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Negotiating Safer Sex Among Married Women in Ghana

Abstract  

Recent evidence across sub-Saharan Africa shows married women face heightened risks of contracting HIV compared to the never-married.
Vulnerability of married women to HIV infection is linked to a number of factors including their inability to negotiate safer
sex, inter alia, asking their husbands to use condoms or refusing sexual intercourse even in high risk situations. This study
examined what influences married women’s ability to say they can ask their sexual partners to use condoms or refuse sexual
intercourse. Demographic and Health Survey data from 2,950 married women were analyzed using complementary log–log models.
Married women in Ghana were more likely to say they can ask their husbands to use condoms when they know condoms can protect
against HIV transmission and had been tested for their HIV serostatus. Also, women who know sexual abstinence can protect
against HIV transmission were more likely to say they can refuse sex. Wealthier and highly educated women were more likely
to say they can refuse to have sex with their husbands or ask them to use condoms, compared to poorer and less educated women.
It is recommended that policy makers promote specific knowledge related to HIV prevention (condom use, HIV testing), while
improving the social and economic circumstances of married women in Ghana.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Original Paper
  • Pages 1-10
  • DOI 10.1007/s10508-012-9960-4
  • Authors
    • Eric Y. Tenkorang, Department of Sociology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A1C 5S7, Canada
    • Journal Archives of Sexual Behavior
    • Online ISSN 1573-2800
    • Print ISSN 0004-0002
Posted in: Journal Article Abstracts on 06/07/2012 | Link to this post on IFP |
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