Predictors of sexual behaviour among church-going youths in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-denominational study

    Authors

    A. N. Miller; K. W. Ngula;G. Musambira

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    AJAR-Afr. J. Aids Res.

    Keywords

    abstinence; Christian denominations; gender; health indicators; religion; social capital; sub-Saharan Africa; MULTIPLE IMPUTATION; RELIGION; AIDS; AFRICA; MALAWI; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

    Abstract

    We surveyed church-going youths in Nairobi, Kenya, to investigate denominational differences in their sexual behaviour and to identify factors related to those differences. In comparison with youths attending mainline churches, the youths surveyed at Pentecostal/evangelical churches were less likely to have ever had sex. Furthermore, although male youths in the mainline churches were more likely than their female counterparts to have ever had sex, no such difference emerged between the male and female youths attending Pentecostal/evangelical churches. For youths from both types of churches, not only individual religious commitment (being 'born again') but also contextual religiosity (i.e. the extent of socialisation in their faith communities) explained the variations in their sexual behaviour and attitudes. Finally, the effect of denomination on one's intention to have sex in the next 12 months was mediated by the frequency of talk about spiritual issues with church confidants.

    Journal Title

    Ajar-African Journal of Aids Research

    Volume

    11

    Issue/Number

    1

    Publication Date

    1-1-2012

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    57

    Last Page

    64

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000302213500007

    ISSN

    1608-5906

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