Premarital sex, schoolgirl pregnancy, and school quality in rural Kenya
Premarital sex, schoolgirl pregnancy, and school quality in rural Kenya
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1728-4465.2001.00285.x
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发表时间：
2001-12-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Erulkar, AS
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作者：
Mensch, BS;Clark, WH;Erulkar, AS
本报告利用来自近600名12-19岁青少年的数据，结合从这些青少年就读的33所小学收集的数据，探讨了学校环境的某些方面是否会影响肯尼亚三个地区男孩和女孩婚前性行为的发生。结果表明，虽然学校和家庭似乎都不会影响男孩是否在婚前发生性行为，但对于女孩来说，以性别中立为特点的学校似乎可以降低他们发生婚前性行为的风险。此外，尽管肯尼亚的政策制定者显然关心“女学生怀孕”的问题，但数据表明，在这个样本中，怀孕并不是女孩辍学的主要原因。
Using data from nearly 600 adolescents aged 12-19 in combination with data collected from 33 primary schools that the adolescents attended, this report explores whether certain aspects of the school environment affect the initiation of premarital sex among girls and boys in three districts of Kenya. The results suggest that, although neither the school nor the home appears to influence whether boys engage in sex prior to marriage, for girls, a school characterized by a gender-neutral atmosphere appears to reduce the risk of their engaging in premarital sex. Furthermore, although policymakers in Kenya are clearly concerned with the problem of "schoolgirl pregnancy," the data indicate that in this sample, pregnancy is not the primary reason that girls leave school.