@article{10.11648/j.ss.20221105.17,
  author = {Habibu Athumani Mzeri and Eugenia Lucas Wandela},
  title = {Factors Influencing Early Sexual Practices Among Secondary Schools Teenage Girls in Mvomero District, Tanzania},
  journal = {Social Sciences},
  volume = {11},
  number = {5},
  pages = {308-320},
  doi = {10.11648/j.ss.20221105.17},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ss.20221105.17},
  eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.ss.20221105.17},
  abstract = {This study was guided with the general Objective which is to identify the factors influencing early sexual practices among secondary schools’ teenage girls in Mvomero District. A descriptive design based on qualitative approach was used in this study. Only Primary data were used. The primary data was collected using interviews, A sample of 60 respondents, (30 dropped out of school students, 10 heads of school, 10 school body member and 10 community leaders,) was drawn from the target population. Purposive sampling technique and snowball technique was used in this study. Purposive sampling was used in selecting head of the schools, school body member and community leaders while snowball technique were used in finding dropped out of the school students. Data were analyzed using content analysis. The study revealed that there are risk factors that influencing day secondary school teenage students’ girls who used to leave in rented room and those who travel long distance to reach the school, to engage in early sexual practices while they are in schools. Factor like poor economic of the family, lack of sexual and reproductive health, long distance from home to school, Night Music ceremonies (Vigodolo) and poor parent supervision were found. Also the study found that the girls are in risk of being affected by the different situations after being expelled out of the schools, most of them facing challenges like early marriage, poor living condition, becoming single mothers and even being in risk of getting sexual transmitted diseases. On the strategies made on putting better environment for the girls to study well, the study found some of the efforts made by the communities and schools as well as government on reducing risk factors to early sexual experiences to teenagers, efforts like increasing number of secondary schools, building dormitories and provision of sexual and reproductive health in schools were mentioned. The study concluded that there is a need for the government o have look on the provision of better environment to secondary schools so that to accommodate girls’ students, this is due to that, most of girls especially those who travel long distance and those who prefer to live in rent room around the school are in risk of entering in risk sexual practices hence getting pregnant.},
 year = {2022}
}

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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Factors Influencing Early Sexual Practices Among Secondary Schools Teenage Girls in Mvomero District, Tanzania
AU  - Habibu Athumani Mzeri
AU  - Eugenia Lucas Wandela
Y1  - 2022/09/16
PY  - 2022
N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ss.20221105.17
DO  - 10.11648/j.ss.20221105.17
T2  - Social Sciences
JF  - Social Sciences
JO  - Social Sciences
SP  - 308
EP  - 320
PB  - Science Publishing Group
SN  - 2326-988X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ss.20221105.17
AB  - This study was guided with the general Objective which is to identify the factors influencing early sexual practices among secondary schools’ teenage girls in Mvomero District. A descriptive design based on qualitative approach was used in this study. Only Primary data were used. The primary data was collected using interviews, A sample of 60 respondents, (30 dropped out of school students, 10 heads of school, 10 school body member and 10 community leaders,) was drawn from the target population. Purposive sampling technique and snowball technique was used in this study. Purposive sampling was used in selecting head of the schools, school body member and community leaders while snowball technique were used in finding dropped out of the school students. Data were analyzed using content analysis. The study revealed that there are risk factors that influencing day secondary school teenage students’ girls who used to leave in rented room and those who travel long distance to reach the school, to engage in early sexual practices while they are in schools. Factor like poor economic of the family, lack of sexual and reproductive health, long distance from home to school, Night Music ceremonies (Vigodolo) and poor parent supervision were found. Also the study found that the girls are in risk of being affected by the different situations after being expelled out of the schools, most of them facing challenges like early marriage, poor living condition, becoming single mothers and even being in risk of getting sexual transmitted diseases. On the strategies made on putting better environment for the girls to study well, the study found some of the efforts made by the communities and schools as well as government on reducing risk factors to early sexual experiences to teenagers, efforts like increasing number of secondary schools, building dormitories and provision of sexual and reproductive health in schools were mentioned. The study concluded that there is a need for the government o have look on the provision of better environment to secondary schools so that to accommodate girls’ students, this is due to that, most of girls especially those who travel long distance and those who prefer to live in rent room around the school are in risk of entering in risk sexual practices hence getting pregnant.
VL  - 11
IS  - 5
ER  - 

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