In the context of a high and increasing incidence of unwanted pregnancy among Nigerian
adolescents, a sample survey of never-married residents of the Ibadan area, aged 14 to 25 …

A high proportion of young urban Nigerians, both male and female, are currently sexually
active--as many as 78% of males and 86% of females aged 20-24. According to the survey …

Study Design In order to obtain data on the sexual, contraceptive, and reproductive behavior
of adolescents in urban Liberia, a sample survey was conducted in Monrovia between May …

Among 2,460 secondary school students surveyed in two southeastern Nigerian states, only
36% could correctly identify the most likely time for conception to occur. Female students …

Seven hundred and sixty eight randomly selected single senior secondary school girls from
Port Harcourt (mean age 16.32 years) were surveyed on aspects of sexual activity and …

Eight hundred and ninety six adolescents aged 11-25 years were recruited into this study
using a multi-stage random sampling method. Overall, about 33% of them had already had …

A community-based case-control study to determine the risk factors associated with
adolescent pregnancy was conducted in the rural community of Gbongan in southwestern …

African Journal June 2011.cdr Page 1 ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLES Trends in
contraceptive use among female adolescents in Ghana Abstract Within the past one and half …

In 1986, a survey of young adults aged 14-24 in Harare, Zimbabwe obtained information
about their knowledge, attitudes, and sexual behavior. Most adolescent childbearing took …

This article presents findings from a survey conducted in Kenya in 1985 of the reproductive
health knowledge, attitudes, and practices among more than 3,000 unmarried Kenyan …