Coercion may play an important role in compelling young women to engage in sexual
intercourse at an early age. With a decline in age at first intercourse and increased reporting …

METHODS: A sample of 575 sexually experienced 15-19-year-old women were interviewed
in 2001-2002 as part of the ongoing Rakai surveillance project in rural Uganda. Chi-square …

Coercive experiences at sexual debut have been shown to be associated with other sexual
risks throughout the life course. Using nationally representative surveys from 12-19 year old …

METHODS: A 2001 population-basedsurveyofyoungpeoplein Nyeri, Kenya, included a
special module on sexual coercion. Descriptive data andmultivariate analysis are used to …

Despite growing recognition of the problem, relatively little is known about the issue of
coercive sex in developing countries. This study presents findings from a community-based …

METHODS: Data from a nationally representative survey that included 7,692 sexually active
South African youth aged 1 5-24 were used to assess characteristics related to sexual debut …

This study explored the problem of sexual coercion from the perspectives of 77 young
people aged 14-2 7 in Ibodan, Nigeria, the behaviours they perceive to be sexually coercive …

Methods Data were collected from 700 female respondents who were interviewed in 2010
and 2012 waves of a longitudinal study of behavioral risk for HIV infection among youth …

Background. Early sexual debut, voluntary or coerced, increases risks to sexual and
reproductive health. Sexual coercion is increasingly receiving attention as an important …

Limited data from low-income countries are available on the continuum of coercive
experiences, the contexts in which they occur, and how adolescent women perceive and …