Bride price and sexual risk taking in Uganda.
This study assessed the relationship of bride price to sexual risk taking based on a large, population-based 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.
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Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21030, USA. dbishai@jhu.edu
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Kathryn L
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Pariyo
George
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Michelle J
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003469:Culture; D005114:Extramarital Relations; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D018454:Spouses; D014454:Uganda