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Table 2 Studies on adolescent sexual behavior

From: Nature of, and responses to key sexual and reproductive health challenges for adolescents in urban slums in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

Study

Slum Name

City

Population

Age group

Study Type

Design

Sample size

Abebe, 2006

Teklehamanot

Addis Ababa

Girls & Boys

10–19

Obs.

Quant.

186

Adebola A. and Odutolu 2007

Not specified

Ibadan

Girls & Boys

15–24

Obs.

Quant.

1042

Amuyunzu-Nyamongo and Magadi 2006

Korogocho & Viwandani

Nairobi

Girls & Boys

13–50

Obs.

Qual.

40

Austrian et al. 2015

Kibera

Nairobi

Girls

18–25

Interv

Qual

128

Beguy, et al. 2013

Korogocho & Viwandani

Nairobi

Girls & Boys

12–22

Obs.

Mixed

4058

Beguy et al. 2009

Korogocho &Viwandani

Nairobi

Girls & Boys

12–19

Obs.

Quant.

2324

Carolina for Kibera 2007

Kibera

Nairobi

Girls

11–18

Interv

Quant

222

Dodoo, Zulu, and Ezeh 2007

Korogocho & Viwandani

Nairobi

Girls & Boys

15–49

Obs.

Mixed method

15,315

Erulkar and Ferede 2009

Not Specified

AAa,BDb & Gondar

Girls

10–19

Obs.

Quant

1839

Erulkar et al. 2013

Not Specified

Addis Ababa

Girls

10–19

Interv

Quant

1172

Erulkar et al. 2004

Merkato & Kazanchis

Addis Ababa

Girls & Boys

10–19

Obs.

Quant.

1076

Kabiru et al. 2010

Korogocho & Viwandani

Nairobi

Girls & Boys

12–19

Obs.

Quant.

2134

Khoza et al. 2018

Hillbrow, Berea, & Yeoville

Johannesburg

Girls & Boys

16–18

Interv

Qual.

120

Marston et al. 2013

Korogocho & Viwandani

Nairobi

Girls & Boys

10–19

Obs.

Quant

1754

Mphatso Kamndaya et al. 2015

Mbayani and Mtopwa

Blantyre, Malawi

Girls & Boys

10–24

Obs.

Qual

60

Motsomi et al. 2016

Zandspruit

Johannesburg

Girls & Boys

15–19

Obs.

Qual

40

Mugisha and Zulu 2004

Korogocho & Viwandani

Nairobi

Girls & Boys

10–24

Obs.

Mixed method

Not Stated

Ndugwa et al. 2011

Korogocho & Viwandani

Nairobi

Girls & Boys

12–19

Obs.

Quant

1722

Ngom, Magadi, and Owuor 2003

Korogocho & Viwandani

Nairobi

Girls

10–19

Obs.

Quant

788

Okigbo et al. 2015

Korogocho & Viwandani

Nairobi

Girls & Boys

12–19

Obs.

Quant.

1927

Renzaho et al. 2017

Makindye and Nakawa

Kampala

Girls & Boys

10–24

Obs.

Quant

663

Sidze et al. 2015

Korogocho & Viwandani

Nairobi

Girls & Boys

10–24

Obs.

Quant

689

Ziraba et al. 2018

Korogocho & Viwandani

Nairobi

Girls

12–23

Obs.

Quant.

1390

Zulu, Dodoo, & Ezeh 2002

Korogocho & Viwandani

Nairobi

Girls & Boys

15–49

Obs.

Quant.

1645

  1. Where: Obs. ➔Observational research; Interv➔ Intervention research, Qual➔ Qualitative; Quant➔ Quantitative, AAa-Addis Ababa BD b– Bahir Dar