Transactional sex among Nigerian university students: The role of family structure and family support.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The reasons for the persistence of risky sexual behaviours among adolescents and young adults in sub-Saharan Africa despite the increasing knowledge about the associated risks continue to attract scholarly debates. Drawing from a cross-sectional study conducted among male and female Nigerian university students, we examined the relationship between family structure, family support and transactional sex.

Methods

A pre-validated questionnaire was administered to 800 male and female students selected using stratified sampling; however, we performed the analysis on 630 participants who had ever engaged in sex. Transactional sex was operationalised as self-reporting of giving or receiving money, gifts or favour in exchange for sex. We fitted a list-wise logistic regres

SUBMITTER: Ajayi AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6322791 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature