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Religiosity and sexual abstinence among Nigerian youths: does parent religion matter?

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Published Online: 2019-04-18

Published Print: 2019-12

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Somefun, Oluwaseyi Dolapo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3842-2685
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Received: 23 August 2018

Accepted: 31 March 2019

First Online: 18 April 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Study procedures were approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee (Medical) of University of the Witwatersrand (H17/11/54) and the National Health Research Ethics Committee of Nigeria (NHREC/01/01/2007–16/10/2018). Each participant signed an informed consent form. Respondents were guaranteed utmost confidentiality, privacy and anonymity. Based on the age of some of the participants, permission from parents and guardians was sought and obtained to interview the participants less than 18 years. The voluntary nature of participation was stressed to both participants and parents.

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