lowest rates were in 2013, thus indicating an increase in the proportion of respondents engaging in risky sexual behaviours over the study period. Comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge, male gender, older age category (20-24), residence in south-west Nigeria, urban residence, higher socio-economic status, secondary/higher education were mostly protective against the four SRH variables analysed across the different data waves. CONCLUSION: Addressing the high and increasing level of risky SRH behaviours among young people in Nigeria is imperative to improve overall national health status and to ensure progress towards achieving SDG target 3.7 focusing on SRH.
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