TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Sexual coercion and associated factors among female students of Madawalabu University, Southeast Ethiopia
JO  - Advances in public health
A1  - Takele, Abulie
A1  - Setegn, Tesfaye
SP  - 1
EP  - 8
VL  - 2014
IS  - 
N2  - Introduction. Violence against women, in its various forms, is an important social and public health problem in different communities around the world. Although violence against women is against the inalienable human right and resulted in physical, sexual, and psychological harm or suffering to women, little has been documented regarding its factors and distribution among youth population such as university students. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess factors associated with sexual coercion among female students at Madawalabu University. <br><br>METHODS. This was a cross-sectional institution based study conducted on 411 female students which were selected by systematic random sampling from the list of female students. Data were collected in April 2012 using structured-interview administered questionnaire. Descriptive, binary, and multivariable logistic regression analysis were carried out using SPSS version 16. Result. In this study, the mean (±SD) age at first sex was 18.19 (<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2356-6868
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/417517
ID  - ref1
ER  -