Files and links (1)
Accepted (AM)Open Access (License Unspecified), Open
Journal article
Urban–rural differences in the socioeconomic deprivation–Sexual behavior link in Kenya
Social science & medicine (1982), v 64(5), pp 1019-1031
01 Mar 2007
PMID: 17113695
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
We compare the impact of socioeconomic deprivation on risky sexual outcomes in rural and urban Kenya. Quantitative data are drawn from the Demographic & Health Surveys (DHS) and qualitative data from the Sexual Networking and Associated Reproductive and Social Health Concerns study. Using two separate indicators of deprivation we show that, although poverty is significantly associated with the examined sexual outcomes in all settings, the urban poor are significantly more likely than their rural counterparts to have an early sexual debut and a greater incidence of multiple sexual partnerships. The disadvantage of the urban poor is accentuated for married women; those in Nairobi's slums are at least three times as likely to have multiple sexual partners as their rural counterparts. The implications of these findings are discussed.
Metrics
Details
- Title
- Urban–rural differences in the socioeconomic deprivation–Sexual behavior link in Kenya
- Creators
- F. Nii-Amoo Dodoo - Pennsylvania State UniversityEliya M. Zulu - African Population and Health Research CenterAlex C. Ezeh - African Population and Health Research Center
- Publication Details
- Social science & medicine (1982), v 64(5), pp 1019-1031
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000245155000002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-33846785161
- Other Identifier
- 991020531867804721
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This publication has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:
InCites Highlights
Data related to this publication, from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool:
- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- International collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Social Sciences, Biomedical