Sexual Behavior and Vulnerability to HIV infection among young Migrant working women in Ziway: A case study Of Sher-Ethiopia Flower Farm
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2008-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The sludy has deall wilh sexual hehavior and vulnerabililY 10 !-fi Ji infection among young
migranl working women in Ziway. Ii is Iried to examinefaclors conlribuling to risk behavior and
make migranl young women vulnerable 10 !-fiJi injeclion.
The dala was callecled Fom single lI1igranl women in Ihe age graup i 5-28 years in Ziway, SherElhiopiajlowerfarms.
using cross- sectional sludy. A lolal sample size was 423 females selecled
by employing simple random sampling melhod and 8 key-informanls lvere involved in in- deplh
interview.
The dala H'{IS enlaed and analyzed using SPSS Sofi-ware. Descriplive slalislics used 10 describe
Ihe respondems characleristics. 7/ie binary logislic regression model was used 10 eslablish
relalion ship between Ihe riskfaclor and various independenl variables.
The sludy revealed Ihal 63.8% of lite respondenls had an experience of sexual inlercourse and
for 48.2% of Ihe re.ljJondents age CIt./irsl sex was bel/owI8 years. Among 244females, who had
sexual imercourse in Ihe lasl 6 monlhs 12.3% (30jemales) had 1/1II!1ipie sexual parlners. AboUi
2.-1% oflhe I respondel1ls had expet'ienced alleasl one sign/ .I),mplolll o(STls or STls episodes.
By using logislic I'egt'ession model. Ihe dependem variahle. riskji:lC/ors measured by Ihe number
or sexual parll1er.l· and Srls signs Symplollls Heporled The .finding rClwtied Ihal young and
single llIigwnl "'omen were found 10 be influenced hy high risk hehm·ior. dural ion of Slay in
Zill'oy. /iring ol'rongemen/, re ligio /'l and religiosity. income, occupatiun .Iel/nily relation media
exposure. being lI1ell1her of social group !cluh. and exposure 10 pornographic malerials came oul
as signi(ical1l delerl11inanl oflhe ri.lli of J-IfJl injeclion alllong Ihe sludy group allhe sludy area.
Finally recolllmended Ihallhe role und Ihe wa), 10 disselllinale il1/orll101ion by mass media needs
10 be re-consider. And Ihe plannelS and concemed hod)' should gi,'e alieni ion lowa/'ds illegal
pornographic sholl' houses and reming shops. And governmen/al and non-governmenlal
organiz({/ion should gi"e allen/ion III eSlahlish ond col/.lolidole social groups or elubs.
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HIV Infection Among Young