%0 Journal Article
%T Economic Determinants of Sexual Debut among In-School Adolescents in Rural Kenya
%A Diana Kerubo Ondieki
%A Dalmas Ochieng Omia
%A Wanjiru Gichuhi
%A Caroline Marygorety Akinyi Otieno
%J Advances in Applied Sociology
%P 231-243
%@ 2165-4336
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/aasoci.2021.115020
%X Most people
are driven by material gains and adolescents are no exception. We set to
determine the influence of economic factors on sexual debut among <span>in-school adolescents through the lens of the
Marxist theory. A</span> mixed<span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">-</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">method design, quantitative and qualitative data collection methods, was
used. Three sets of adolescents were targeted in the study: mixed-sex day
secondary schools, girls-only boarding and boys-only boarding secondary
schools, where, a sample of 400 (200 females and 200 males) aged 14</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">-</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">18
years were drawn for purposes of </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">a </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">quantitative
survey. Focus group discussions (FGDs), Case Narratives and Key Informant
interviews were used to collect qualitative data. The results indicate that 61%
had ever had sex, more students (63.5%) in mixed day schools had ever had sex
compared to single sex schools (58.5%). Male students were more likely to have
ever had sex compared to female students </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">[OR = 1.59</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">(95% CI 0.83,</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">1.85), <i>p</i> =
0.03]. </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">Most of the students got spending money (89%) and
gifts (60%) from their parents. However, those receiving gifts from
boy/girlfriends had four times the odds of ever having sex (OR 4.04, 95% CI
1.36</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">-</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">11.97). Qualitative data on the other hand revealed that the need for
money for basic needs and also for pleasure played a significant role in early
sexual debut
%K Adolescent
%K Economic
%K Sex
%K In-School
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=108975