The Association of Food Security Status with Transactional Sex Engagement Among Female Adolescents Aged 15–24: Evidence from Cameroon.
Transactional sex has been identified as a risk factor for HIV acquisition. While studies have investigated the various factors associated with transactional sex among women, its association with food security status in sub-Saharan African countries remains largely unexplored. To address this gap, w...
| Published in: | Archives of Sexual Behavior Vol. 54; no. 6; pp. 2085 - 2094 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=186805595&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 186805595 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00040002 ASX jtl: Archives of Sexual Behavior issn: 00040002 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2025 vid: 54 iid: 6 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 186805595 10.1007/s10508-025-03168-5 ppf: 2085 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 621KB tig: atl: The Association of Food Security Status with Transactional Sex Engagement Among Female Adolescents Aged 15–24: Evidence from Cameroon. aug: au: Dhillon, Satveer Antabe, Roger Amoak, Daniel Sano, Yujiro affil: https://ror.org/02grkyz14 Department of Geography and Environment, Western University, 1151 Richmond St., N6A 5C2, London, ON, Canada https://ror.org/03dbr7087 Department of Health and Society, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada https://ror.org/05k14ba46 Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Nipissing University, North Bay, ON, Canada su: Cameroon Sub-Saharan Africa Food security Transactional sex Human sexuality Single women's sexual behavior Teenage girls Health surveys sug: subj: Food security Transactional sex Human sexuality Single women's sexual behavior Teenage girls Cameroon Sub-Saharan Africa Health surveys keyword: Adolescent girls and young women Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey Food security status HIV Medical and Health Sciences Public Health and Health Services Adolescent girls and young women Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey Food security status HIV Medical and Health Sciences Public Health and Health Services ab: Transactional sex has been identified as a risk factor for HIV acquisition. While studies have investigated the various factors associated with transactional sex among women, its association with food security status in sub-Saharan African countries remains largely unexplored. To address this gap, we utilized data from the 2018 Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey and applied multivariate logit models to examine the relationship between food security status and engagement in transactional sex among unmarried adolescent girls and young women in Cameroon. Our results indicated that unmarried adolescent girls and young women (aged 15–24 years) experiencing moderate (OR = 3.00, p < 0.001, 95% CI = 1.66, 5.42) and severe (OR = 3.33, p < 0.001, 95% CI = 1.82, 6.11) food insecurity were more likely to engage in transactional sex in the previous 12 months before the DHS survey was conducted, compared to those without any experience of food insecurity. Based on these findings, we propose several implications for policymakers and offer directions for future research. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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