Determinants of age at first sex inequality between women and men youth in Uganda: A decomposition analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases are major public health problems in Uganda. Early sexual debut is one of the main routes of these public health problems. This study aimed to identify factors that explain age at first sex inequality between men and women Ugandan youth.

Methods

This study used secondary data from a cross-sectional Uganda demographic health survey (2016). Participants were 10 189 sexually experienced youth. Using Stata 14, intermediary analysis was done to assess the statistical association between explanatory variables and age at first sex in a multiple logistic regression analysis. Oaxaca decomposition was used to decompose factors that explain inequalities in age at first sex between men and women youth.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Luwedde M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021423 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature