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Prevalence of sexual intercourse and risk factors among adolescents in schools in Guinea
Sidikiba Sidibé1,2, Djiba Diakité1, Salifou T Bangoura1,3
1Faculty of Sciences and Health Techniques, Gamal Abdel Nasser University, Conakry, Guinea.
Background:
Adolescent sexual intercourse in schools is a common phenomenon.
Aim:
This study analysed the prevalence and contributing factors of sexual intercourse among adolescents attending school in Guinea.
Setting:
This study was conducted in Guinea (Conakry).
Methods:
This was an analysis of the secondary data from a survey of adolescents in secondary schools in Guinea. A sex-stratified logistic regression analysis was performed. Adjusted odds ratios (AORs) and its 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were reported. The significance level was set at 0.05.
Results:
The overall prevalence of sexual intercourse among adolescents of school-age in Guinea was 35.2%. The sexual intercourse prevalence rate was 42.4% (95% CI: 40.4-44.4) among boys and 32.7% (95% CI: 31.6-33.9) among girls. High school (girls AOR: 1.64; 95% CI: 1.43-1.88 and boys AOR: 1.35; 95% CI: 1.07-1.69), Christian and other (boys AOR: 1.58; 95% CI: 1.22-2.06 and girls AOR: 1.49; 95% CI: 1.27-1.73), having a partner (boys AOR: 7.03; 95% CI: 5.61-6.80 and girls AOR: 6.29; 95% CI: 5.44-7.28), knowledge of family planning (boys AOR: 2.25; 95% CI: 1.83-2.75 and girls AOR: 1.67; 95% CI: 1.47-1.89) and age (boys AOR: 1.50; 95% CI: 1.38-1.63 and girls AOR: 1.74; 95% CI: 1.65-1.84) were the most important contributing factors of sexual intercourse.
Conclusion:
Future programmes targeting adolescents should include public health interventions that address these factors related to sexual intercourse to reduce early sexuality in schools.
Contributions:
This study will help policymakers make decisions about reducing sexual intercourse among school-attending adolescents.
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