Bride Price and Sexual Risk Taking in Uganda
), Kathryn L. Falb(2), George Pariyo(3), Michelle J. Hindin(4),
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Abstract
This study assessed the relationship of bride price to sexual risk taking based on a large, populationbased survey. Data were collected on bride prices for 592 married women in 12 districts in Uganda in 2001. Controlling for covariates, we found that having had a bride price significantly lowered the wife’s odds of sexual intercourse with a partner other than the spouse (OR= 0.222; 95% CI= 0.067, 0.737). Controlling for covariates, bride price increased the husband’s odds of non-spousal sexual intercourse (OR=1.489; 95% CI= 0.746, 2.972), although this finding is not statistically significant. Bride price payment is statistically significantly associated with lower rates of non-spousal sexual contact in women, but is not statistically significantly associated with higher rates in men (Afr J Reprod Health 2009; 13[1]:147-158).
RĖSUMĖ
La dot et la prise de risque sexuel. Cette étude a évalué le rapport entre la dot et la prise de risque sexuel, en se fondant sur une grande enquête qui est basée sur la population. Nous avons collecté les données sur les dots de 592 femmes mariées dans 12 districts de l’Ouganda en 2001. Tout en contrôlant pour les covariables, nous avons découvert que le fait d’avoir eu une dot a baissé de manière importante la possibilité chez la femme d’avoir un rapport sexuel avec un partenaire qui n’est pas son mari (OR = 0,22 ; 95% CI = 0,067, 0,737). En contrôlant pour les covariables, la dot a augmenté la possibilité chez le mari d’avoir des rapports sexuels avec d’autres femmes (OR = 1,489 ; 95% CI = 0,746, 2,972), bien que ces résultats ne soient pas statistiquement significatifs. La dot est statistiquement et considérablement liée aux taux inférieurs des rapports sexuels en dehors de mariage chez les femmes, mais elle n’est pas liée statistiquement et considérablement aux taux supérieurs chez les hommes (Afr J Reprod Health 2009; 13[1]:147-158).
KEYWORDS: Marriage, Sexual Behaviour, Bride Price
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