Modern Marriage, Men’s Extramarital Sex, and HIV Risk in Southeastern Nigeria
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Extramarital relations and perceptions of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria.
Data from a 1991 survey of five Nigerian towns are used to examine currently married men's and women's perceptions of AIDS which, together with other socioeconomic factors, are then related to extramarital sexual behaviour. An overwhelming majority of the respondents have accurate information about AIDS. In particular, most associate HIV/AIDS transmission with multiple sexual partners, though o...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2006.088583