       Document 0127
 DOCN  M9460127
 TI    Sexual networking of market women in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.
 DT    9404
 AU    Omorodion FI
 SO    Health Care Women Int. 1993 Nov-Dec;14(6):561-71. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/94186422
 AB    The manifestation of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) all over
       the world has increased the need for information on the nature and
       pattern of sexual networking in Africa, where there is a dearth of such
       information. In the present study, information on the sexual networking
       of market women in Benin City, Nigeria, was obtained using a
       questionnaire instrument. The questionnaire covered the sexual,
       reproductive, and health behaviors of these women. The data revealed
       that the levels of both premarital and extramarital sexual networking
       are high. Such a high degree of sexual networking has exposed a number
       of these women to sexually transmitted diseases. The manifestation of
       AIDS in this society will be widespread and devastating to the people
       and the society because these women are in a polygamous relationship in
       a society that frowns on the use of contraceptives by couples. In
       addition, controversies surround the correlation between socioeconomic
       status (SES) and AIDS, geographical areas of prevalence, and the role of
       prostitutes in the spread of the disease. For example, studies in Africa
       show that whereas there is no correlation between SES and AIDS in
       Kinshasa, the attack rate was higher in educated people in Rwanda and
       Zambia. Moreover, there are predominantly urban outbreaks in other
       countries, such as Uganda (Piot & Carael, 1988).
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PREVENTION & CONTROL  Adolescence
       Adult  Aged  Female  Health Services Needs and Demand  Human  Middle Age
       Nigeria/EPIDEMIOLOGY  *Sex Behavior  *Sexual Partners  Sexually
       Transmitted Diseases/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  *Social Facilitation
       Urban Population  Women/*PSYCHOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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