title: Sexual activity among junior secondary school girls in Zambia.
abstract: This paper proposes a causal model of sexual activity among a randomly selected sample of 305 Junio secondary school girls in Zambia. The results indicate that liberal sexual attitudes influence romantic involvement with boys. Emotional involvement is likely to result in sexual activity. Traditional courtship forms are slowly being replaced by modern patterns of courtship behaviour. Policy and programme implications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of North Texas, Denton, USA.
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Pillai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Barton
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Benefo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003380:Courtship; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008149:Love; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D015024:Zambia