September 4, 2022 Journal article Open Access

Tegene Atamenta Kitaw and Ribka Nigatu Haile

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      <creatorName>Tegene Atamenta Kitaw and Ribka Nigatu Haile</creatorName>
      <affiliation>Department of Nursing, College of Health Science, Woldia University, Woldia, Ethiopia</affiliation>
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  <titles>
    <title>Time to First Sexual Experience and Its Determinants among Female Youths in Ethiopia: Survival Analysis Based on EDHS 2016</title>
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  <publisher>Zenodo</publisher>
  <publicationYear>2022</publicationYear>
  <dates>
    <date dateType="Issued">2022-09-04</date>
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    <description descriptionType="Abstract">&lt;p&gt;Background. The first sexual experience is the most significant event in a woman&amp;rsquo;s life. Early sexual experience has short- and&lt;br&gt;
long-term health and behavioral risks. Studying the estimated time for a female to have her first sexual debut is important to&lt;br&gt;
reduce its health, demographic, and socioeconomic consequences. Thus, this study is aimed at assessing the time to first sexual&lt;br&gt;
experience and its determinants in Ethiopia. Methods. A survival analysis of time to first sexual experience was conducted&lt;br&gt;
among 6143 weighted study subjects. The data were extracted from EDHS 2016 using STATA version 16 software. A KaplanMeier survival curve was computed to estimate the time of first sexual experience. A log-rank test was used to compare the&lt;br&gt;
difference in survival curves. The Cox proportional hazard regression model was used to identify significant predictors. On&lt;br&gt;
multivariable analysis, variables having a p value of &amp;le; 0.05 are considered statically significant. Results. The overall median&lt;br&gt;
survival time was 16 years. The significant determinants of time to first sexual experience are educational level (no education&lt;br&gt;
(AHR = 2:72, 95% CI: 2.16, 3.39), primary education (AHR = 2:17, 95% CI: 1.79, 2.63), and secondary education (AHR = 1:47,&lt;br&gt;
95% CI: 1.21, 1.77)) and wealth index (poor (AHR = 1:15, 95% CI: 1.00, 1.32)). Conclusion. About 50% of female youths have a&lt;br&gt;
sexual experience for the first time before their 16th birthday. The timing of the first sexual experience in Ethiopia was mainly&lt;br&gt;
influenced by educational level and wealth index. Universal access to education and poverty reduction should be the area of&lt;br&gt;
concern.&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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